High readings in the morning
 

Hi folks.
I am Type 2 diagnosed about a year ago. Am diet controlled, my HBA1C readings were 7.2 on diagnosis and 6.6 six months later. The reason i am posting is that i've started to test my blood daily. Mine is an unusual case apparently as while my blood glucose is considered to be well controlled i have had facial nerve damage/facial pain for the last two years and am seeing neurologists. It looks like diabetes is considered to be the likely culprit. Anyway this is the second day of testing my blood and the readings are generally ok except in the mornings when my readings have been 9.2 and 8.1. Last night i tried exercise in the evening and to make my last meal protien based but still a high reading. Is this normal?

Hi. My name is Melody and I'm type 2 also.

From what you are describing it just might be neuropathy. It's a complication from diabetes. Many people get it in their feet. I was diagnosed with diabetic neuropathy years ago (I don't know if this is what you have, ask the doctor if he thinks it is).

Anyway, as soon as I saw the symptoms which are burning, tingling, etc, I began a regimen of Methyl b-12 and I take it every morning.

I go to Puritan's Pride and get their great deals. I use the Methyl b-12 5000 sublingual.

Why not google Methyl b-12 and nerve damage. Then ask your doctor.

Many doctors don't go for vitamins and supplements. But in fact, Methyl B-12 has helped MANY diabetics.

I wish you well on your journey in managing your diabetes.

I myself am a sprouter. I sprout broccoli and fenugreek (also wonderful for diabetes). Began doing this over 2 years ago.

Lost weight, feel good, and my diabetes is controlled.

Best thing I ever did.

So all the best.

Melody

Forgot to mention that often, when one awakes and takes their Blood Sugar levels, it's high because of a thing called Dawn Phenomenon. Look it up on Google. You'll be amazed.

High glucose readings only in the morning can be due to 3 things.

The dawn phenomenon--- where the low sugar during the night stimulates liver release of new glucose to help you wake up.
This can be helped in several ways. Finding the low time during the night by testing, you can have a protein snack with some carb --no more than 200 cal-- and hopefully this will lead to better morning readings. The dawn phenom is also thought to be a cortisol increase which then raises blood sugar also.

The other two causes---
http://answers.google.com/answers/th...id/588816.html

I have insulin resistance and finally now beginning type II diabetes. I have mostly elevated fasting levels.

But this summer I started l-theanine (from a recommendation on our PN board here) and after 3 weeks this lowered my morning sugars to 103 ave. I was able to stop my metformin entirely for the last half of my vacation even. I've been looking this up and in my case I guess it is because l-theanine lowers cortisol levels. It may not work for everyone. Theanine is also found in green tea and black, but not at the levels I am using.
150mg of Suntheanine at night.

In the US blood glucose is measured with different numbers than you are reporting on your post. So you must be out of the country. Measuring A1C is not useful daily. This is a long term effect on red blood cells which die every 3 months or so to be replaced by new. So the A1C is only done every 3 months or longer to be accurate.

I've been testing my morning fasting glucose for months now, and I see a cyclic effect depending on what I ate the night before. Without a snack or something around midnight or 1am I will test higher. Skip dinner and I will be high too. It seems fasting itself raises my blood sugar the most.

I try to control carbohydrate intake very strictly. I have a small amount daily. I find oatmeal in the morning...with cinnamon on it and a tablespoonful of peanut butter mixed in will not raise my sugar readings at all. Balancing carbs with protein helps keep blood sugar more stable. This is the basis for the Zone diet, which you might want to look into.

I was diagnosed type 2 in 2006. From day one of testing my Test meter was very friendly. It kept saying Hi on the screen, after a couple of months I was able to get the readings down to the teens. . I was on medication for Myasthenia Gravis at the time and apparently this was giving high blood sugar readings. It took me almost a year to get readings below 10. This lasted for a couple of years and then started to climb above 12. . For the last 4 weeks I have been testing 4 times a day. On one ocassion I tested at 5.2. I had a cup of coffee and tested an hour later. The reading was 20 at that stage. My reading prior to the earlier test was 7.6. I had no sugar in the coffee and nothing to eat. It may have been caused by my med for MG. . For the Diabetes I am on Glipizide 15mg, Metformin 2000 twice a day, Insulin 32Units in the morning and 26 unit in the evening. One day I will get it sorted.:)

Try different snacks at bed time, cheese, 1/2 apple wiith some peanutbutter, olives, dill pickles, a handful of almonds.