I have not noticed lack of sleep with high sugars in fact I was always more sleepy when my sugar was not controlled. Good Luck

I think it is the other way around.

When I am sleep deprived for a couple of days my sugar will go high. Same for stress or with a cold.

I have sleep apnea as diagnosed by the sleep clinic and have difficulty using a CPAP machine. I lost 25 pounds recently and that has helped my apnea.

This is also a lifestyle thing. I am looking at the things that keep me up late at night and asking myself if I shouldn't try to get to bed earlier and get more rest. Naps during the day are also a good thing if you can do it.

For me anyway sleep deprivation = high blood sugar.

too high or too low I can't sleep, normaly I have trouble getting to sleep before 3 am it sux

I've been ok's with my doc for a supplement called Valerian Root. I get it at WalMart. It helps me go to sleep in about 15 minutes with no other side effects. Doesnt mess with my bloodsugar at all.
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For me it's usually the other way around, I get too tired when mine is high.
I do however, have a hard time getting to sleep at night. I have plain ole' insomnia. I have to take a pill for it.
Good Luck To You!

Thank you all for your helpful advise & insight.

Sleep Apnea & diabetes
I see at least one reply from someone with OSA. In Sept '05 I bought a modern auto-titrating CPAP machine (automatically senses what pressure you need) and the strangest thing happened. I made no changes in diet or exercise but I began to lose weight, 20 lbs in 2 months, but I felt like crap the entire time. I would regularly sleep 8 hrs straight, feel fine and go to work but then at 10 AM be unable to stay awake and would have to go home and sleep another 2 hours. I finally started eating Haagen-Daaz ice cream to feel better and had to consistently eat really bad stuff (creamy pasta dishes etc.)to stop losing weight so I could work. At the time I didn't have a monitor so I didn't know what was happening to my blood sugar, but the connections between sleep and blood sugar control is one possible explanation, I began to have normal sleep which lowered my blood sugar to a point my body wasn't used to. I certainly wish I had a monitor at the time. I might have been able to tough it out for a few more months and lost a lot of weight.

Here is a link to a news item from 2006 on how sleep debt is linked with poor blood sugar control


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/18/health/webmd/main2020069.shtml

My blood sugars have never been terribly high but when they were higher I would sleep more not less.

I just solved that problem with my sleep patterns by adding several new herbal formulations exclusivly for diabetes management and the endrocrine system. I also added a formula called adrenocalm which has valerian root. I also have sleep apnea. I did buy a new bed that is totally adjustable and what a difference in sleep. I just attended a seminar on how the brain works with diabetes and all the side effects of missing oxygen in the blood and other critical vitamins and such. I would be happy to share my knowledge with anyone who wants to talk about taking action to beat this disease.

My diabetic specialist said that having too much sugar in your blood will make you sluggish. I have high readings almost everynight and have no problem sleeping.

does anyone know if blood sugar, high or low, affects sleep architecture?

WHAT IS SLEEP ARCHITCTURE?