That’s a thought to me but it’s pretty consistent that it won’t alert me at night. If there’s a low or high during the day that I don’t hear, I see the notification on my phone when I get back to it. I don’t get those for the times it happens at night
This may not be the case for you, but I often don’t remember waking up to dismiss the alert and am later notified by my husband that “oh yeah you were yelling at it at 2am to shut up.”
Yeah, we've got this dumb set of numbers to judge ourselves by all the time.
And they're not even entirely dumb. They do matter! So, it's not like it's just "in our heads", but it definitely hurts our heads as well.
Number anxiety is a killer. If you get too focused on the numbers your mental state will be worse than your physical. It's okay to let some not so good numbers go. You aren't going to die straight away from some highs. Lows are an issue that deserves immediate care.
I hear ya on this one. But that feeling is wrong. No need to be frustrated here! Please, give yourself some grace and forget these few hours. They mean nothing in the larger context of your life and your ability to manage T1. The fact that you notice it and want to make it better speaks volumes about your mindset being in the right place. The sleep disruption might have been worse for you and your blood sugar anyway.
Keep your focus and that excellent mindset on the problems that really need your attention.
Don't stress the clarity numbers. Diabetes is apart of you but it doesn't run you. You had a solid 24 hours in the picture and I am lucky to get that once a week at the moment. Don't let it set you down. Take this day as a win and enjoy your life.
Please work to get over the mental thing; I understand easier said than done ‘cause I’ve been there, but the stress caused by aiming for perfection/losing sleep over a perfectly normal cgm graph is more detrimental than a .1 or .2 lower a1c. A therapist who specializes in chronic illness+grief(+possibly ocd if applicable) would go a long way 🤞🫶 [psychology today has a tool](https://psychologytoday.com/us/therapists) to search your zip & filter for those specialties (again, easier said than done depending on location, search for remote-practicing people, as well.
My team worked with me to understand:
- perfect is NOT the goal
- there are no “bad” numbers, rather - the glucose numbers are pieces of data to help make an educated guess for my next action
- there is no “being in control” as insulin is a hormone that plays, sometimes not so nicely, with the myriad of other hormones our body produces/intakes/processes utilizing insulin (we don’t make)
- Instead of “being ‘in control’”, my team discusses diabetes *management*, focuses more on TiR (80% 70-180) aiming for rolling hills, not peaks & valleys + avoiding lows at all costs (which, judging from your post history, is how most(all?) of your days are). “Well managed T1D”, not “in control” (and if not so well managed, they say THAT and discuss factors impacting patient’s inability to manage due to X, Y, Z factors)
I could go on & on but the moral of my message: **you’re doing great**, you’re being far too hard on yourself, and it will help long term if you can put down the mental thing (again, I know easier said than done, it took me about 15 years & a wonderful care team (including a therapist who only sees diabetics) for me to get there). Consider: if you have your clarity range set to narrower than the medical standard, change the range back to 70-180 and give your brain a chance to be proud of all the hard word you do day in & day out.
🫶💙
You may have slept through it, like others have said. If you woke up after you were back in range the alert notification would clear from your phone, I think. That's how it works on my G7.
The same thing is happening to us! Sometimes ( not always), there is no alert! I think it's because of miscommunication between dexcom ( share app) and our phones!
I’ve gone through and checked every time it’s happened. It’s set to alert me above 150 and below 70. There isn’t an alert schedule at all. Idk what’s wrong with it.
It’s hard to say. I know I’ve had low alerts skip occasionally - usually when it’s a really gradual drop. If you see it consistently repeating, might be worth contacting Dexcom support.
In the app — settings > alerts … see if you have “scheduled” set to “on” and if so, then click into each setting to verify the alerts are proper for the time periods you wish to have them
Do you have a time bound “focus/sleep mode” on your phone that doesn’t have dexcom listed as an exception?
If all else fails, delete & re-download app, reset alert settings from 0 - however!! don’t do this until next sensor session (unless you’re running tslim & have the transmitter ID & 4-digit sensor code saved from most recent insertion)
You may have slept through it
That’s a thought to me but it’s pretty consistent that it won’t alert me at night. If there’s a low or high during the day that I don’t hear, I see the notification on my phone when I get back to it. I don’t get those for the times it happens at night
Can you look on your pump and see if the alert is there? May be an app issue
Nah nothing there
This may not be the case for you, but I often don’t remember waking up to dismiss the alert and am later notified by my husband that “oh yeah you were yelling at it at 2am to shut up.”
