Overnight Levels

[Mark T]

Recently my numbers have been lower more often - which is nice 🙂 (I still occasionally have a day where I bounce into the 6's).

I had a 4.7 before bed last night. For a Type 1 you would normally eat something to lift your levels a bit so you don't hypo.

But for a Type 2, would you snack a little just before bed, or leave it? In the end I opted for a small handful of nuts and I was 5.2 the next morning.

 

[Northerner]

Excellent numbers Mark! I wouldn't have thought you would need anything to eat if you are not on hypo-inducing meds. Interestingly, I was 4.9 before bed last night and debated whether to have something to eat or not. I decided I would risk it as my fasting levels seem to be pretty steady at the moment, and I woke to a 5.4 this morning. So depending on how much confidence you have in your basal levels, a Type 1 might not eat at 4.x before bed 🙂 Having said that, anyone who knows me probably knows that I am a bit of a freak and have pretty good levels most of the time - could be a much riskier strategy for anyone else not to eat. I usually take my waking level as the best indicator of whether my basal insulin is too high - if I wake on 4.x then I usually lower my lantus by a unit.

 

[Caroline]

Your levels sound pretty good, I can't add to the advice already given.

 

[Mark T]

Your levels sound pretty good, I can't add to the advice already given.

Thanks, although I?m not always getting those sorts of levels.

I tend to be in the low 6?s when I?m trying to eat to maintain weight (but inevitably I?m putting on a couple of pounds). When I try to loose the weight that I had put on I?ve tended to go into the low 5?s. My target is to try stay below 6 before meals and below 8 after meals.

The bigger problem is that when I?m in the 4?s I feel a bit odd, almost a little faint (that will be false hypo?s). Crossing a road bridge with a 2 year old whilst feeling like that was a most uncomfortable feeling.

I assume as I spend more time in the 4?s that will pass.