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Hi everyone,
Hope everyone is well and your numbers are good. I need some advice, as what is happening to me, does not seem to make any sense at all. I am a T2, and I have for the past 13 months I have been on Lantus. When I first started on Lantus, on just 10 units, my bloods responded really well, and I managed to get it pretty much under control.
My last HB1AC was just over 6.9, so everyone seemed happy with this (October 2013), but I did notice that my fasting numbers were on a very slight slide upwards.
Fast forward to December 2013, and I started to see a much more pronounced slide with my numbers.
The upshot of this all, was that I implemented highly regular testing, so that I could profile my BG's and was shocked to see that my numbers were higher than I thought.
I then last week saw my DNP and she advised that I should titrate my Lantus dosage by 2 units every 3 days.
I started this on Friday last week, starting at 14 units, and now raising my units to 20.
Here is the strange thing. It seems the higher my dose of Lantus, the higher that my BG's seem to be going!!! To me this makes no sense, since if my BG;s are high, then adding more insulin surely should help bring the BG's down???
Last night I tested every 2 hours (yes ****** night's sleep), and I am sure I am not experiencing the Dawn Phenomena, as my pre-Lantus readings were 12.5, and it climbed in the night, before falling again as we got nearer to the morning, and settling around 11. at 8.30.
Today I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, a ham and cucumber piece of french stick, and a small chinese dinner, and my numbers have rocketed to 17+.
This just does not make sense to me. The more I dial up, the higher my base fasting BG;s are.
Tearing my hair out.
BTW, I am still on 500mg of Metformin 2 x day, and 2 Gliclizide a day.
Any advice, much appreciated.
Hope everyone is well and your numbers are good. I need some advice, as what is happening to me, does not seem to make any sense at all. I am a T2, and I have for the past 13 months I have been on Lantus. When I first started on Lantus, on just 10 units, my bloods responded really well, and I managed to get it pretty much under control.
My last HB1AC was just over 6.9, so everyone seemed happy with this (October 2013), but I did notice that my fasting numbers were on a very slight slide upwards.
Fast forward to December 2013, and I started to see a much more pronounced slide with my numbers.
The upshot of this all, was that I implemented highly regular testing, so that I could profile my BG's and was shocked to see that my numbers were higher than I thought.
I then last week saw my DNP and she advised that I should titrate my Lantus dosage by 2 units every 3 days.
I started this on Friday last week, starting at 14 units, and now raising my units to 20.
Here is the strange thing. It seems the higher my dose of Lantus, the higher that my BG's seem to be going!!! To me this makes no sense, since if my BG;s are high, then adding more insulin surely should help bring the BG's down???
Last night I tested every 2 hours (yes ****** night's sleep), and I am sure I am not experiencing the Dawn Phenomena, as my pre-Lantus readings were 12.5, and it climbed in the night, before falling again as we got nearer to the morning, and settling around 11. at 8.30.
Today I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, a ham and cucumber piece of french stick, and a small chinese dinner, and my numbers have rocketed to 17+.
This just does not make sense to me. The more I dial up, the higher my base fasting BG;s are.
Tearing my hair out.
BTW, I am still on 500mg of Metformin 2 x day, and 2 Gliclizide a day.
Any advice, much appreciated.