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My blood glucose is high upon waking but gets better through the day I'm sleeping like a log but can't seem to get myself out of bed.
But the artlicle below seems to comfirm bad sleep patterns effect lots of diabetic people So your are not alone Goldi!
A bad night's sleep may not just leave you tired and irritable. It could also raise your risk of diabetes, research suggests.
Just one night of tossing and turning and getting only four hours' sleep can 'profoundly' affect the body's ability to use insulin to convert sugar into energy.
Disruption of this delicate process can lead to diabetes.
Complications arising from the condition include heart disease, blindness and amputations.
With a soaring number of Britons developing diabetes - from 1.26million cases in 1996 to 2.35million today - the findings suggest sleepless nights caused by the stresses of modern life are at least partly to blame.
To make the link, Dutch scientists looked at how effective the bodies of nine healthy volunteers were at processing sugar.
They were examined twice - once after a night of eight hours' sleep and once after grabbing just four hours.
Halving the amount of sleep reduced the body's ability to use insulin to process sugar - known as insulin sensitivity - by up to a quarter, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reports.
Previous research has found that several nights of poor sleep can send sugar levels haywire, but this study is the first to show that even one bad night - caused by a busy day at the office or a sick child - can be detrimental to health.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1273160/Sleeplessness-linked-diabetes-scientists-claim-tiredness-reduce-ability-process-sugar-bloodstream.html#ixzz0nEyArx00
But the artlicle below seems to comfirm bad sleep patterns effect lots of diabetic people So your are not alone Goldi!
A bad night's sleep may not just leave you tired and irritable. It could also raise your risk of diabetes, research suggests.
Just one night of tossing and turning and getting only four hours' sleep can 'profoundly' affect the body's ability to use insulin to convert sugar into energy.
Disruption of this delicate process can lead to diabetes.
Complications arising from the condition include heart disease, blindness and amputations.
With a soaring number of Britons developing diabetes - from 1.26million cases in 1996 to 2.35million today - the findings suggest sleepless nights caused by the stresses of modern life are at least partly to blame.
To make the link, Dutch scientists looked at how effective the bodies of nine healthy volunteers were at processing sugar.
They were examined twice - once after a night of eight hours' sleep and once after grabbing just four hours.
Halving the amount of sleep reduced the body's ability to use insulin to process sugar - known as insulin sensitivity - by up to a quarter, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reports.
Previous research has found that several nights of poor sleep can send sugar levels haywire, but this study is the first to show that even one bad night - caused by a busy day at the office or a sick child - can be detrimental to health.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1273160/Sleeplessness-linked-diabetes-scientists-claim-tiredness-reduce-ability-process-sugar-bloodstream.html#ixzz0nEyArx00
Thanks Lost for the information. At least I am not alone and now I know why I have diabetes... not enough sleep LOL.. Yea.. thats it.. hahaha... dont *I* wish.
Lost, I am so glad to hear from you. I was kind of worried. I know you were tired, like me only you are able to sleep whereas I am not. Most people have a higher reading in the morning and go down during the day. Have you talked to your doctor yet about getting on some metformin? What have your numbers been lately? Maybe if you could swim again, it would help... do you think? I know I know... sometimes it is just impossible to drag yourself out of bed... but you will feel so much better afterwards...
But there were long periods of tme when I lived on only a few hours night after night - busy social life AND a fulltime job. Maybe that coupled with the family history does explain things a lot.
I remember those days when I was younger and worked full time and partied the rest.... I didnt sleep much then either.. but it was because I didnt want to.. not because I couldnt :)
Aahh.. poor Hope. Something must have happened to her in the dark. You never know what makes them think the way they do when you dont have them from little puppies. How about you put a light on in your bedroom. would she be better then?