Diabetes: How is it when I test my blood in the morning, it's higher than the night before?

Question

Why is it when I test my blood sugar in the morning when I wake up, it's higher than it was the night before? I don't eat after I test it and I check it right when I wake up, and sometimes I get a reading that is 20 to 30 points higher. My dad says that his does the same thing.

We eat dinner around 4:30 PM, I check my blood sugar around 9:00 PM when I go to bed and at 7:00 AM when I wake up. I checked my records on what I eat, and the last time it was pizza!

Answer 1

Pizza? Where there ya go. The carbs are getting to you, honey. Concentrate on veggies and proteins for your evening meal. If you take insulin, call your doc and he might want to put you on a sliding scale. If you take something like glucophage, you might need to increase it also. Either way, call your doctor. Be sure to keep your evening meals good and healthy and no snacking before you go to sleep. Also, you might want to drink alot of water until around 6PM. It seems to work for me. If you exercise, try exercising in the afternoon or evening and it will bring down your sugar in the AM also. Good Luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

What are you eating? Pizza is the worst. It takes a longer time for the fat to be broken down to sugars that can then (finally) enter your blood stream. I find that eating steak does pretty much the same thing, especially if it's not really lean meat. It's the fat content.

Also. I don't know what kind of med you are using, but if you are using insulin, you may need to increase your NPH in the evening dose, if that is possible. If you are not comfortable making this change, consult with your doctor or diabetes educator.

Answer 5

You might want to check your BS at about 3AM for a few nights just to make sure you are not bouncing from a low.
If you are having unknown lows in the moddle of the night you could be showing highs in the mornings.
Then after checking with your doctor a simple snack of crackers at 9-10pm will stop that.
Of course if its from pizza than you know what you have to do. But, I will assume it was a nice lo-cal pizza (right?)

Answer 6

Could you explain how much insulin your taking and at what times, and what kind of insulin. This would greatly help me figure out your high blood sugars in the morning hours.

Answer 7

Your heaviest meal must be dinner. Eat a heavier meal at lunch, instead and check with your doc for either increasing your insulin and/or switching to a longer acting insulin.

Answer 8

I'm not an expert but I think it bc you re not doing any activity besides sleeping so the stuff you ate is settling down.

Answer 9

look up "dawn phenomenon" and "symogi" FBG goes up more than bedtime BG because of liver producing glucose to compensate for low or lowish BG during night or because of hormones relased during the night.

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read,1033,77.html
http://www.emedicine.com/Med/topic2098.htm

Answer 10

Shouldn't you be asking your Doctor?