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In the past 7 days, have you stayed up later than you planned to make sure your blood glucose levels were stable before going to sleep?
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I answered no since I didn’t stay up but now I wish I had, because my blood glucose dropped precipitously after an hour of sleep. I had a lot of managing to do then!
I always make sure that I eat by 1700 hours so that I can check and correct, my blood sugar before I go to bed at 2000 hours.
She I change my CGM sensor (Dexcom G6), I inevitably will spike high and if done in the late evening, I’ll sometimes stay up until it comes down into my preferred range.
I had sensor quit early and bs was all over the place so changes sensor and waited to make sure my bs was consistent before going to bed.
I said no. But, I have both had a snack and given an extra bolus before bed. I find that Tandem’s ControlIQ does an amazing job of landing me well.
No. However, my BG tends to wander with my dreams. I wonder if Sigmund Freud had anything to do with this? 🦇🦇
Working on it
A couple of times my blood sugars were trending low so had to defer bedtime for a snack.
No.
I’ve been eating earlier dinners for the past month and have noticed better glucose stability before bed. (my BG sleep patterns the usual mayhem though)
Occasionally I will stay up for an extra hour to be sure the bg is down to where I want it. I have my high alert set at 120, if I don’t have any IOB and I may have FOB (food on board) I will correct and/or set a temp basal increase for an hour or so.
I would say this is more common for me at other times; I have a baby at home so there have been times this week I feared going low, but sleep was more important!
Only due to my new replacement pump because my old one was no longer covered under warranty. I had trouble connecting the CGM. Was 3am before I got to bed and the 2 hour countdown had just began. I could not last. Woke up and was all good but what a pain! There has to be an easier way Tandem and Dexcom to connect. I just heard they are prepping for the G7 and I am excited and nervous all at the same time. Ready for a sleepless night. lol
No I don’t, but might as well! I’m crazy…. I go to bed and let the pump and CGM keep me up with alarms. Treat…. nap, treat…. nap. Vicious cycle! Either way you lose sleep. It seems BG always starts to drop as soon as I get ready for bed. But my BG always seems stable as long as I never sit down! Ugh!
A unique question! No number on the planet EVER worries or frightens me. Too many decades. But, a rare “stacking” event and a foolish misread of labeled carbs required confirmation (waiting) before sleeping. Was not pleased… sleep is a sacred thing.
As I have stated several times in the forum, I have to change my Basel rates most times after a set change. Of course, after the first day/night I’m alert for low numbers.