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      When your sleep is disrupted because of T1D, what are the most common causes? Select all that apply to you.
      And sometimes I dream that I’ve run out of insulin and cannot get prescription refilled.
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      When your sleep is disrupted because of T1D, what are the most common causes? Select all that apply to you.
      I providee an answer of low BG. But with that said, it is usually a false alarm (compression low from Dexcom sensor) With the stable bedtime BG and a TSlim X2 pump using CIQ and Sleep Mode, I consistently sleep between about 85 and 110 every night. The key to this is going to bed with a stable BG (85-110) and not having any IOB.
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      While middle-of-the-nght alerts are frustrating and irritating, I'm no longer terrified of dying from an extreme low in the middle of the night, so technology is still a win for me!
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      I get a notice of high glucose levels that occurred several hours ago!! WHY?
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      The same as Carrolyn Barloco. I often get messages in the middle of the night that my blood glucose level was either high or low 2, 3, or 4 hours ago. This is a completely useless piece of information, and absolutely NO REASON to wake me up. This is nothing but an ANNOYING alert. Tandem and Medtronic, if you're listening, please remove this function from your pumps.
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      I wake up with physical effects of lows. Odd thing is that if I am dreaming, I will often have the same effects within my dream. Like I will be on a plane to some exotic location and start searching for snacks! Does this happen to anyone else?
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      Yeah. Totally agree! This is totally unnecessary and extremely annoying.
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      My most frequent and favorite !!?? alarm at night is the one that tells me I had a high two hours ago! Duh!!!
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      I get a notice of high glucose levels that occurred several hours ago!! WHY?
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      The same as Carrolyn Barloco. I often get messages in the middle of the night that my blood glucose level was either high or low 2, 3, or 4 hours ago. This is a completely useless piece of information, and absolutely NO REASON to wake me up. This is nothing but an ANNOYING alert. Tandem and Medtronic, if you're listening, please remove this function from your pumps.
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      Yes, I appreciate device improvements but some are just plain annoying and make a difficult journey Worse, not better. And the main complaint is unnecessary alerts the user cannot adjust.
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      My most frequent and favorite !!?? alarm at night is the one that tells me I had a high two hours ago! Duh!!!
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      Yeah. Totally agree! This is totally unnecessary and extremely annoying.
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      Why isn't going to the bathroom not on this list?
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      I wake up with physical effects of lows. Odd thing is that if I am dreaming, I will often have the same effects within my dream. Like I will be on a plane to some exotic location and start searching for snacks! Does this happen to anyone else?
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    In the past 24 hours, how many times have you experienced a low below 70 mg/dL?

    Home > LC Polls > In the past 24 hours, how many times have you experienced a low below 70 mg/dL?
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    20 Comments

    1. Dave Barden

      Depends on who you believe, me or Dexcom. Compression low just after midnight. I get way too many and it often results in a poor nights sleep

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    2. JuJuB

      Oh, dangit! I completely ignored the “past 24 hours” part of the question and answered “More than 4” — doh! The real answer is 1 — post snow-shoveling!

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    3. Jane Cerullo

      Had a bad night. Kept going low but kept correcting. Not a usual occurrence thankfully.

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    4. Lawrence S.

      Four. But, not serious lows. I’m going through seasonal change in the amounts of insulin that I need. It’s hard to find a consistent amount of insulin needed from day to day. But, I’m working on it. Otherwise, I don’t mind going through below 70’s, as long as I catch them and make corrections.

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    5. Anne Blayney

      Note to the researchers: This kind of question would be more accessible to non-Americans if a mmol/L conversion were also included. (Ditto, your questions about health insurance — you could include an option to say “I am not in the US” and improve the quality of your results, because there is no applicable answer for people not using that system.)

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      1. T1D Exchange

        Thank you so much for the feedback! We appreciate you taking the time to share this, and will keep this in mind moving forward.

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    6. Joan Fray

      None, thanks to Control IQ. It’s probably saved my life ! Total gratitude, every day.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    7. Ahh Life

      I answered zero late last night because night-time time in range is regularly 98%. Then last evening / early hours this morning I clocked 3 of them. Sometimes life is just whacky, zany, loony. You name it. ☂ ツ

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      1. Sherolyn Newell

        That’s the thing I hate the most about diabetes. Results are not always predictable.

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    8. LizB

      I chose 1, but it lasted awhile. Right as I was about to eat dinner I dropped. I had also done a dual bolus for dinner but gave too much of it up front I guess. It took well over an hour for my BG to get back up to 70 (lowest my CGM went down to was 55 during that time). I don’t feel lows so I felt perfectly fine, plus I had eaten my meal, so I wasn’t too concerned. I was in range the rest of the last 24 hours.

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    9. M C

      If it wasn’t for testing, I’d have no idea it had dipped – I’m finding my old warning signs from my own body are dimming over more recent years. Not sure if it’s because of being at this for 45 years, or because of having better control in the past 8+ years, due to going on the pump and more recently the CGM (without alarms), allowing me to test more frequently, but it is annoying to be losing the ability to tell without the help of technology.

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      1. Sue Martin

        I’ve experienced changes in how I feel with lows too over the years. My CGM with alarms really helps me ward off too many lows. I’d encourage you to look into a CGM with alarms.

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    10. Karen Newe

      If I answered just from my memory I would have answered 2 because the dexcom woke me up 2Xs last night, but I looked at my dexcom history and was between 80 and 70 both times and I headed off 2 overnight lows with some gummies. Then I had a 68 reading during the day that I forgot about to give me an answer of 1.

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    11. Carol Meares

      It was a very good day with 1 low of 69. I don’t notice a 69 unless it is dropping fast and going lower. This one I did not notice because it rose right after and if I had actually tested with a stick at that time it may have not been that low as in the low range I can tend to run a bit lower on CGM than finger sticks. Not always though.

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    12. Edward Geary

      Thanks to DexCom which is programmed to alarm at 85.

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    13. Jeff Perzan

      For people on a sensor, it’s a challenge to answer this question compared to people who only test BGs. My sensor sends readings every 5 minutes . . . I had more than 4 sensor results below 70. Would it be possible to have this sort of question answer separately?

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    14. Sherrie Johnson

      Misjudging my downfall sometimes. Also the complexity of the carbohydrates such a fine line at times.

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    15. Wanacure

      Zero according to both Dexcom and regular finger sticks which is unusual for me. Despite efforts to consistently calibrate my Dexcom, it’s not uncommon for it to read a little lower (or higher) than finger stick. I pay special attention to Dexcom alerts, test with finger stick to confirm, then take action or ignore, depending on situation.

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    16. ConnieT1D62

      Two – one at work yesterday afternoon before lunch, then a doozey low last night after dinner – after I bolused too much for the amt of complex carbs with protein I ate for dinner – sank to a BG of 42 and had to take a squirt of Baqsimi up my nose to get BG level regulated back in range.

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    17. AnitaS

      Zero times. I had a great day as I was 100 percent in range (it is not uncommon for me to dip into the 50’s or 60’s on any given day), and amazingly this past week on a few different occasions, I had blood sugars stay right around 100 for 12 hours straight, even after eating a meal. Certainly wish that would happen more often.

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