I have been diabetic for some years now. Initially this was controlled by Gliclazide but as time went on I ended up taking this together with Metformin and then Saxagliptin and Metformin and finally Pioglitazone and Metformin in order to control my BS. All of these worked for some time but slowly and surely my BS rose to an average of about 10. Doctor said that the only alternative at that stage was to opt for insulin control and I started with some Insulatard at night which didn't really help increasing the dose from 2 units up to 10 units per night. A decision was then taken to supplement this with rapid acting insulin, Novorapid after each meal, again starting off with 4 units and rising in 2 unit increments every three days but only for one of the injections at a time, i.e. breakfast, lunch or dinner. The amount I now inject is 22 units with breakfast, 14 units with lunch and 18 units with dinner. This is slowly beginning to work although two hours after my meal my bloods can still be 11+. However before my next meal they can be as low as 4.4. This brings me to my point. If I increase the dose to get the a BS level of 8 after a meal this will have an effect on the pre-meal readings which are quite low already and, I assume, would get even lower. The doctor thinks that I may have to have a snack between meals to raise the BS but this just adds to the effect of weight gain by eating more. I eat fairly little in any case but have gained about a stone in weight since taking the insulin. I try to do exercise each day always wary of the effect that the insulin can now have on my BS. Is there anyone out there that has had a similar experience and can pass on any advice on this.