What is a safe figure to go to bed on!

[AceFace]

My DBN Nurse says im not allowed to go to bed under 9, the other evening was going to bed checked my number and it was 6 the time was 22:00 i panicked had something to eat ended up going to bed at 13.
Was it safe to go to bed at 6?
What figures do other people go to bed on ?

 

[AceFace]

Are you having low blood glucose through the night? Erratic unpredictable lows?
That would be the only reason for pushing your glucose so high.
I would think that between 5 and 8 would be the level you would be hoping for at bedtime.

Hi Benny i have never taken my blood through the night so i have no idea always get up at 10-11 maybe try it, its so erratic i have no idea what im going to get during the day

 

[PhoebeC]

I would go to bed at 6, if I felt okay, not shaky. I would not want to be as high as 13 overnight as I would be up all night weeing, bad dreams and headache the next day.

 

[AceFace]

Know what you mean feel like that next day when i get up, im a rep on the road, my customers say need the toilet Simon, beats telephone boxes .

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Some answers would have to depend on what medication you are using.

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

I would go to bed on a 6 but it's best to follow the advice of your team.

 

[Robin]

It depends on what your body does overnight, I would never go to bed on a 6 because I know, from testing at night and using the Libre, that my blood glucose drops towards 3am, then rises again. Anything below 7 is taking me too close to hypo territory in the middle of the night.

 

[mikeyB]

It’s different for T2s, and depends entirely on medication. If there’s no medication that can cause hypos, there’s nothing wrong with going to bed on 6. Muggles do it.

 

[Robin]

It’s different for T2s, and depends entirely on medication. If there’s no medication that can cause hypos, there’s nothing wrong with going to bed on 6. Muggles do it.

I was tailoring my reply for Ingressus specifically, though, and I think he's still on insulin and was having night hypos, if memory serves me right?

 

[AceFace]

It’s different for T2s, and depends entirely on medication. If there’s no medication that can cause hypos, there’s nothing wrong with going to bed on 6. Muggles do it.

Im on insulin

 

[Ljc]

For those of us on meds that can cause hypo’s I think it’s very individual on what is safe for us to go to bed on , it depends on how much we usually drop overnight. Having the advantage of the Libre graph I can see what normally happens with me , so unless I’ve been in hypo central like I was yesterday or hypo close to bedtime I’m happy to go to bed on 5.5 or higher, yesterday I aimed for 10 + that took some doing I can tell you 😱 and still dropped into the red for a brief time.

Like @Benny G I prefer to avoid bolus insulin near bedtime, if hungry unless I’ve fallen off the wagon I usually opt for something low carb.

 

[AceFace]

What insulin are you taking Simon?
Injecting insulin brings its own issues. I prefer to keep food and bolus insulin well away from bed times. Basal adjustments are required to minimise sleeping hypos. Unfortunately once you start injecting insulin the nighttime hypos while not a constant companion are pretty much universal.
Are you taking any other meds apart from insulin?

Hi Benny
Im on treib

What insulin are you taking Simon?
Injecting insulin brings its own issues. I prefer to keep food and bolus insulin well away from bed times. Basal adjustments are required to minimise sleeping hypos. Unfortunately once you start injecting insulin the nighttime hypos while not a constant companion are pretty much universal.
Are you taking any other meds apart from insulin?

Hi Benny
Im on 40 units of Trsiba in the morning, dont have breakfast or that would be another Humalog 8, Humalog 8 at lunch and 24 evening meal taken about 18:30 and still always get up at 10 - 11 oh just statins

 

[AceFace]

Ok, so 2 meals a day with approximately 18 of fasting. That should help keep your blood glucose steady. Humalog works for up to 5 hours after injection, so 2 meals means a good 10 hours of effect. If your glucose is dropping while you are fasting (during the 12 hours when there is no effect from humalog) then your tresiba dose is too high and wants to be reduced. As tresiba has such a long duration alterations to dose will take a few days to settle. So small adjustments and patience.
Do you eat low carb? Typically, the lower the carb, the lower the insulin, the lower the variation in blood glucose.
Night glucose levels are often difficult to control. If you could measure during the night, maybe set an alarm for every 2 hours on a night when you won't miss a good night's sleep. (I think many of us have been lured to the libre by the promise of better night time control)

Cheers Benny very helpful

 

[Vicsetter]

I would suggest you also test to see what bg rise certain foods cause, so you know how to get your bg from 6 to 9 or 10. Perhaps a couple of digestives or a handfull of nuts.