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<blockquote data-quote="Diamattic" data-source="post: 934631" data-attributes="member: 138639"><p>If you are fighting with basal amounts you will need to run some tests. You seem like you are normally going low so start dropping your basal day by day 1 unit at a time, and pick a period in each day (i use the mornings) and ingest no carbs. So this means eat dinner and eat no carbs, and inject no bolus following dinner until you wake up the next morning. Test before bed, 3am, and then when you wake up. Even if you are high before bed, you can't inject or it will skew the results. See if you can see a trend of rising or falling sugars, and then either raise or lower your basal for the next day. Repeat until you are happy with the trend,. </p><p></p><p>Also - Hypo awareness usually comes and goes. If you are constantly running in the 4s then after a couple days your body will adjust and it will feel normal to be in the 4s. If you are always in the 8s your body will adjust to that and you will feel 'low' whenever you drop a unit or two below 8. </p><p></p><p>Right now I don't feel 'low' until i hit around 3.2 to 3.7, I am happy with that. When i was first diagnosed i felt 'low' anything under 7!</p><p></p><p>I know that after 3 to 4 days of being in the 6s i feel my 'low' at around 4.5, so its something that adjusts with your levels. If you want to raise your hypo awareness then try sticking in 5.5-6.5 range and I am sure after a week or so you will feel low in the mid 4s</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diamattic, post: 934631, member: 138639"] If you are fighting with basal amounts you will need to run some tests. You seem like you are normally going low so start dropping your basal day by day 1 unit at a time, and pick a period in each day (i use the mornings) and ingest no carbs. So this means eat dinner and eat no carbs, and inject no bolus following dinner until you wake up the next morning. Test before bed, 3am, and then when you wake up. Even if you are high before bed, you can't inject or it will skew the results. See if you can see a trend of rising or falling sugars, and then either raise or lower your basal for the next day. Repeat until you are happy with the trend,. Also - Hypo awareness usually comes and goes. If you are constantly running in the 4s then after a couple days your body will adjust and it will feel normal to be in the 4s. If you are always in the 8s your body will adjust to that and you will feel 'low' whenever you drop a unit or two below 8. Right now I don't feel 'low' until i hit around 3.2 to 3.7, I am happy with that. When i was first diagnosed i felt 'low' anything under 7! I know that after 3 to 4 days of being in the 6s i feel my 'low' at around 4.5, so its something that adjusts with your levels. If you want to raise your hypo awareness then try sticking in 5.5-6.5 range and I am sure after a week or so you will feel low in the mid 4s [/QUOTE]
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