I'll lower my before-bed insulin if I drink alcohol, because alcohol stops the liver from releasing stored-up sugar. I guess it's one way to avoid the dawn phenomenon!
As for research studies, as far as I know medical studies in Canada don't pay anything. I was in a study for a year, and they didn't pay me, but they did pay for my insulin. But if you want to participate, you could always ask the study people if insulin counts as meds. If it is a sleep study, they might only want to exclude medication like sleeping pills.
You can get paid for medical research studies in Canada (I see them advertised in my Toronto papers every day) but they always say (regardless of the focus of the study) that you must be free of daily medications.
I have a history of losing conciousness, having seizures, etc. in my sleep from lows so when I have a night of drinking, I won't go to sleep until I am sober. I also make sure I have a snack - whether I am hungry or not.
I see more of my drinking lows about 10-12 hours after I stop drinking.
I don't participate in sleep studies or any other kinds of studies so that's never an issue. But I do feel bitter sometimes because diabetes has changed my life. And because I've lost family members due to complications from diabetes, it scares me :(
I always lower my nighttime dose of lantus by about 4 units and go to bed at either 200 or so or eat a snack to make me that high if I've been drinking more than a couple of drinks. Then I might not go low, though I've still sometimes gone low even after taking those precautions. I get good low warnings though, so it's not really scary for me, just annoying. I'm often awake for a little while before it clicks in that I'm low, but often one of the more prominent symptoms is my racing heart rate (which happens with low blood sugars). Maybe that's what causes the nightmares in part, since lows cause a similar physiological response as a stressful nightmare would, so having that response first influences your dreams?
Perfect timing.. Drank 5 shots Silver Bacardi and three-ish beers. No fast-acting insulin. Only my nightly dose of Lantus.
Alcohol affects blood sugar blahblahblahblah someone else explained it.. Basically the only thing to think about//remember is EAT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED!! Regardless of what your BS is before you go to bed, it will certainly drop by morningif you're drinking.
I slept through my alarm this morning for my 8am class.. And that NEVER happens. So I'm almost positive I was basically unconcious at some point. Night time//early morning lows are scary and I plan on getting a service dog when I have a house because this shit is too much to not have one.
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As for research studies, as far as I know medical studies in Canada don't pay anything. I was in a study for a year, and they didn't pay me, but they did pay for my insulin. But if you want to participate, you could always ask the study people if insulin counts as meds. If it is a sleep study, they might only want to exclude medication like sleeping pills.
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I see more of my drinking lows about 10-12 hours after I stop drinking.
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Alcohol affects blood sugar blahblahblahblah someone else explained it.. Basically the only thing to think about//remember is EAT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED!! Regardless of what your BS is before you go to bed, it will certainly drop by morningif you're drinking.
I slept through my alarm this morning for my 8am class.. And that NEVER happens. So I'm almost positive I was basically unconcious at some point. Night time//early morning lows are scary and I plan on getting a service dog when I have a house because this shit is too much to not have one.
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