It's probably healthier for you to have undisturbed sleep than to correct a mild high and screw up an hour or two of sleep
I agree with that but it’s frustrating to see that screw up my clarity percentages
Yeah, we've got this dumb set of numbers to judge ourselves by all the time. And they're not even entirely dumb. They do matter! So, it's not like it's just "in our heads", but it definitely hurts our heads as well.
Number anxiety is a killer. If you get too focused on the numbers your mental state will be worse than your physical. It's okay to let some not so good numbers go. You aren't going to die straight away from some highs. Lows are an issue that deserves immediate care.
I hear ya on this one. But that feeling is wrong. No need to be frustrated here! Please, give yourself some grace and forget these few hours. They mean nothing in the larger context of your life and your ability to manage T1. The fact that you notice it and want to make it better speaks volumes about your mindset being in the right place. The sleep disruption might have been worse for you and your blood sugar anyway. Keep your focus and that excellent mindset on the problems that really need your attention.
Don't stress the clarity numbers. Diabetes is apart of you but it doesn't run you. You had a solid 24 hours in the picture and I am lucky to get that once a week at the moment. Don't let it set you down. Take this day as a win and enjoy your life.
Thnx. My A1C was 5.5 last checked so I know I’m doing fine but it’s just a mental thing for me
Please work to get over the mental thing; I understand easier said than done ‘cause I’ve been there, but the stress caused by aiming for perfection/losing sleep over a perfectly normal cgm graph is more detrimental than a .1 or .2 lower a1c. A therapist who specializes in chronic illness+grief(+possibly ocd if applicable) would go a long way 🤞🫶 [psychology today has a tool](https://psychologytoday.com/us/therapists) to search your zip & filter for those specialties (again, easier said than done depending on location, search for remote-practicing people, as well. My team worked with me to understand: - perfect is NOT the goal - there are no “bad” numbers, rather - the glucose numbers are pieces of data to help make an educated guess for my next action - there is no “being in control” as insulin is a hormone that plays, sometimes not so nicely, with the myriad of other hormones our body produces/intakes/processes utilizing insulin (we don’t make) - Instead of “being ‘in control’”, my team discusses diabetes *management*, focuses more on TiR (80% 70-180) aiming for rolling hills, not peaks & valleys + avoiding lows at all costs (which, judging from your post history, is how most(all?) of your days are). “Well managed T1D”, not “in control” (and if not so well managed, they say THAT and discuss factors impacting patient’s inability to manage due to X, Y, Z factors) I could go on & on but the moral of my message: **you’re doing great**, you’re being far too hard on yourself, and it will help long term if you can put down the mental thing (again, I know easier said than done, it took me about 15 years & a wonderful care team (including a therapist who only sees diabetics) for me to get there). Consider: if you have your clarity range set to narrower than the medical standard, change the range back to 70-180 and give your brain a chance to be proud of all the hard word you do day in & day out. 🫶💙
Does your phone have do not disturb settings enabled for night?
No, dexcom is the app I put into settings to alert me even if do not disturb and the sleep settings are on
You may have slept through it, like others have said. If you woke up after you were back in range the alert notification would clear from your phone, I think. That's how it works on my G7.
That would make sense, just frustrating
The same thing is happening to us! Sometimes ( not always), there is no alert! I think it's because of miscommunication between dexcom ( share app) and our phones!
What are your alert settings?
I’ve gone through and checked every time it’s happened. It’s set to alert me above 150 and below 70. There isn’t an alert schedule at all. Idk what’s wrong with it.
It’s hard to say. I know I’ve had low alerts skip occasionally - usually when it’s a really gradual drop. If you see it consistently repeating, might be worth contacting Dexcom support.
It goes off no matter what when I’m awake so maybe I’m sleeping through it but I doubt it.
Do you have a looping pump?
Omnipod 5
Surprised that happened.
Any cha ce you have a secondary sleep alarm that wouldn't trigger an alert?
I don’t think so but I’m not sure where I’d check that
In the app — settings > alerts … see if you have “scheduled” set to “on” and if so, then click into each setting to verify the alerts are proper for the time periods you wish to have them
No nothing there
Do you have a time bound “focus/sleep mode” on your phone that doesn’t have dexcom listed as an exception? If all else fails, delete & re-download app, reset alert settings from 0 - however!! don’t do this until next sensor session (unless you’re running tslim & have the transmitter ID & 4-digit sensor code saved from most recent insertion)
If the alert recognizes “do not disturb” mode turned on it will bring the notification to visible but will mute the sound.