Morning readings

[Bics]

Hi all. My reading this morning was 13.0 this was before having my metformin. 2 hours later it dropped to 7.0. What are normal readings before medication? I have been eating few more carbs lately so think that's the reason for high reading.

 

[Leadinglights]

If this is something you would not normally see I would suspect that you may have had something on your finger and it would have been wise to repeat the test after washing your hands.
I don't think taking or not taking the metformin would have affected it.
If you are consistently getting high morning readings it could be you are getting Foot on the floor syndrome when blood glucose goes high as soon as you get up, so try before even getting out of bed and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Inka]

I agree with @Leadinglights that it could have been a rogue reading. I always wash my hands and retest if a reading seems unusually high.

Here are the Type 2 targets:

If you have Type 2 diabetes​

• before meals: 4 to 7mmol/l
• two hours after meals: less than 8.5mmol/l.

 

[Bics]

If this is something you would not normally see I would suspect that you may have had something on your finger and it would have been wise to repeat the test after washing your hands.
I don't think taking or not taking the metformin would have affected it.
If you are consistently getting high morning readings it could be you are getting Foot on the floor syndrome when blood glucose goes high as soon as you get up, so try before even getting out of bed and see if that makes a difference.

If this is something you would not normally see I would suspect that you may have had something on your finger and it would have been wise to repeat the test after washing your hands.
I don't think taking or not taking the metformin would have affected it.
If you are consistently getting high morning readings it could be you are getting Foot on the floor syndrome when blood glucose goes high as soon as you get up, so try before even getting out of bed and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks very much that's very helpful

 

[Burylancs]

Hi all. My reading this morning was 13.0 this was before having my metformin. 2 hours later it dropped to 7.0. What are normal readings before medication? I have been eating few more carbs lately so think that's the reason for high reading.

Could be a bit of Dawn Phenomenon involved as well.

 

[Leadinglights]

Could be a bit of Dawn Phenomenon involved as well.

Is Burylancs from where you live? I lived in Rochdale well Healey actually and went to Bury Grammar School in the sixties.

 

[Burylancs]

Yes. Unsworth.

 

[pearlzo436]

Hi all. My reading this morning was 13.0 this was before having my metformin. 2 hours later it dropped to 7.0. What are normal readings before medication? I have been eating few more carbs lately so think that's the reason for high reading.

My morning readings are always hypo...and midnight I am always Hyper...I take 10-12 units of Lantus at night...but must admit the alcohol in my bloodstream lowers the sugar levels overnight...sad.

 

[Inka]

My morning readings are always hypo...and midnight I am always Hyper...I take 10-12 units of Lantus at night...but must admit the alcohol in my bloodstream lowers the sugar levels overnight...sad.

Hi and welcome @pearlzo436 🙂 Yes, alcohol can cause hypos. If the hypos are happening regularly in the morning then you could consider lowering your Lantus. Nighttime hypos are potentially dangerous whether they’re due to alcohol or not, so they’re best avoided as much as possible.

What time do you usually take your Lantus?

 

[drzac2003]

As a newbie to all this, can I ask what the point is of the morning reading? I understand it's an 8-10 hour fast but what do the readings tell us? Mine varies greatly from day to day but averages about 8.2.

Thanks

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

As a newbie to all this, can I ask what the point is of the morning reading? I understand it's an 8-10 hour fast but what do the readings tell us? Mine varies greatly from day to day but averages about 8.2.

Thanks

I’ve had it suggested to me that the waking BG is most likely to be roughly in line with your overall average, because it won’t be affected by meals and/or activity. Though of course that would depend on how twitchy a person’s liver was I guess, and whether they saw a significant bump from Dawn Phenomenon?

Anecdotally, it also often seems to be the last reading to reduce when T2 members are making improvements to their BGs around food by moderating their carbohydrate intake.