# Treating night time lows **URL:** \ **Category:** Treatment\ **Tags:** low-bg\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523 "2017-11-01T14:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523/1 "2017-11-01T14:34:53Z")
> [@Low Carb for Type 1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-carb-for-type-1/2421/42): > > This can be very frustrating of course if you let it be. The last bad low did get frustrating after 4 hours, 80 carbs and at 3AM in the morning. lol However the upshot was my T1 told me that next time, just do a mini-glucagon (15 u) if the first attempt at a nighttime low does not fix the problem. Apparently, drinking cup after cup of juice while trying to sleep does not lend itself to a restful night sleep. Most of the time for a nighttime low, all it takes is 1/2 cup of juice and we are good to go. But every now and then - doing exactly the same thing you did the last 10 times now produces an entirely different result like it is a different person in front of you. ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523/2 "2017-11-01T14:49:37Z")
> [@Low Carb for Type 1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-carb-for-type-1/2421/43): > > just do a mini-glucagon (15 u) if the first attempt at a nighttime low does not fix the problem. That would be an expensive practice for us: $200 a pop 🙂 > [@Low Carb for Type 1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-carb-for-type-1/2421/43): > > But every now and then - doing exactly the same thing you did the last 10 times now produces an entirely different result like it is a different person in front of you. For us, the hardest lows to deal with are post-exercise lows, as well, of course, as maladjusted basal issues when exercise regimen has suddenly gone down a lot but we have not adjusted basal, or on the way out of a sickness. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523/3 "2017-11-01T14:52:20Z")
> [@Low Carb for Type 1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-carb-for-type-1/2421/44): > > That would be an expensive practice for us: $200 a pop Realistically something this persistent has probably only happened a couple times over the past year. Normally a drifting low at night is easily correctable with juice. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523/4 "2017-11-01T15:06:49Z")
> [@Low Carb for Type 1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-carb-for-type-1/2421/44): > > For us, the hardest lows to deal with are post-exercise lows For 2 hours of exercise, a minimum of 6 grams of carbs per kg of body weight for the day. (for athletes in general training, not necessarily for occasional exercise) And following exercise, 1-1.2 grams of carbs per kg of body weight within the first few hours.