Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: St Augustine, FL USA
Dawn/somogyi Phenomena Posted: 08-21-05 22:06pm
Help! I was diagnosed as type 2 in 1994.
Oral meds alone weren't keeping bgls
down, so last month I was put on lantus.
My fbgs every morning are horrible - 160+
consistently. However, as the day
progresses, my bgls steadily drop to an
acceptable level. I know this is either
dawn phenomena or somogyi phenomena as I
have set my alarm for 3-4 am and bgls are
wonderful, mid 90's. Then I go back to
sleep and 3 or 4 hours later I wake up and
check again and boom, bg jacked up halfway
to the moon! I'm getting very frustrated
as nothing i've tried will make this stop.
I've been increasing my lantus pretty
much weekly (as my Dr. Instructs me of
course). I've asked him about this and
he says I just need to keep increasing my
lantus dosage. I disagree - it just
doesn't make sense that over the span of a
few hours, without ingesting anything, my
glucose can jump like that. Lantus is a
basal insulin that is supposed to maintain
a consistent level for 24 hours. It
certainly shouldn't wear off after just a
few hours (and then start working again a
few hours later!).
Can anyone shed some light on this and
offer some solutions that might work??
Thanks!
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irelivu
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 1 Location: California, USA
Posted: 08-22-05 18:31pm
Hello ms dadi'm new to this site just
bascially checking out the site and I saw
your post. I have a know a couple of
people here in the southern california
area where there type 2 diabetes has been
improved and I think is on the road to a
normal life. If you like you can pm me
and I can relay some info for you.
