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You sound like you aren't taking enough insulin for the food you are eating. If your weight is ok then the diabetes team need to help you adjust the insulin doses. If you need to lose weight then try dropping the carb intake and you will hopefully find the hba1c drops too. Do you have a CGM?

I'm a bit confused as to why you're taking set amounts of fast acting. If I wake up high then I increase my usual breakfast dose by 1 unit. I check again mid morning to see if I need a correction dose. I can take anything from 2-5 units for lunch based on what I'm eating. I need to dose early...

I was diagnosed at 43 but I went downhill pretty quickly so they got me on insulin. Are you in the UK? If so push to be under the care of your local hospital and not the GP. They prefer to start insulin earlier because it has been shown to take pressure off the pancreas. I needed tiny doses in...

It sounds like you were correctly diagnosed at 20 (I'm LADA but diagnosed at 43) and now they have decided to see whether this new drug will help as you were taking such a large amount of insulin. It'll be good to hear how you get on.

One of the best ways of tracking how your daughter responds to meals / snacks / dosages etc is to keep a diary. It's hard work but really helpful for the diabetes teams in adjusting dosages. Does she have a glucose monitor or are you doing finger pricks?

I'm type 1 (& would think 8 was fabulous!!) but just wanted to say that the testing strips aren't so accurate that you should get worried by variations of 8.8 to 8.2. Just think of it as 'in the 8s' There are loads of things outside food that can influence blood sugars and with CGMs being used...

I didn't know until I got the libre that I crash in the early hours. I never wake and obviously my liver must dump glucose at some point before my 6am alarm because my waking levels were fine. Explained the bad sleep and headaches which I was blaming on hormones. I've pulled back massively on my...

I'm just into my 7th year and can categorically say it's had a huge impact on my energy levels. I suppose it's only to be expected given we can't replicate all those tiny adjustments our bodies used to do but I find it very depressing.

Ignore the waiting list! You need a fast acting insulin so if necessary dig out the telephone number of the diabetes clinic at your local hospital (google is helpful) and ring them up. Or book in to see a GP and insist on a referral. LADA is basically type 1 but it seems to take a lot longer...

Glad it's not just me. Warnings being going off and I didn't feel like I was having a hypo and finger prick showed I wasn't.

I don't think there is a diabetes team for the daughter in which case please go to your nearest A&E department.. For registering with a GP it's best to go and visit the surgery in person.

I found low carb or fasting (unintentional - I was busy) made no difference at all. I had a weird woozy feeling, checked bloods and was rocking a 25. Haven't seen a figure that high for a very long time. Not sure they made that much difference to the allergy either, but I'm grateful to the GP...

After two days I can answer my own question - erratic and exceptionally high. Even without food

That's excellent progress. Hba1c takes a while to show the benefit of a lifestyle change and it's definitely going in the right direction.

I've just been put on 3 days of oral steroids because my hayfever is so severe my breathing is compromised. First time the GP has done this since I was diagnosed 6 years ago with T1. Any idea how much they generally push up BG levels? They told me just to keep an eye on them but mine are...

I can't think of anything that triggered mine. I was 43 with no family history and no illnesses or viruses that I can remember leading up to it. I started feeling unwell in the February when all my joints swelled up. GP tested me for RA and negative except I've since seen the results and the lab...

My mum's T1 friend passed away from vascular dementia last year. She was in her mid 70s. I was diagnosed T1 as an adult 6 years ago and got very little support let alone sympathy from my parents because as far as they were concerned they had a friend in her 70s who had no hassle or issues from...

Can you ask your GP to issue a prescription for double the amount so you've always got extra in the fridge?

I'm envious of people who have ratios! Mine are so unpredictable it's more like guess work with corrections. Being a middle aged woman doesn't help - hormones don't play fair

I know I'm T1 but I felt horrendous when my blood sugars slowly came down into the normal zone. A consultant said I needed to think of my body detoxing from the high sugar levels. Don't forget your body needs to heal as well as get used to a new normal BG level so you will feel rough for a...