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DISCLAIMER: This post is NOT requesting medical advice but a general question to the community. So I have been a T1 since 2007, generally well controlled (HBA1c is around 46). Been pumping for around 10 years. Most evenings I have this weird problem which results in my BG going low. So I'll do...

hello guys I have a strange problem I m type1 since 2003 I was using Insulatard and Actrapid for 20 years last month my dr advised me to switch to Lantus and Apidra starting at 25 units of Lantus before bed the first week 6 hours after injecting Lantus I crashed after a month from 25 I went to 6...

I’ve recently changed from Toujeo to Tresiba insulin. Toujeo never seemed to work for me, my blood sugars were up and down and I would always be taking correction doses to get them down. I was on between 38-40 units of Toujeo taken in the morning. I started Tresiba about 2 weeks ago, taken in...

Hi this is a truly great forum to join and I AM Hoping someone can help. I am T2 SINCE around 18 months ago. I stupidly did not take it seriously enough and my HBA1C went from 56 NMOL - 64 - 56 and then went to a whopping 94NMOL over last xmas. I have started Metformin since February ( 500Mg)...

I finally got to start Metformin. Was a bit disappointed by the lack of the not so nice side effects that the diabetes nurse, the pharmacist and my parents told me that I would get! Also bought a glucose monitor from Amazon. It has a hypo alert as well as helpful images at the bottom of an apple...

Hi.. I was recently diagnosed with Type 1 in Feb. Levels at that time were through the roof, I had all the classic symptoms- thirst, needing the toilet a lot, headaches. Had tests and was sent straight to hospital and put on insulin. I’m currently taking Toujeo and Humalog for meals. Over the...

Hi, I've seen a few posts regarding getting the libre sensor on prescription, so I'm trying to get some advice. My mother is almost 90 and has been type 2 for over 40 years and always well controlled with medication. Until June this year when we were told that her meds would be changed...

So in May i was put on levemir and novorapid. My problem is with Levemir. I was on a single dose of 16 units at night but it only lasted me 16 hours so i got tired and went off the insulin altogether and switched to a premixed insulin (Humalog mix 50). My control with premixed insulin has been...

Hi everyone, My name is Anjana, I am new here. I have a very unusual story as I am a medical mystery to my doctors. I have seen a lot of doctors and still they don't know what type of diabetes I have. Unfortunately it is now getting really critical and there is no treatment. I need the crowd...

I have been on the Libre2 sensor system for over a year after previously being on the Libre 1. These sensors seem extremely unreliable and temperamental. Have you heard this before? I've attached a some of screenshots showing when they stop communicating with me and then later on fail...

Hi! (: So Im about to start splitting my basal dose starting tomorrow at 8 units, 12 hours apart (without the supervision of a doctor because he hasnt heard about splitting. But decided to do it since Levemir works upto 16 hours instead of 24 for me). The idea is to take my basal at 6am right...

At what BG do you usually first start to feel a hypo? What is considered a "healthy" level for hypo symptoms to begin?

Hello everyone. I'm the daughter of a parent with diabetes. My mum first started with type 1 diabetes when she was 40 and has had it for 20 years. She has always been well controlled, takes insulin 4 times a day, hypos at most maybe twice a week, some weeks doesn't hypo at all. In the past month...

I’m 12 weeks PP after having GD and I had a glucose tolerance test last Monday which came back clear. On Friday of the same week I was rushed to A&E with severe vomiting, confusion , blurred vision and personality changes where I have no memory of anything that happened that evening in hospital...

Hi everyone It’s great to join a forum like this with some much information. I was recently diagnosed as type 2 (about six weeks ago). My lifestyle before was terrible and I have made significant changes since then. Together with trying to eat less and medium carb, I have noticed something...

After about a week of feeling really good about my blood sugar levels -- 90+% time in range, no huge spikes -- suddenly yesterday I kept spiking up to 16/17 and got down to 46% time in range. Measured on Libre 2 but also confirmed via blood pricks. I haven't seen numbers that high in months but...

Hello All, I've had a look around the forum but can't find anything specifically about what I am after. My son was diagnosed with T1D about 18 months ago, he is in his late teens. He manages his diabetes very, very well and I take my hat off to him (in range >95%) but one issue he does have is...

Hi all, I was diagnosed in September 2021, taking Tresiba (basal) and humalog (bolus) My basal was just reduced from 6 down to 4 units every night, because of frequent hypos However my alarm is still going off every second night. I can quickly eat something - I've found one or two jelly...

My 21 yr old son had a sudden seizure in the middle of Sainsbury's today. It was all a bit scary. He usually has good hypo awareness and did realise he needed to have a sugary drink but didn't think it was urgent. We were at the checkout and paid for the sandwich and drink and he was just...

Over the past few weeks I have been having late morning/midday panics where I am convinced that my BG is low - the majority of the time, it isn't. I think because it happened once and really scared me, I now keep being convinced that something is happening and then I panic. Has anyone else ever...