Are Your CGM Alarms Driving You Crazy?

CGM's are amazing but all the buzzing and beeping can drive you (or your loved ones) up a wall. Try setting your high alert to a number where you know you'll do something about it, or turn off your high alarm at night if you're really being bothered by it and you need to get some rest. (Never turn off your low alarm though!) you can also take advantage of the snooze feature options (also called repeat high or repeat low) to have more control of alert frequency.

[@worthybookjourney3231]

I know this video is not current but the alarm fatigue is still very current. Do you have any suggestions for when your cgm (Dexcom in this case) is connected with a pump (Tandem) and the alarms cannot be shut off as fully? You can move it to vibrate but that is still an annoying alarm. My son is headed towards depression from all the alarms and lack of rest you get at night because of alarms. Often at night they seem to be false alarms even. I sure wish these tech developers had to wear these devices with preprogrammed typical type 1 blood sugars to see how annoying it is --not to mention the risk of distracted driving when they won't leave you alone. It loves to sit on a high or low line and move just enough to go off every 10-15 minutes. And often it is just because the numbers are just enough off to make it sit there. For example, you are 100 and it says you are 78-81 so it moves up and down just enough to drive you crazy and you don't want to feed the fake low. HELP

[@TCOYDtv]

Yes, alarm fatigue is definitely still a thing. I would first say to be careful about compression lows...if you lay on your sensor, it can give you a false low. And set your alerts so they don't drive you crazy. You can set them wide at first and then tighten as you like.