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    Night shifts and insulin use

    I eat dinner around 2 hours before I start although I do account for physical activity with my bolus. Still manage to have hypos pretty consistently.
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    Usually like a large sandwich and flapjack/biscuits. When I go low I drink coke and have some biscuits.
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    Yeah I can front it although I’m almost certain I would have a hypo immediately after doing so unfortunately as the insulin just seems to take effect in literally minutes and food doesn’t have much effect unless the carbs are extremely high.
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    Thanks for the advice however I have been injecting at 8am for the past 3 days and I have had the same problem even after lowering my lantus by 8 units.
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    Thanks, I’ll give it a go.
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    I slowly shifted my lantus timing so that I do it now at 8am when I go to sleep. Weirdly when I started my bloods were best after the lantus had ran out (as I used to do it around 12 - 1 at night).
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    Night shifts and insulin use

    I am looking for advice as I have just started night shifts at Tesco restocking shelves. The work is quite physical and shifts are 9 hours with 1 hour 30 of break which can be taken whenever. I am having a problem with hypos. For the last few nights I have had 2+ hypos per night due to the fact...