hungover feeling in the morning (not after drinking)

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royalglamorg... DAFNE Graduate
Royal Glamorgan Hospital Diabetes Centre
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I don't know whether or not anyone has any knowledge of this but probably 50% of nights i tend to wake following approx 1.5 hrs of sleep, suddenly feeling thirsty and needing the toilet. Following this i'll sleep for approx 2 hrs then wake again feeling thirsty. In the morning I wake feeling hungover, which then lasts for most of the day. I've had a BG continuous monitor fitted for the past week to monitor my BG readings at night to look for any dips etc. I haven't been able to record any low BGs myself at night and during my initial 1.5 hrs in bed the BG readings seem to usually stay at around 7-8. It does feel as though it's that liver dump action that gets discussed from time to time and usually this reading of 7-8 is followed by an increase in BG to maybe 10. I have had the same feeling at other times if i've over compensated for a hi-BG level at night with too much insulin.

JayBee DAFNE Graduate
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
587 posts

Can you post some diary results using this site's diary feature?
You may be looking at a dawn phenomenon issue, but it's difficult to tell for sure from what you've described.
Take care.