Can I go to low at night?

[kel4han]

Next question, I dont take any basal insulin, and if my last bolus is at 5pm and I check at 10 pm being good at 110, without any insulin working, and no basal, I should not go low at night right? I ask because I once put my 6y/o to bed at 8pm at 106, no basal for her either yet, at 3am check was 105 but at 7am she was 68. ?? (no snack that night)That seems too low although I suppose it is also isnt really considered "low" ?

[Funnygrl]

In theory you shouldn't go low at night, but hey, this is diabetes, anything is possible.

[LancetChick]

It's not weird if you're still honeymooning, although I think it is still unusual. Beta cells under attack and weakened can deliver insulin at inappropriate times as well as fail to deliver. I never had a honeymoon period, and I'm grateful!

[BriOnH]

Sounds like your daughter is honymooning. I try to wake up at around 70. I am pretty happy when I do because from the time I wake to the time I get to work I almost always go up 40 mg/dl.

When I was a kid(the same age as your daughter) I only took one shot a day in the morning. I'll have to ask my mom what insulin that was back then, but todays 24 hours are leaps and bounds better.

[Cyborg]

Most people sleep through hypos during the night...

[Injecto]

Most people sleep through hypos during the night...

Does that still ring as true for people on insulins such as Levemir, or a pump? I figured those two options would, at minimum, drastically reduce the sleeping hypos?

[Cyborg]

I would think that the source of the hypo didn't really matter as to whether you sleep through it or not.

[Injecto]

I guess what I meant was, with flat insulins like Levemir, or the use of a pump, if you get yourself a good BG reading before bed (say 5.0 for example), and take a snack of slow releasing carbs (some crackers), and then your insulin, you can stay level most of the night (at least in theory), therefore reducing your night time hypos. I may be wrong given that I'm still too new at this.

[momtomadison]

Cyborg- I don't mean to change the subject, but I noticed that you are
a type 1.5. What exactly is a type 1.5? If you don't mind me asking. Just curious!

[DeusXM]

A flat-profile basal or an insulin pump is less likely to cause nighttime hypos provided it matches your actual basal requirements. People on Insulatard tend to have more hypos (as well as decreased hypo awareness) because the curve in the action profile means you actually have to eat something to stop going low, whereas with a flat profile insulin you shouldn't have to do that.

[Cyborg]

Cyborg- I don't mean to change the subject, but I noticed that you are
a type 1.5. What exactly is a type 1.5? If you don't mind me asking. Just curious!


It's really just type 1, an immune disorder. It is referred to as LADA, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults.

[kel4han]

Hey mom to madison, I am a mom to maDDison as well. Type 1.5 to me, means adult onset type I diabetes. Others here can explain in further detail I am sure, as I really have not paid attention to the Type, other than 1 or 2.

[Funnygrl]

Hey mom to madison, I am a mom to maDDison as well. Type 1.5 to me, means adult onset type I diabetes. Others here can explain in further detail I am sure, as I really have not paid attention to the Type, other than 1 or 2.
It's adult onset type 1 with a really slow onset. I was originally thought to be 1.5, but my dx was changed to type 1 when I lost the majority of my beta cell function in just a year.

[Klososky]

It's really just type 1, an immune disorder. It is referred to as LADA, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults.
lol, i've always wandered..... interesing... didnt know they had a name for that.