# Optimal BG level for sleeping

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/optimal-bg-level-for-sleeping/9687>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/optimal-bg-level-for-sleeping/9687 "2020-04-23T11:39:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/optimal-bg-level-for-sleeping/9687/14 "2020-04-24T14:49:44Z")

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> [@kalle](#):
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> Those of you with pumps, do you find that you require more basal overnight?

There was an old thread on this here:

> [@Night basals: higher or lower than daytime?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/night-basals-higher-or-lower-than-daytime/6287):
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> a few months ago [my endo and I] jacked my nighttime basals way up – my logic had me thinking that there must be a different issue as there was no way my nighttime basals should need to be higher than my daytime basals, yet they absolutely do. [Mod EDIT: split thread from [How do you use your endocrinologist visit?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-use-your-endocrinologist-visit/6278/21)]

It seems like it varies by person and like you were saying on activity level and if/how much they have eaten.

> [@kalle](#):
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> The slightly annoying part is that I’m often closer to 8 when sleeping and sometimes get low when awake.

Are you going low while asleep? Is it a consistent pattern?

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