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Permalink Reply by picklebird on February 24, 2011 at 5:54am

I never had a problem falling asleep but I woke up every night in the wee hours and often stayed awake for hours, before I knew I had diabetes. Since having it, there was a long, rocky period in which I had to get up frequently and pee a lot. My BG was up and down a lot at the beginning as well. Now that I'm at the six month mark, off meds, I usually sleep through the night, occasionally may get up once a night to pee, but have no problem going back to sleep.

Every time I have a more wakeful night, I know the next day will be higher BG readings, so I use that sleeplessness as an early warning to be stricter in carb intake the next day.

Really does help to be strict about going to bed at the exact same time each night and get up the same time.

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Permalink Reply by Gluke Skywalker on February 24, 2011 at 12:55pm

I have definitely experienced that lack of rest will decrease insulin sensitivity. There is also some research that suggests the same. In one experiment they observed diabetes-like symptoms in healthy young men who had been sleep-deprived for a certain period of time.

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Permalink Reply by Jon on February 24, 2011 at 2:09pm

Fabi

I feel like crap when I don't sleep well and my BS is out of control.

Take care young lady...looks like my plan to CA got delayed, but not because of me. I was ready.

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Permalink Reply by Andie on February 25, 2011 at 11:49am

Yes, my BSLs are far more stable when I'm able to sleep for a solid 8-9 hours and be generally well rested. If I don't get enough sleep, I find that my numbers fluctuate more throughout the day, even if I eat the same amount of carbs.

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Permalink Reply by Melvin Francis Anderson on February 25, 2011 at 1:42pm

I am over 90 years old and suffer from insomnia caused by keidney problems, I wake up every two hours or so and the move sleep I have had the more trouble retuning to sleep. With this problem, I find no correlation to blood glucose, the correlation is to daily exercise and amount of insulin I inject (T1). My rime care giver, after conferringfv with related specialists allows me BS from 120 to 200 normal. Below 120 hypoglycenia sets in, but I only notice it if I am bel.ow 80. I was diagnosed in 2000 so I havE onlky had it for 11 years, A1C about 6.5 INR. I use a needle with type N. I seem to be different from anybodu else I have seen on Tudiabetes.

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Permalink Reply by picklebird on February 26, 2011 at 4:35am

wow, Melvin Francis Anderson, 90! I am impressed you are on this site. I love to see comments by older members so that I can see one can last a long time with diabetes, as too many people think it always shortens life. I am surprised type 1 can show up so late in life. There's still a lot of websites saying 40's and implying if you didn't get it by then, you can't get it later. Did your kidney problem develop at the same time as diabetes or later?

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on February 26, 2011 at 5:08am

I haven't run into problems sleeping since I started working out a lot maybe 5-6 years ago. I had a brief period of interrupted sleep last August when we got our puppy but I was walking her 4-5 times/ most days to keep up with her "productivity" and bonkers energy so I think that my BG were more impacted by the extra running around. Thanks for the interesting thread though.

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Permalink Reply by Janny on February 26, 2011 at 2:06pm

I also am in the vicious cycle of no sleep, bad control. Night sweats wake me up and if I'm using CGM, it beeps/vibrates as BG's fluctuate out of control and sometimes when I check them, they are ok and sensor is "off target". And I'm like the other night owls that responded...I get up after most of the world has had their breakfast.

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Permalink Reply by Christalyn on February 27, 2011 at 7:08am

I want to look at this question on both ends of the spectrum. Before being diabetic and after being diabetic.

I believe wholeheartedly in the connect of sleep (lack of sleep or unusual patterns of sleep) and the DEVELOPMENT of diabetes in Type 2 diabetics. I can not speak to the affect on Type 1's but Type 2's yes there is a connection. There are several studies and literature that do suggest lack of sleep and working the night shift as contributors to chronic illnesses as well as diabetes. Plenty of this research is being done in India since workers there have to work at 24 hour call centers. India is experiencing new cases of diabetes with people working night shift.

As for myself, I worked night shift for 6 years straight and was super flexible with my job. If they needed me to come in 3 hours early or stay 4 hours later I would do it. It cause havoc with my sleep patterns. So I am sure my BS levels at this time were consistently high for weeks. Even though for the pass 6 months I have been working a day shift job it is still hard for me to sleep more than 4-5 at a time. I "cat nap" all night long. I wake up several times in the middle of the night. There have been a few times I had experience lows at night but most of the time I tend to be high. I normally forget to take my night time meds so in the morning I am high. I hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Acquafortis on March 2, 2011 at 9:40am

Definitely sleeping late gives me high fasting bg even if then I try to sleep a couple of hours further in the morning.
For me it is not a question of how many hours but when I go to sleep.

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Permalink Reply by Appie Mol on March 2, 2011 at 10:48am

Yes it does affect my control.
Many days I even can't get out of bed..... :o(

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Permalink Reply by Allen on March 3, 2011 at 7:47am

Yep, I have a hard time sleeping as well; I am type II though but have the same glucose control issues you mention. I think it has to do with stress just about anything that stresses me out raises my levels. I take ALPRAZelam but it doesn't always help like last night had two hours sleep and I already know my glucose with will out-of-wack, and will have a crappy day as well.
Allen

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