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Type 1 Levothyroxine

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Blueduck

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Location
Buckinghamshire
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Can anyone , who has started on Levothyroxine tell me how much they had to increase their insulin by? As I’ve been having trouble with my bs levels for about a year, the dr put me on Levothyroxine last Christmas and it made my bs go up, they decided as I was borderline to stop the Levo. Now after advise from endro. Who says I must take the Levo. As my levels have gone up, and I’m not sure what to increase or by how much, waiting for an endro. Appointment to come. Thanks
 
Blueduck said:
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they were not posts, rather forum members I tagged, they should receive a highlight signposting to this thread when next login. Hopefully they be able to share their expierence to help with your particular question.

Only advice can offer, presuming your wearing a cgm is perhaps you can work out a pattern based on particular timing take that med over a period of time. Some meds can take a while to build up in system hopefully will become easier in time predicting. Has anything else changed within your normal daily routines/exercising/eating habbits that could be contributing to it?
 
Blueduck said:
I’ve been having trouble with my bs levels for about a year, the dr put me on Levothyroxine last Christmas and it made my bs go up
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I have no experience with levothyroxine, but your post makes me wonder how you decide on your insulin doses.
There are so many things affecting how much insulin we need, and medication is just one of them.

You're asking how much others needed to increase their insulin with, but if they tell you, it wouldn't tell you anything about how much insulin you need.
Some of us only use 10 units of insulin a day, others need 300 units a day.

If your blood glucose has been going up lately, no matter the reason, have you adjusted your doses?
 
Thank you
It’s a voyage
I’ve been diabetic for 15 year, so yes have been adjusting and tried different insulins, I am super sensitive so sometimes it’s an issue of too much insulin, always changing

I was just interested to see how others have managed the situation as this is a new experience I have a libre 2 and carb count I stick to many meals the same as it makes tracking and adjusting slightly easier.
 
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