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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on March 6, 2012 at 5:15pm

a lot of people will refer to "Dawn Phenomenon", a release of hormones in the early AM hours, that raises your BG. My theory is that this is to "fuel" hunting and gathering breakfast although I don't know if anyone else shares that view? With a pump, I push my basal rate up in those early AM hours to get rid of the "bump" in my BG. Maybe just try a shade higher from 5-7 or 3-6 or if you've been getting up to eat, figure out when it's happening? You can guess but if you are getting up, if you can pin down precisely when it happens, you can have a decent chance of wiping out morning lows altogether.

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Permalink Reply by marie on March 6, 2012 at 6:26pm

I am so glad that you posted this. I have been diabetic for 22 years and this hAs been such a problem that I have had to just accept this . I am 5"8 and I used be at the perfect weight for my height I was 14o lbs and a size 3 . Well over the course of a 2 year period of waking up in middle of the night to eat I managed to put on 40 lbs . I do not do this as bad anymore because I purposely put a snack next to my bed so that I do not even walk into the kitchen . I know for a fact that it's the bl that causes this urge to eat in the mid of night . Like last night I went to bed at 135 and felt fine , I then woke up in the middle of the night and ate 3 mozz cheese sticks . I woke up with a bl of 190 . I usually put one of those 100 cal packs next to my bed ,so therefore I accept that no matter what I will wake up in the middle of the night and feel the urge to eat . It's very annoying to me cause when I fall asleep I do not feel hungry and when I wake to eat I actually feel starving . My question has always been why do I even wake up wanting food if my bl is never low at that time ? Yes I am on  the pump 

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Emily on March 7, 2012 at 2:40am

Hey, haha that actually sounds exactly like me. I even put a lock on the fridge and stuck the key in my BF's pillow. But its really crazy cause if I am at someone elses house or I know the fridge is locked and I can't get the key, im fine and don't want to eat. Otherwise I just go eat whatever. Fully annoying I def understand where you are coming from. I only know of one other t1 that has the same problem!

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on March 6, 2012 at 9:32pm

Afraid it's just a habit that you can break by not giving in to eating at night. I know, much easier said than done. Have you tried the old diet trick of drinking water instead of eating?

Normal people's BG is lowest between 2-4 AM as the body's in a rest mode. Approaching waking, BG starts rising to meet the demands of being awake. Nothing to do with hunting/gathering:) Of course, we don't have insulin to regulate going too high so dawn phenomenon can send BG really high as BG increases.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Emily on March 7, 2012 at 2:41am

Thanks Gerri, I agree!!!

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on March 7, 2012 at 2:48am

Wish there was an easy solution. I drink water when I'm hungry. This is strange, I admit, but I also eat sour dill pickles to take the edge off hunger. Don't know why that works, but at least they have few carbs.

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