Advice if possible.

21 posts, 6 contributors

June 20, 2011 08:00

novorapidboi26 DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire 1,819 posts

deanna said:
my BG starts to rise (for example, from 6.5 to 14.0 in the space of 2 hours in the morning around 7oclock). I have started waiting to take my BI as late as possible, resulting in a habit of going to sleep about midnight. This seems to be working at the moment, as my BG only rises between 3-5 points and doesnâ€™t make me feel as much like ive had a hyper in the night.

What you are describing here is the dawn phenomenon, the sharp rise over a short period of time is the hormonal response, so it may also be your BI running out combined with the DP, but even if your BI lasted past this time, this effect would still happen............taking your dose later is a good strategy, one which I adopt, and means your are giving yourself more BI at that specific time in the morning when your pancreas starts spitting out the glucagon......

I only moved it to the later time after I had upped my BI dose to the correct one, as I was not taking enough......