Andrew92
Newbie
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum so please forgive me if this is in the wrong sub. Had T1 since early teens and I came here looking for some help because I don't really know what to make of this problem. I've spoken to my endocrinologist about it and he seems to not attribute much issue to this saying "just stick with a low carb diet and see if it helps" so if anyone has any experience about it, I'd appreciate it.
Starting in mid-January, my insulin resistance has risen very strangely. I take 18 units of Lantus at night and I'm on a carb ratio for Novorapid. This summer my ratios were 1:10g carbs, in Nov it crept up to 1:7.5g, Dec 1:5g and now it's a hit or miss. It's like my insulin resistance has spiked through the roof and I just don't seem to respond to insulin as well as I used to, if barely at all. I can give 1:5g and still rise in BG as if my ratio was 1:2.5g or even worse. I've resorted to eating very low carbs during the day and loading my calories with fats and proteins to combat this IR spike because I'm really at a loss of what to do or how this was caused. I exercise 5x a week for 1+ hours, an hour of resistance training + 10-20 mins cardio, and my sensitivity increases during this period (as expected) to ~1:10g. But for the rest of the day it drops to nill again. I weigh 187lbs and am at ~14% bodyfat. My a1c at the beginning of 2014 was ~4.9, I was told to increase it because my doctor feared of lows so I increased it up to 5.6 then to 6.5 where he was happier. My Jan a1c was 6.2. I don't want to continue giving absurd amounts of insulin for little effect so like I said, I eat minimal carbs daily.
This also wasn't the first time it has happened to me. ~ 2 years ago, around the same time of the year, the same thing happened when I was in a transition between doctors and had no one to consult so I did a no/low carb diet for almost 2 months before it finally corrected itself. By then I could finally meet with a doctor and he blew it off as a mystery saying "at least it's better now". At that time I supplemented a lot of fats and proteins to maintain ~180lbs, my then weight.
Has anyone experienced this? Can anyone direct me as to a cause of this? None of my habits have changed as to exercise, eating, stress. My weight has been constant since about Sept. It just all appeared out of no where and it's frustrating not know how to correct it with no advice or direction.
I'm new to the forum so please forgive me if this is in the wrong sub. Had T1 since early teens and I came here looking for some help because I don't really know what to make of this problem. I've spoken to my endocrinologist about it and he seems to not attribute much issue to this saying "just stick with a low carb diet and see if it helps" so if anyone has any experience about it, I'd appreciate it.
Starting in mid-January, my insulin resistance has risen very strangely. I take 18 units of Lantus at night and I'm on a carb ratio for Novorapid. This summer my ratios were 1:10g carbs, in Nov it crept up to 1:7.5g, Dec 1:5g and now it's a hit or miss. It's like my insulin resistance has spiked through the roof and I just don't seem to respond to insulin as well as I used to, if barely at all. I can give 1:5g and still rise in BG as if my ratio was 1:2.5g or even worse. I've resorted to eating very low carbs during the day and loading my calories with fats and proteins to combat this IR spike because I'm really at a loss of what to do or how this was caused. I exercise 5x a week for 1+ hours, an hour of resistance training + 10-20 mins cardio, and my sensitivity increases during this period (as expected) to ~1:10g. But for the rest of the day it drops to nill again. I weigh 187lbs and am at ~14% bodyfat. My a1c at the beginning of 2014 was ~4.9, I was told to increase it because my doctor feared of lows so I increased it up to 5.6 then to 6.5 where he was happier. My Jan a1c was 6.2. I don't want to continue giving absurd amounts of insulin for little effect so like I said, I eat minimal carbs daily.
This also wasn't the first time it has happened to me. ~ 2 years ago, around the same time of the year, the same thing happened when I was in a transition between doctors and had no one to consult so I did a no/low carb diet for almost 2 months before it finally corrected itself. By then I could finally meet with a doctor and he blew it off as a mystery saying "at least it's better now". At that time I supplemented a lot of fats and proteins to maintain ~180lbs, my then weight.
Has anyone experienced this? Can anyone direct me as to a cause of this? None of my habits have changed as to exercise, eating, stress. My weight has been constant since about Sept. It just all appeared out of no where and it's frustrating not know how to correct it with no advice or direction.
