I do the same. My basal is programmed 1/3 higher an hour before I get up for 3 hour duration before going back down to my normal day basal. Having a pump to do that has made a tremendous difference because before my BGs would always spike. I don’t seem to be effected by my home made coffee, but if I have a cappuccino from Starbucks, my BG definitely goes way up. I can’t understand what the difference is. I normally put half-and-half in my coffee at home, so I would think that a Starbucks cappuccino would have a similar effect, but no…
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I have my daughter use “when-feet-hit-the-floor” insulin also. I’m reasonably certain this isn’t Dawn Phenomenon or Somogyi Effect, and it just doesn’t seem to respond to carefully timed basal rate adjustments on her pump. So we correct away and go on with the day.
Yes! In my experience it’s hard to find a coffeeshop that can make a true cap, which I love because of what it is and how it has very few carbs. There’s a local shop that has it figured out, I thank them every time for knowing the difference between a cap and a latte
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I have (treated) sleep apnea and wake-up often during the night so maybe that throws everything off. 
My blood sugar starts slowly rising around 3am, often going up 60 points. Then after I get out of bed, I get another rise. So if I went to bed at 90, woke up and did nothing, I’d be at 200+ by 11am. I take my largest bolus of the day when I wake up to deal with it.
This is one of the reasons why I’m looking into Tresiba or possibly a pump.
I want to update the “when feet hit the floor” insulin requirement phenomena that I was experiencing. Now I know that some people experience this as an every-day happening that rarely abates. I’ve noticed over the last week, however, that this is no longer happening to me. I just chalk it up to the vagaries of diabetes. In me, this reinforces the idea that diabetes is a dynamic environment that cannot be solved with static formulas alone.
So, I finally figured out how to answer this blood sugar event and then it disappears! I’m sure the diabetes gremlins are backstage somewhere conjuring up their next evil puzzle for me to solve!
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me too @Terry4
I can’t figure out any pattern whatsoever. whether I get DP or not is a complete random thing. today, I’m good. tomorrow who knows.
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Terry, I had the phenomenon pretty regularly for the better part of a year, then it mostly stopped. The DRNG* strikes again.
*Diabetes Random Number Generator
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein
“That’s what YOU think!” - Diabetes
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The definition of diabetes insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting the same result!
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