Comment by Jag1 on March 9, 2013 at 2:27pm

By definition, "Honeymoon" is when your total daily dose (TDD) of insulin decreases. It tends to happen within a month or so of first being diagnosed. It isn't related to "dawn phenomenon". Did you take more insulin when you were first diagnosed, and now take less? If so you are in your honeymoon. Enjoy it while you can :)

Comment by Don on March 9, 2013 at 2:42pm

You could be honeymooning, especially if you are LADA T1. The other possibility is your daily Levemir at 2200 is producing a peak during the night that drops your bg without you realizing it and thus you are not waking up with a dawn phenomenon spike.
In my case, Lantus can cause a 30+ point peak. I also noticed that my control got a lot harder a year after diagnosis which I assume is due to my honeymooning ending.

Comment by MegaMinxX on March 9, 2013 at 6:56pm

Do you take Levemir only once/day ? Many have found that splitting the dose and doing 2 injections works better.
I see you are newly diagnosed. You may want to check out the books Using Insulin (John Walsh) and/or Think Like a Pancreas (Gary Scheiner), which are very helpful.

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