Woken by hypo

[everydayupsanddowns]

I woke at around 2:30 and tested at 4.6. I decided not to eat anything, but trust that I would wake up, and when I rose this morning I was 4.3 - how's about that for steady levels?!!

Top work Northie You're my hero!

I had a little something yesterday evening as I was a bit borderline (4.9ish) and knew I still had some active insulin chugging away. Tested at suppertime 10.7!! 😱

Hands up who thinks they'd do better with their own CGMS? Me. Me! MEEEEEEE!

Pump problem and CGMS envy

 

[Northerner]

I was 5.3 before bed - a little low considering recent events, so I had a slice of PB. Woke around 4:30 and tested at 4.9, got up to a reading of 4.8 so it looks like I've got the lantus just about right now at 5 units, down from 8 a fortnight ago. My waking levels are also about 1-2 mmol lower too, so possibly need to go to 4 units sometimes soon!

 

[lucy123]

That sounds great news Northerner. Lets hope things settle. How is the running now?

 

[Northerner]

That sounds great news Northerner. Lets hope things settle. How is the running now?

Thanks Lucy 🙂 I managed a short run this morning and it went OK. I decided not to take the increased BP meds because I think going for a run does me more good than more pills!

 

[Northerner]

Well, my insulin has been decreased again today, and I'm still not lowering it enough! I just tested before my lantus injection and I was 4.6 - too low for going to bed on. Annoyed, because I'd deliberately given less NR than I thought I'd need and was preparing to be quite high! I had 9 units for a big plate of mash and sausage casserole, followed by some tinned peaches and half a bag of Minstrels. That would have been at least 16 units, possibly 18 a couple of weeks ago!.

I've had a slice of PB again and lowered my lantus from 5 to 4 units. Wonder how much lower it will go before I'm finished? 😱

 

[meandyou]

Well, it seems hypos do wake me up! Went to bed a bit earlier and woke about 2 hours later feeling a little 'odd'. Tested at 2.1 No real symptoms, except it didn't feel like 'sleepiness' when I woke. That's my fourth hypo in 24 hours - have also had a 3.7, a 2.2 and a 2.9. Think I might have to reduce my lantus.

Now absolutely ravenous and trying to resist the urge to overtreat! I've already had two biscuits, three jelly babies and some lucozade! 😱 Just tested (half an hour later) and I'm 5.6, so back to bed I think!

hi northerner when i have hypo,s in my sleep i awake to a sweat soaked bed.

 

[Northerner]

hi northerner when i have hypo,s in my sleep i awake to a sweat soaked bed.

Hi meandyou, welcome to the forum 🙂 I used to wake sweating, now I just tend to feel slightly hotter than expected. I'm not sure why this has changed - I used to be absolutely drenched, and I know this is quite common. Hope they don't happen too often for you!

Well, last night I was 4.6 before bed, so I had my peanut butter, decreased my lantus to 4 units and woke this morning to...4.6! I wonder if I had taken 5 units if I would have hypoed? This means that I have lowered my basal by 50% in the last 14 days! 😱

 

[Northerner]

The downward trend continues - last night I was 6.8 before bed, so didn't snack. I woke this morning to 4.0! I've now been in the 4s all week, down from the 5s or 6s I was getting before, despite halving my lantus. I'm now wondering if I need to drop down another unit on the lantus, taking me to a ridiculously low 3 units!

One thing that has changed is that I haven't drunk any alcohol for the past fortnight, apart from 2 pints last Friday lunchtime, so I'm wondering if this has allowed my liver to 'calm down' and it is now producing a steadier trickle of glucose rather than the surges it might have been doing before due to the yo-yoing effects of alcohol. Who knows? This is diabetes, after all! 😱

 

[Northerner]

Grrr! After a fairly good day with the levels (4.0, 5.7, 4.9) I have once again failed to get my teatime novorapid right and am now on 3.9 before bed! Only took 9 units for a meal that would have happily been 16 units a couple of weeks ago. I'm now debating whether to drop my lantus down to 3 units. I did go for a run today, so part of this low is probably the after effects of that, that I didn't properly take into account (I tried!).

3 lantus just sounds ridiculously low though!

edit: have gone for the 3 lantus! Wonder what I'll wake up to?