Hello, my name is Rob and I'm 24, average build. Thanks for taking the time to read this. My blood sugar levels are usually 9-10mmol and that's normal for me as less than that tends to makes me feel low.
My fast acting insulin is novarapid, 10 carbs per 1 unit.
My long acting insulin is levimere, 29 units before bed.
A week ago I accidentially took two lots of my morning tablets together, which contains Hydrocortisone. Hydrocortisone raises the blood sugar quite a lot. So on this day, I had 4 x hydrocortisone tablets by mistake when I should have had 2; resulting in blood sugar of 30+ mmol for a few hours and a few hours being sick on the toilet. I was unable to eat for 3 days after this but now I can eat very small meals, no more than 2 a day which is a lot less than I used to. It's been a week since this has happened and I've not been able to sleep more than 2-3 hours every night. At the moment I'm eating just canned food like beans or speghetti on it's own, or 2 slices of toast, etc. Because of this, I've had to reduce levimere to 12 units to prevent myself going low. Now I'm experiencing high blood sugars from 20mmol, slowly rising to 30mmol causing me to feel hot and sick; starting around 5-6pm. I combat it with short acting insulin but it just spikes up again, I have to do 3 or 4 novarapid short acting injections before it settles at 10mmol and stops spiking. It's a horrible feeling and on top of sleep deprivation, lack of food and stress from University; I can't cope.
My question is this, are the spikes directly a result of lowering my long acting levimere insulin? And if so would increasing it to say 20 units help reduce the spikes in blood sugar in the evening?
Thank you for your time, it is much appreciated.
My fast acting insulin is novarapid, 10 carbs per 1 unit.
My long acting insulin is levimere, 29 units before bed.
A week ago I accidentially took two lots of my morning tablets together, which contains Hydrocortisone. Hydrocortisone raises the blood sugar quite a lot. So on this day, I had 4 x hydrocortisone tablets by mistake when I should have had 2; resulting in blood sugar of 30+ mmol for a few hours and a few hours being sick on the toilet. I was unable to eat for 3 days after this but now I can eat very small meals, no more than 2 a day which is a lot less than I used to. It's been a week since this has happened and I've not been able to sleep more than 2-3 hours every night. At the moment I'm eating just canned food like beans or speghetti on it's own, or 2 slices of toast, etc. Because of this, I've had to reduce levimere to 12 units to prevent myself going low. Now I'm experiencing high blood sugars from 20mmol, slowly rising to 30mmol causing me to feel hot and sick; starting around 5-6pm. I combat it with short acting insulin but it just spikes up again, I have to do 3 or 4 novarapid short acting injections before it settles at 10mmol and stops spiking. It's a horrible feeling and on top of sleep deprivation, lack of food and stress from University; I can't cope.
My question is this, are the spikes directly a result of lowering my long acting levimere insulin? And if so would increasing it to say 20 units help reduce the spikes in blood sugar in the evening?
Thank you for your time, it is much appreciated.
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