Early morning blood sugar levels

[Margaret9349]

Hi I often have a higher blood sugar level on waking in the morning than prior to bed time despite not having eaten anything since earlier in the evening

[Pixielula]

Very simplistic explanation.....Your body releases "stored" glucose during the night to stop hypoglycaemia during the night. in normal non diabetic people this will trigger a release of insulin in diabetics our insulin system is wonky, hence on waking our levels are higher than before we go to bed.

[Margaret9349 in reply to Pixielula]

Thanks really helpful as it was beginning to worry me. I think sometimes if things like this were explained soon after diagnoses it would save anxiety