Distured Sleep for Diabetics

Uneven sleep and a possible bad dream causing an anxiety attack are quite likely. The symptoms are similar to an anxiety attack which would be understandable if you are worried all the time about your diet and numbers etc. As you are fully aware, stress, even momentary, will spike your numbers. The proof of this would be if you get up or sit up and do relaxation and let the episode pass and as your pulse settles and the adrenalin slows it should affect your next reading which you could take in half an hour. If its indeed an anxiety attack the BG numbers will be down 10% or more from the earlier reading. I wouldn't go running for meds if its only occassional. If you treat it with extra oral diabetics or short acting insulin you could go too low in the night.

BTW get your thyroid hormones checked (cold feet) and if you are type 2 don't check so often. Checking too much can easily cause a person to cross the line from sensible to borderline OCD and OCD would go hand in hand with anxiety symptoms which will cause higher readings.... .funny how that works eh? Perfectionists should not be allowed to have such a wonderful disease as type 2 diabetes. Anyway you are right, worry about lows not highs. Highs won't kill you unless they are very very high and if that happens go to ER...read more