[mariettabravesfan]

How can I wake up with one number, take meds, NOT EAT, and my numbers get higher after a few hours of being awake? This doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[MCS]

If you do not eat your liver will provide you with its own glucose. Some T2's do not have a good regulator when it comes to their liver out put so it makes them go higher than they should be. Helps to eat something in the morning.

Myself I drink a cup of coffee in which I put 4g of sugar, 4 packets of art sweetener, heavy cream, coconut oil. I get a rapid 10-15pt rise then I am back to baseline in 30 minutes with out the nagging morning rise.

 

[mariettabravesfan]

hmmm...ok, then Ill eat some eggs and bacon.

 

[jasonsandeman]

What you are describing is called the "Dawn Phenomenon." Eating a bit of protein in the morning should alleviate that.

 

[mariettabravesfan]

Weird...I ate the bacon and eggs and it went down by 40 pts...just checked it again and it is 137 now, the lowest I have been in at least a year. I guess the glimepiride is working as intended now.