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Me personally ive tried and tested lots of insulin doses, food and alcohol combos. Ive come out fine some times and not so fine other times. I use Lantus 1 shot 24 hourly and Humalog on demand (carb counting and 10g to a 1.5 ratio) When im out drinking i drop the dose of my Lantus (i take...

Interesting topic @LaineyK . My doctor and i had some interesting conversations about this some years ago. a theory of mine is that it could have been a 'shock to the system' not a literal shock, but something that happened around you that caused an overwhelming shock to the system. For me this...

its perfectly normal. Dont worry too much about it. How soon after exercising are your testing ?

@AndyGresty - Sorry to hear your news. I like you have no history of diabetes in my family apart from myself too. Ive been T1 for 18 years, accepted it long ago and dont mind it. The only thing that plays on my mind about diabetes, is my daughter ( 19 months old ) developing it later on as a...

depending on the intensity of your exercise and the time of testing (within 30mins - 1 hour after exercise) it may be you need to wait longer for the post sugar test. Exercise will generally increase levels in the short run, then drop in the long run. This is even more pronounced with insulin...

Ive never had panic attacks without a hypo. I have on a few occasions experienced a panic attack while being hypo. not very often i must add, but just like you described ive had the same experience. ive been diabetic for 18 years, and i can honestly say ive experienced a panic attack about once...

i used to drink alot of diet coke being sugar free, but sugar free carbonated drinks are still not a good idea for diabetics. Being Type 1 myself, Ive experienced my share of weight ups and downs. The carbonated sugar free drinks still caused me to bloat and feel over weight. Once i knocked them...

@pinewood - dont worry about the 7.4 after only a few months. It will come down :) I still remember my first Hba1c,18 years ago. Mine was 9.3 !

@hollyslot - I can't begin to know your feeling but good on you sharing. Once the clouds clear you will come out shining :) I've felt pretty low with diabetes when i was younger, and i can relate some. I've been diabetic for 18 years (im 27 now, diagnosed at 9 years old) it took me about 2-3...

i find that if i forget to wash my hands properly or touch things around the kitchen i can get rather high results too. This could be the case maybe ?

I take 32 units of Lantus 24 hourly around 10pm at night. 1 day i felt super worn out and did it around 8pm and crashed out. I woke up at 12.30 and instantly did it again it ! Moments later i realised i had already injected it earlier ! This did send me into a panic as this was the first time id...