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If you use a CGM, at what blood glucose level is your “high” alert set? If you use multiple alert schedules, select the number that is your “high” alert at midnight in your time zone.
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I only use CGM and MDI (glargine & lispro). “High” alert of Dexcom is 130 mg/dL. My doctors want me to change it to 150.
Day time settings with my Tandem X2 is 90-160mgdl. Nighttime 90-180mgdl.
My alert is set to 250 because I use the Medtronic 770G in auto mode, which should bring me back to target range. If it doesn’t then I would need to take a correction bolus when I get an above 250 alert.
Although 200 is my high alert, my Tandem pump will give a correction before that point.
Day is 140. I used to have 140 for both, now that I’m closed loop, I know it’ll take care of it so I moved it to 180 at night. If I get that high at night I know something is wrong, possibly a bad site before it gets worse.
Thanks for your comment. I just started on Dexcom and am anxiously awaiting Insulet’s Omnipod 5 release to the general public. Might I ask what closed loop pump that you use?
I’ve been set for a high alert of 180 for as long as I can remember.
To me a number of 150 is high and I would get up and correct.
I prefer to stay below 180, but I have my alert set at 200 so that it doesn’t wake me up at 181
I have my high alert off, but if I did have it, would be set at 160. I find the “rising quickly” alarms more useful and less annoying. Can definitely get “alert fatigue” if every alert available on the G6 is on.
I had it at 180 however my endocrinologist and educator made me up it to 200. Some how I am in TIR greater than before without the ‘high’s’. I suppose they were correct. lol
Wow, I have no idea why that would work.
I use 150. Even though though I don’t actually want to get that high, it is not the end of the world. I can then decide if I need a correction, depending on insulin-on-board, or if I am ready to exercise or not.
I use 190 so. I can catch it before 200. However, I know that that my Dexcom G6 will begin to add a little before that. I can’t understand why I have to get an alert and add more. The system could do that or not as my CGM reports the BG level.
I have mine set at 160 so I can hopefully catch it before it hits the standard 180. I used to have it set for 140 but moved it to decrease any alarms. I don’t run high often so 160 is fine.
While not recommended, I turn off ALL the alarms I can. I find I check my CGM readings very regularly, especially after I have eaten or had to guesstimate the carbs in some meal I didn’t cook. My CGM and pump both have way too many alarms and they go off constantly. It’s embarrassing and annoying for me when I am with others.
I keep a close watch over my readings, so I don’t really need an alarm to tell me that i’m going into the 200 range. I actually have mine set at 300 just to be on the safe side, but like Tod, I find them to be annoying and embarrassing, since they keep going even if measures have been taken. The situation is different with the low alarm, which is a life saver, especially at night.
Usually at 180, but sometimes i set it for 160 to make sure i catch any rising blood sugars ahead of time.
If it’s already high and I’ve treated I might move it to 200 hundreds as to avoid the annoing alarms.
My high glucose level is set at 130
I keep mine set to 150 all the time, but it’s only set as a “vibrate” setting on my pump so it’s not as loud, but I notice it! I almost always will do a correction if I’m at 150, and prefer to not get that high even.
I use the sleep setting on my Tandem CIQ, and do manual correction boluses. More work but better numbers, and after 46 years with T1d, that feels worth it.
I have my high alarm at 117
My daytime high is 120. If I could set it to 100 I would, but my understanding is that the FDA will not allow that (which makes me all kinds of mad). Nighttime is set to 150.
I use control IQ with tandem and dexcom, so I assume my high alert is 180 all day.