High fasting levels

[Phil40]

Hi,

I was diagnosed in August and have been struggling to get my levels under control. Before I went to bed my levels were 5.5 the lowest it has been in months, but this morning they were 9.8 ??? What can affect it and make the levels rise if you aren't eating? I'm not sleeping well either, feel exhausted all the time. Thanks for the advice

 

[grovesy]

If you do a forum search on Dawn Phenomenon you should get the answer.

 

[Northerner]

Hi,

I was diagnosed in August and have been struggling to get my levels under control. Before I went to bed my levels were 5.5 the lowest it has been in months, but this morning they were 9.8 ??? What can affect it and make the levels rise if you aren't eating? I'm not sleeping well either, feel exhausted all the time. Thanks for the advice

Illness, stress and lack of sleep can cause this - the stress hormones can stimulate the liver to release extra glucose from its stores and raise levels. Illness can increase insulin resistance, particularly in the mornings. Are you on any medication for the diabetes? Or currently on medication for anything else?

 

[Phil40]

No I'm not on any medication at all. They want me to try and lower it by diet at the moment. Highly stressed though as going through redundancy

 

[trophywench]

Oh well - that's the answer!

I have totally different BG results and insulin requirements for good nights and poor ones - if I retire at a normal-ish time or stay up to the early hours, if I get up extra early, or extra late.

Throw stress into the equation and instant mayhem with spikes and troughs.

Does your GP know you have all this c**p going on? and does HE not know what stress does to BG? Can he not offer you something to assist BG control until you can get back onto an even keel?