Night time sweats

[megga]

around 3, i woke up dripping in sweat, have had this before, now i can rule out the hot dry green and plesant we live in, so i can only put it down to a hypo. I didnt take my b\s (and to be honest, i dont know why i didn't) but my b/s was 7 before bed and 6.7 this morning. This is the norm for me, and i would't expect any differance unless a bed time snack or a drink was involved. any ideas???

 

[Northerner]

It does sound like a night hypo. Perhaps you dipped into hypo at the lowest point of your cortisol cycle and then rose again as the increase in cortisol prompted extra glucose from your liver - so not a rebound, just that you were at a low point of your natural cycle which might suggest your basal is pushing you a bit close/under the edge.

 

[megga]

This is when a CGM would come in handy.

 

[Northerner]

This is when a CGM would come in handy.

Certainly would! Why not ask your DSN if you can borrow one? 🙂

 

[megga]

Certainly would! Why not ask your DSN if you can borrow one? 🙂

Been asking for years. Before the light (this forum) i couldn't understand why when i did my over night basel test it was fine, then i would always wake with high numbers, i put it down to waking up every two hour interupted my b/s and my DSN agreed, so i asked if i could use one for a week, and it was put of and put of. After joing this i found out that the fats was the problem, as i would have a bit of cheese/ham basicaly any snack that had no carbs in was the problem.
So with a very good HBA1C now, i dont think i have a chance.

 

[Vicsetter]

Only times I've had hypos in the night (at 3am) I've been sweating profusely but a cold sweat, unlike the left the blanket on type.

 

[Northerner]

Only times I've had hypos in the night (at 3am) I've been sweating profusely but a cold sweat, unlike the left the blanket on type.

Yes, I feel it differently too and always test to be on the safe side. Thankfully for me it's something I don't really need to be concerned about since I no longer need the lantus.

 

[Ivy]

Yep I get this too - but mine is a hot sweat, not a cold sweat. Once I didn't wake up until my sugars were in the 1s and I was so hot I felt like I was going to explode.