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Insulin not working?

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SarahlouiseEllis

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Type 1
Hello I'm just wondering if you have any suggestion on what I could do, my blood keeps going up but the insulin I'm taking doesnt seem to be working, I'm not sure if I should take anymore incase it hits me all at once.
I woke up on 8.8 then an hour later I'm on 20 and rising. I've taken my normal dosages and correction.. Any suggestion? Thank you x
 
What insulin are you on? I've had this happen a few times, change the cartridges and maybe switch where you are injecting?
 
It's always worth changing the insulin if there's no other explanation for the rising bg levels.
 
I would definitely second the suggestion to change cartridge and injection site, but also what have you eaten? I ask because when I have weetabix, an hour later I can easily get up to the mid 20s and keep going until about 4 hours later (which is why I don't eat weetabix any more!)
 
SarahlouiseEllis said:
Hello I'm just wondering if you have any suggestion on what I could do, my blood keeps going up but the insulin I'm taking doesnt seem to be working, I'm not sure if I should take anymore incase it hits me all at once.
I woke up on 8.8 then an hour later I'm on 20 and rising. I've taken my normal dosages and correction.. Any suggestion? Thank you x
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Change the cartridge for sure. Don't inject any more insulin in case you stack it and suddenly go low. If I'm above 13, any correction dose takes about 2 and 1/2 hrs to begin to,work, so be patient.
 
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