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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hello, I've never posted on here but am concerned due to a sudden drop in my blood sugars and therefore my insulin requirements- both my novo rapid and lantus are down by about a third. Up until now they have been very steady over time and have only changed, slightly and not on this scale, due to weight loss. What's even stranger is that the drop started after a severe migraine, which lasted five days and saw me in bed vomiting during this time. Obviously during this time I took hardly any insulin as the small amount of food I could eat I was throwing up but it has continued as my diet has returned to normal. I hadn't had a migraine for 20 years (I am mid 30s) and certainly never of this length. Blood test showed normal thyroid and liver function, testosterone on the low end of normal range (worrying). Three weeks after 1st migraine had another very bad headache (not sure this was migraine as this built up over a few days) which again lasted around 5 days with vomiting. Now on daily meds for this - topiramate - but I feel it has to be linked to my diabetes, particularly the fact that I suddenly need less insulin. GP has referred me to neurologist but won't refer me to diabetic specialist saying I probably need less insulin now because I was eating less during the periods of headache, which shows a worrying lack of knowledge about how insulin works. So apologies that much of this isn't diabetes related but if anyone has any advice on what I should do I would much appreciate it as the headaches are debilitating and I am very concerned about the change in my insulin needs.