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How many nights in the past week has T1D disturbed your sleep?
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Do you count getting up to the bathroom related to diabetes. I am a senior and get up at least 1 time during the night, but I always check the number on the Abbott Freestyle Libre at the same time. I correct or eat spice drops if needed. I wake up about the same time every morning and go to bed about the same time every night, so that schedule helps the bio rhythms.
Wow, spice drops sounds great. I keep several cans of pineapple juice by my bedside but will now seek out the spice drops to keep as well!
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My overnight BG’s are usually pretty stable, but more frequently wake-ups are due to pump or CGM issues. Tore out my Dexcom sensor rolling over in bed, that was one. Nice loud alarm for that. Low-reservoir alarms are another one. Why do they ALWAYS seem to crop up at 3am??? I set those to alert 12 hrs out from empty, which usually gets around the middle-of-the-night problem, but not always.
I said 2, but that’sa guess. Usually due to a high. I just take care of it and go back to sleep. So while “impacted” not a white lot.
Mainly it’s been my Dexcom telling me the signal is lost.
Just one. I am in a trial for a new pump and had to set my high limit higher otherwise, the alarms would drive me nuts. So I had one alarm for a low vs my Tandem which is usually none. Now if my high limit was where it usually is,it would have been every night. Big sigh! But I will say, it is taking much longer than I thought to learn me, but last night was perfect and the night before pretty close. And yesterday, first time I was in the 80% in target range!
you should have prefaced question “wear cgm & are on automode during night”.
on AM, every night I get a BG or calibration request every 4 hours.
I hardly ever get a good full night’s sleep because of my pump alarm’s. I have a Medtronic 670G & it either want’s calibrated or a BG. Then if there’s an alarm for a high or low reading for blood sugar it continues to alarm until it get’s back into the normal range.
Just last night, had a low I had to treat because my Control IQ didn’t get it. Was surprised that I woke up with a normal blood sugar of 90. I usually don’t have any T1D disturb.
Lows
Ever since starting the Keto diet my evening CGM alarms are non-existent. Loving it just wondering how my cholesterol numbers are going to change.
Much less than before with T-Slim with Control IQ. I used to get a lot of lows at night, 2 times a week, now 2 times a month. I’m happy!
Had a couple of pump/CGM alarms for minor lows that I ignored and went back to sleep.
My CGM has alerted during the night, I don’t consider it disturbing rather a helpful instrument to help me stay in good control.
I’m awakened frequently, for the reasons cited by others. I’m switching from Medtronic 670G system to Tandem t:slim X2 with control IQ along with the Dexcom G6 system, for this very reason. I’ve been using a pump for about 22 years now, and have never been more disappointed with the increasing lack of quality control (& technology) by Medtronic. Fingers crossed my experience with Tandem and Dexcom convinces me the many people I’ve spoken to, who all rave about this technology are correct!
Mostly for lows