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Thanks for your comments I, as everyone can only go on personal experience and my comments were merely to suggest that splitting Tresiba works better for me …. When i initially moved onto Tresiba several years ago I experienced lows several hours after injection if I took all in one go. Ever...

Levimir was good for many years but over time & needing ever increasing amounts I was professionally advised that I was no longer responding to it so switched to Tresiba several years ago - this turned out to be a game changer in my control. - I initially injected once a day but experienced...

Hi Steve Yes - I also take approx 26-30 units in a 24hr period and when I first started (few years ago) I had obvious lows after 8-10 hours. I do as many others and split dose - half taken on waking (7ish) and the other half taken approx 12 hours later (give or take an hour or so either way) in...

Hi Robert - good thread [emoji106] when I was first diagnosed in 1988 beer (& other drinks) just didn’t affect my levels - beit beer, IPA, cider or Guinness as well as wines or vodka etc …….unfortunately any ‘pint’ is now a killer for me - I’m not a big drinker but on the odd occasion have 2-3...

Obviously movement = exercise and when you are continually active it can be very difficult to correct levels whilst still on the go regardless of what you eat. If I’m particularly active and I go low it does help to stop a while (10-15 mins) and allow levels to raise before back to work. I find...

Do you take FIASP in morning (to counter dawn Phenomena /liver dump) and then Rapid for breakfast ? I’m not sure my surgery will allow me to keep Novo and FIaSP on my repeat prescription as they are both Bolus insulin designed to have with food

Hi guys - thanks for your response I would have been aware if it were first phase action to prevent high from rising further from many years experience with Novorapid, but this was never the case. As I need more FIASP (than Novorapid) it did explain why I would also need more units to...

Personal Findings after trialling FIaSP for several weeks. Need as much as 60% more FIaSP for same amount food intake:- FIaSP daily Split 5/7/8 units - (The longer I was on FIaSP the more I needed) Personal NovoRapid daily split 3/5/6ish units FIaSP Very slow to recover from 10+...

I’m sure you won’t be disappointed - tresiba peaks after about 8-10 hours & works better for me when I split dose (I also split Levimir). I started by taking same amount but began reducing over time & have finally halved the amount of tresiba in comparison to Levimir - good luck

Hi - I was on Levemir for many years but found over time I needed more and more and concluded that I was just not responding to it efficiently. I switched to Tresiba which works really well for me. I always spilt my basal (12/12) which gives me a near perfect background balance . I’m also on...

…..Additionally it also appears that I need slightly more FIASP and that it tails off slightly quicker - I appreciate we are all different but annoying when a new product is no better than the last. :( My Basal (Tresiba) is fantastic & was a game changer for me when I swapped from Levemir a...

Been on FIASP for a week now, and despite early signs of encouragement I'm starting to feel that it's less predicatable than Novorapid. FIASP clearly works quicker and is great in the morning to prevent 'liver dumps and/or Dawn Phenomenon, but I cannot fathom how 'correction shots' seem to take...

Tresiba was a game changer for me and I was no longer responding to Levimir after 20 years. I initially Experienced severe lows after 8 hr period so I now spilt dose - 12 units in morning and 12 units at night works very well for me

I’ve found over years that my body does not respond to the same insulin - At the start of the century I changed from actrapid and insulatard to Novorapid and Levimir yet 20 years on I have changed to Tresiba and FIASP (Tresiba was a particular game changer for me as was taking far too much...

Fairygodmother has made a valid point. I was on levimir for many years until I ended up needing more and more. Eventually I just knew my body wasn’t responding to it well enough to continue so switched to Tresiba. Wish I had earlier as now take significantly less and have much better control...

Thanks for the link - been on tresiba for 3 years and it’s proved to be a fantastic upgrade from my previous (levimir) many people suggest it works better for some people when split - when I injected 24 units in one go it gave me severe lows after 8 hours. I have tested my background insulin...

Yes I do reduce my evening novorapid to suit but it ultimately means I’m then double dosing later which is what I am trying to avoid. Bizzarely this never happened in my initial 30 yrs of being type 1 but does now [emoji849]. I inject my basal at 8am and 9pm (2 hours after my evening meal) so...

Recently experiencing lows immediately after evening meals and spikes a several hours later. It started with meals such as spag Bol and roast dinners. I appreciate fatty foods can delay carbs release but I’m not convinced this is the cause. It appears my Novorapid works extra quick in the...

I can relate to itching skin - my blood levels are very good so I like to think it’s not diabetes related. Different time of year and heating can have an effect but I’m yet to determine exact timings or trigger. I take an anti- histamine during hay fever season and this definitely also eases the...

Hi - I find pasta very difficult now - the annoying thing is for the previous 30 years I had no problem it’s only recently a problem. I’m also sometimes finding difficulty perfecting my evening meals even with other foods (it used to be morning spikes but I have mastered this now). It appears...