At what time do you usually take your lantus (and what time is it where you are?)
No personal experience here but it would appear you will have to take more carbohydrates over the next 24 hour period, keeping your blood sugars higher than normal, and contact your diabetes team.
Some more experienced members will be able to give you more specific advice based on your timings.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin/insulin-overdosage.html
'Treating an overdose of long-acting insulin
If you have given too high a dose of long-acting insulin, this could affect you for up to 24 hours.
How you prevent a hypo will depend on how big the overdose was. If the overdose was large, such as a double dose, take carbohydrate to raise your sugar levels and call your health team or out-of-hours service for advice.
If the overdose was smaller, such as up to 5 units too much, take more carbohydrate than usual and aim to keep your sugar levels higher than normal over the next 24 hours to prevent a hypo occurring.
Test regularly through the day and at any time you think you may feel hypo.
Take plenty of carbohydrate before sleeping. It is better to wake up with higher sugar levels than risking a hypo overnight. Don’t risk going low. If you cannot be certain that hypos will be avoided, call your health team or out-of-hours service.'
Keep a close eye on your numbers , and I'd think about a nice slow acting snack before bed. Something like a slice of bread with butter and cheese to slow it down or maybe crisps. They tend to last for many hours with me, which is why I hardly ever eat them anymore.I usually take it at 10 and it’s 18.25 here I took it at 17.50 instead of Nova Rapder Of 8 units at that time.
I think almost all of this did that. I did it the other way around, took my lantus dose in short acting right before bed...I can’t believe I did that.
Keep a close eye on your numbers , and I'd think about a nice slow acting snack before bed. Something like a slice of bread with butter and cheese to slow it down or maybe crisps. They tend to last for many hours with me, which is why I hardly ever eat them anymore.
I think almost all of this did that. I did it the other way around, took my lantus dose in short acting right before bed...
It helps if you keep your pens in different places, like your long acting in the bathroom or such.
Do you normally take your Lantus at 10 am? or 10 pm? how much would you normally take?
If you take it at 10 pm normally, the decision to take it depends on what the normal dose would be.
Wait, I took it you usually take your Lantus at 10 AM.I do normally take it at 10pm as my night time one. I had my dinner at six so I accidentally took it ten minutes before that instead of my 8 units of Nova Rapid. My normal does is 8 of the Lantus
Wait, I took it you usually take your Lantus at 10 AM.
If you usually take it at 10 PM and you took it 4 hours early and your normal dose, nothing will happen! It's just the same as always, only a little earlier, just don't take it again at 10 tonight!
I do normally take it at 10pm as my night time one. I had my dinner at six so I accidentally took it ten minutes before that instead of my 8 units of Nova Rapid. My normal does is 8 of the Lantus
You're welcomeGrand stuff, thank you. I was worried as I don’t normally do that. Thank you for your help xxx
Wonderful luck that the doses are the same!Thank you I normally take NovaRapid in the morning with 3 units then 2 units at lunch and 8 for dinner then the lantus at bed with 8 units