What to eat to last the night out

[squidds]

I am new to insulin and libre +2. Literally just a few weeks on the insulin, have dropped from 19mmol 2 months ago to now 9, I take 8grms morning and evening but the last 2 evenings I have dropped below 3.9 setting off an alarm. My question what can I eat that will keep my level above the alarm threshold till the morning. Any ideas please

 

[Lucyr]

I take 8grms morning and evening but the last 2 evenings I have dropped below 3.9

What medication are you taking 8 grams of? Are you checking the 3.9 with a fingerprick? The best answer is to reduce medication to prevent hypos if a fingerprick is confirming under 4 but if you don’t normally do that by yourself ask for an appointment or leave a message for a call back if you have that facility

 

[rebrascora]

Libre and other CGMs are prone to what we call compression lows so it is important to double check any low alarms that go off at night with a finger prick, especially if you wake up lying on the sensor arm when the alarm goes off, unless you feel obviously hypo. If you have double chewcked and these are genuine lows during the night then the answer is usually to reduce your evening insulin, but if you are not confident to do that then having about 10g carbs should push your levels up by about 3mmols, so a digestive biscuit or half a slice of bread/toast and peanut butter or cheese should provide slow release glucose to prevent a drop until your nurse can advise on lowering your dose. You should not ultimately have to eat to feed the insulin but adjust the insulin otherwise this is how people put on weight when they start on insulin, because their dose is too big and they are eating to prevent hypos.
My first thought though would be to check that they are not compression lows, by finger pricking when the low alarm goes off.