Evening and late night snacking

I have found over time that I simply cannot snack after about 7pm. My blood sugars are always high in the mornings if I eat late. I have the correct short acting, I have adjusted the long acting but no matter what I do I cant keep good control with any late eating. Anyone else find this? Thanks, Cathy

What are your pre bed test results, and by pre bed I mean a maximum of 5 hours after you have the snack................?

If this is on target, then you would assume that it would be;

1. Not enough background insulin
2. Dawn Phenomenon

What BI insulin are you on and when?

Pre tea is on average 5 to 9. I am on 15 units levimir which i have 10pm. I do 1.5 to 1 ratio for tea. Am a terrible snacker in evenings. An hour or two after tea i might have say a packet of crisps (take say 2 units) , often dont test bg then cos is not long enough after tea. Then hour later might have 2 toast, take 3 units, again dont always test cos is not far from previous snack. Take 15 levimir 10-10.30 pm. Test bg say midnight, is often around 12. Wake up with bg's of 12. I realise i am doing stuff wrong but it's become a bad habit. Funnily enough I rarely snack in the day.

Hey Cathy, I snack in the evening too. I try to eat peanuts with little carbs. I think it could be something to do with running around all day after everyone else, then just wanting to have something just for me in the evening. Food tends to fill the gap. I know change is needed. Not really motivated. Good luck with it all.

Because your not testing before bed you will never know if it is a problem with your BI or QA or both................

If you could refrain a few night to carry out tests to confirm your doses are right, you can then go back to the snacking in the knowledge that your taking the right amount of insulin for them............

Remember that you could stack your insulin by taking multiple doses within a 5 hour period, this could result in a hypo, which could manifest overnight, then result in a high in the morning............

Obviously the times you said you have snacks is estimated and wont be the same every night, but if your having snack within an hour of each other, you can inject just one dose for that..............so eat your crisps, but then inject for them with the toast dose............