The dawn effect is when you wake up with elevated blood sugars, supposedly to carry you until you hunt and gather sustenance like your ancestors did.
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I have asked this question of every professional I have encountered.  I can't get an answer from anyone that makes sense.  Normally, I get the "deer caught in the headlights" look when ever I ask.\n\nI am one who suffers with the dawn effect.  It really upsets me to wake up with higher sugar than when I go to bed.  I think what is happening is the body sees the glucose level drop in the predawn hours and it converts something into glucose.  It keeps right on making sugar until you wake up.  I have tried a couple of experiments including setting my alarm for 3:00 AM and testing. In me it seems to give credence to my theory.  Additionally I have eaten a small piece of dark chocolate before bedtime.  I do mean a piece, not three pounds.  Dark chocolate is supposed to help with insulin usage.  The dark chocolate also seems to help me.  \n\nI am going to put the question on my watch list.  Hope we can both get a good answer.
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J and gand..are both absolutely correct. If you are diabetic and checking your sugar and you are having difficulty controling it you need to see your diabetes management nurse or physician. Now there are a few other things that can also cause a rise in am sugars that would be the use of corticosteroids for the control of inflamation or endocrin disorders. Corticosteroids can actually cause a non diabetic to require the use of diabetic medications during the course of there treatment (that cortisol thing going on there)
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its something you cant stop happening such as the sun coming up each morning
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Like all things in medicine it is usually clear cut - if you're sugar is sky high and you are acutely ill, and you fit the profile, you are almost certainly type 1. If your sugars creep up over years, and you feel fine, and you fit the profile, you're almost certainly type 2. Then there's the in betweeners. Blood tests can determine how much insulin the body still produces. (Early in type 1, the body may still produce insulin. This is the "honeymoon period.") Usually, though, it's pretty clear
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It has to do with the blood sugar levels.  If you take in too much sugar, the body puts out more insulin in response.  This slows down the metabolism of the blood.  The carbo-coma is simply the body trying to bring itself back into homeostasis.
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Sleep deprivation has a similar impact on the body to the aging process and may increase the severity of chronic disorders such as heart disease and diabetes, researchers have found.\n\nA team from the US Department of Medicine in Chicago, investigated whether sleep debt can alter metabolic and hormonal functions. \n\nProfessor Eve Van Cauter, who led the study, said: "We found that the metabolic and endocrine hormonal changes resulting from a signficant slep debt mimic many of the hallmarks of ageing. \n\n"We suspect that chronic sleep loss may not only hasten the onset, but could also increase the severity of age-related ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and memory loss."\n\nThe participants were allowed eight hours per night for the first three nights of the study. \n\nIt is thought eight hours is the amount of sleep required for the body to be fully rested. \n\nOn the following six nights, the participants were restricted to four hours' sleep a night. \n\nFinally, they were allowed 12 hours' sleep a night for the concluding seven nights of the study.\n\nThe investigators took measurements during the day of glucose tolerance, cortisol concentrations (a hormone that helps to regulate blood sugar concentrations), heart rate, sleepiness, and the impact on the production of various hormones. \n\nFollowing the period of sleep deprivation, the researchers found subjects had higher levels of glucose and cortisol in their blood. \n\nThey also took up to 40% longer than normal to regulate their blood sugar levels after a high carbohydrate meal. \n\nSleep deprivation also led to an increase in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls many of the body's "involuntary" functions. \n\nDr Tom Mackay, a consultant respiratory physician at the Scottish National Sleep Centre at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, said the research showed sleep deprivation provoked a typical stress response in the body, characterised by raised cortisol and glucose levels.\n\nDr Mackay said the amount of sleep people required varied between individuals. \n\nThe important thing was to feel thoroughly rested after waking up. \n\nIn many cases the quality of sleep was more important that the quantity, he said.
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I've been researching, and writing on, Nutrition and Health for over 30 years. The combination of not eating - and alcohol will have seriously disturbed your blood sugar levels. You need to eat very small small amounts of foods that won't send your blood sugar soaring.  See on my web site:-  http://www.foodforthought.org.uk/hypoglycaemia.htm  - follow the links for more information.
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Drink a bottle of water as soon as you get up.  It will jump start your metabolism so that your breakfast will digest faster.  It also perks you up a bit without inudating your body with a bunch of cafeen first thing in the morning.
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It would have been high because you hadn't taken your meds at all the day before and were probably high the entire morning. Sometimes it just takes longer to feel the effects as your blood sugar continues to rise. Also, stress and emotional things can affect your blood sugar, and it sounds like you were in a highly stressful situation the day before. A third factor affecting your blood sugar is other medication, so the allergy meds may have contributed to it as well. The craving sugar could have been because sometimes when we go high we get hungry, or because you thought you were low, so your brain wanted sugar, even though your body didn't. \n\nI would recommend finding a fool-proof way to never forget your meds. I know how hard it can be when you're busy, but your life is too important not to take a few minutes a day to save it. \n\nGood Luck!
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THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES . ITS WHEN I HAVE EATEN SOMETHING THAT CAUSE S  HEART BURN , AND SOMETHING SPICY , THAT MAKES YOU WAKE UP LIKE  THAT . WELL IT HAS DONE ME THIS WAY.
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A first approach would be to check on your diet.  Make sure you take a good multivitamin.  Eat a sensible breakfast and lunch, but avoid slamming down too many simple carbs during the day.  Often, after your blood sugar skyrockets, it will subsequently crash.  It's also possible you need even more sleep than 6-7 hours.  Do you feel refreshed in the morning?  If not, you may not be sleeping very well. \n\nIf the "homebrew" approaches don't work, talk to a doc.  They'll be able to give you better advice and rule out any medical causes (thyroid, anemia, etc).
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The morning is generally a better time because right away it boost your metabolism and thus helps you burn more of the meals you consume that day. Also, if you execise in the morning be sure to eat something small before the workout so your body will have something to workoff and not go straight to your muscle.
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It occurs when a diabetic person's blood sugar gets very high-generally over 350-400.  It is a medical emergency.  You can avoid it by frequent testing of your blood sugar & treating your blood sugar appropriately.
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You need to see a doctor and get a glucose tolerance test.  That is a high fasting blood sugar and needs investigating...;
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You should have your cortisol, blood sugar and insulin levels checked also.
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if the constant high sugar intake is continued, a lot of people believe this will increase your risk of type-2 diabetes. Now, whether this happens in 10 years, 20 years or never is dependant on a lot of factors.\n\nBottom line - comsuming lots of excess sugars can play havor on your glucose/glycogen systems and stress your liver, kidneys, and pancreas and result in spikes in insulin and depressing the production of key enzymes used for energy management.
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when you have diabetes, the kidneys work hard to remove that extra suger form the blood. so you have to urinate more often,and then the body asks for more water by making you more thirsty. so if you feel more thirsty, and urinate more often, then it is  the first sign that you have diabetes.\n\ndrinking more water will let you remove more excess  sugar,and will prevent the dryness in mouth and skin, but it will not reduce the sugar in the blood that you are adding by eating more and more food .\n\nwhat you need to know is  how high is the sugar level in the blood. Then you need to controll the sugar to an acceptable level, by medicine, by reducing food intake, and the exercise.\n\nIt is found that when we have diabetes, our body does not produce insulin. And body muscles can not use up the sugar from the blood just by doing daily routine work and we feel energyless(Lousy).\n\nBut recent studies found that regular exercise and walking at brisk speed( so you breath faster) reduces blood sugar.\n\nBut when you regularly exercise,then the muscles can