Hi guys,
So I seem to have quite high insulin requirements for some reason.
I take around 38 units of levirmir per day. It's the fast acting I seem to need a lot of.
I've worked out that I roughly need 1 unit per 3 grams of carbs, but in the mornings I need more.
So this morning I needed 18 units of insulin for a 25g piece of sourdough bread. Here's my graph. I had this one hour after awaking. Had a cup of tea with it.
I read these stories aboutsome people only needing 1 unit per 10grams of carbs!
I'm just about to start using an omnipod pump and already feel like it won't hold enough insulin for 200 units over 3 days.
I changed insulin to fiasp about a year ago as novorapid was even worse.
Any help or assistance in how I can reduce this would be great.
I've given myself another 17 units of insulin about 12pm to bring my levels back in range and eaten 15g of carbs about 15 mins ago.
I'm not fat either I'm 75kg.
Thanks,
Adam
So I seem to have quite high insulin requirements for some reason.
I take around 38 units of levirmir per day. It's the fast acting I seem to need a lot of.
I've worked out that I roughly need 1 unit per 3 grams of carbs, but in the mornings I need more.
So this morning I needed 18 units of insulin for a 25g piece of sourdough bread. Here's my graph. I had this one hour after awaking. Had a cup of tea with it.
I read these stories aboutsome people only needing 1 unit per 10grams of carbs!
I'm just about to start using an omnipod pump and already feel like it won't hold enough insulin for 200 units over 3 days.
I changed insulin to fiasp about a year ago as novorapid was even worse.
Any help or assistance in how I can reduce this would be great.
I've given myself another 17 units of insulin about 12pm to bring my levels back in range and eaten 15g of carbs about 15 mins ago.
I'm not fat either I'm 75kg.
Thanks,
Adam
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