Can I ask wat dose/how many units of insulin do u take in a day? I've bin told I'm on a very high dose so wud like to compare ....
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Insulin dose
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Everyone is different. I met a T1 recently who was on about 15u of long-acting insulin a day and about a max of 15-20u of fast-acting insulin. Compare that to me on 45u of long-acting insulin (and I used to be on 80+ units until recently!). If you have insulin resistance then you will require more insulin to do the same job and this may be the case with you. Have you spoken to your doctor about it?
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daniT1D
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I take 24u of lantus and have a 2:10 breakfast ratio for NovoRapid and 1:10 for all others
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I take 10 units lantus on an evening and then 10-30 units novo rapid a day.
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Ayman_Matrook
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TDD of insulin will calculated depends on your weight and resistance to it...
TDD=> weight x 55%= ( )units
The 40-50% of the result will be divided to long acting insulin and rest will be for short acting insulin "pre-meal"
BuBashar
TDD=> weight x 55%= ( )units
The 40-50% of the result will be divided to long acting insulin and rest will be for short acting insulin "pre-meal"
BuBashar
I'm on humulin m3 an I'm on 50 units a day 28 in morning 22 at night which will b increased even more cos bloods still high in mornings cos my sugars bin so high fr so long I'm jst wondering is my pancreas working at all ...
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Hi Ruthie. What is your weight like and have you reduced the carbs in your diet? If you are overweight you may be insulin resistant due to that and hence need more insulin. You may want to discuss a different insulin mix with your GP if necessary or even a move to the Basal/Bolus regime which involves two insulins and pens but does give better control overall, but having the right weight is still important
I'm loosing weight at the min doctor was talking bout puttin me on to another injection one tht surpresses ur appetite :/ but I dunno I only have breakfast lunch an dinner an do have a carbs with every meal cos I was told to but it mite only b 6 baby potatoes or 2 slices of bread :/
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These formulas are just guidelines for starting doses. They have very little bearing on actual doses, which are determined by experience and which change during the course of diabetes in each individual.
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Spiker
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I was on 24 Lantus and about 36 Humalog on a typical day, so total of 60. Now I am on a pump I am down to about 45/day total. T1 diagnosed about 19 years ago.
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Hi. Whoever told you to have carbs with every meal is wrong and is probably poor NHS guidance. Keep the carbs down and perhaps spread them during the day but you certainly don't need them with every meal. I suspect your GP was thinking of adding Victoza which can help those who are overweight. Try to get the weight down by diet and you might not even need that extra drug.
Ruthie is on mixed insulin so to a certain extent has to feed her insulin as has no way of just altering the bolus amount.
This is all new to me as I was on tablets b4 an only put on insulin bout 5 weeks ago but any advice is/was greatly appreciated an any meals tht u cn suggest wud b great
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