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I've been T1 since 1999 and never really had any issues until recently where my sensitivity to insulin has started to vary wildly Yesterday for example, I had my usual 15 units of lantus in the morning then didn't inject any novorapid all day yet had constant hypos. I woke up and it was low so had two spoons of jam. Got to work and it was 3.5 so had my breakfast (sachet of porridge) then an hour later it's low again. Had a dried fruit bar and a hot chocolate, hour later low again. And so on. In the evening I even had a nandos followed by an entire bag of liquorice alsorts and it crept up to 5.4 (hurrah!) Nor a single unit of bolus all day. At night I'd usually have 20 basal but instead had 10. Expected to wake up high, but no, woke up at 2.8.
The only thing that has changed recently is I stopped taking the pill a few months ago. I'm 36 and the doctors didn't like the one I was on and I didn't fancy having any of the other options. So this is actually the first time I've had normal periods whilst being diabetic. Could it be related to this ? It seems to be roughly the same time each month and I'm incredibly sensitive to insulin for a few days .Shortly before my period I seem to need extra insulin, I'll wake up in the teens in the morning for the week beforehand.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this or should I trot off to see my consultant? It's a bit annoying!
The only thing that has changed recently is I stopped taking the pill a few months ago. I'm 36 and the doctors didn't like the one I was on and I didn't fancy having any of the other options. So this is actually the first time I've had normal periods whilst being diabetic. Could it be related to this ? It seems to be roughly the same time each month and I'm incredibly sensitive to insulin for a few days .Shortly before my period I seem to need extra insulin, I'll wake up in the teens in the morning for the week beforehand.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this or should I trot off to see my consultant? It's a bit annoying!