@Stu9876
Speak to your consultant and ask to change from Lantus to Tressiba. Tressiba is peak less, absorbed much slower and you only take it once a day - usually in the morning.
Reduce your needle size to 4mm so you never hit a capillary as these are generally 3-5mm below the skin where there is no fat.
Inject into fattier areas and pinch up the skin when injecting.
I keep my Tressiba in the fridge as I only inject once per day and that also helps me not to take it twice.
I also keep my pens separated as I once took my fast acting thinking it was background so I took a large dose that was lethal. Luckily I realised as soon as I removed the pen after injecting. I rang an ambulance and was put on a glucose drip to avoid a bad hypo.
Regarding your drivers, I would definitely take this up with the DVLA. Read the DVLA / Gov guidelines below:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/diabetes-mellitus-assessing-fitness-to-drive#insulin-treated-diabetes
1 x severe hypo should not constitute you having to revoke you drivers for 6 months. Diabetes UK gave me a ton of advice when I had my hypo / seizure.
I have excellent hypo awareness. When I had my seizure, I was aware I was hypo but for some reason my BG kept dropping. My Libre read 3.4 but I guess it was way lower.
I had just started on Metformin and even though people say metformin does not lower your BG, it definitely did for me and my consultant failed to tell me that I should lower my insulin when using Metformin.
Sometimes the body also just changes. Im going through a period now where I cannot take more than 4 units of insulin. If I do, I hypo within 2/3 hours. As a result Im struggling with highs but as soon as I take more insulin, I come crashing down.
Sometimes we just need to start over or change insulins. Previously, I could take 6-8 units. I dont know what has changed. Trying to get an appointment with my consultant is a nightmare. They still seem to only offer a phone appointment months down the line.