Do you BS levels drop down to what they roughly should be after 4-5 hours? If so you are taking the right amount.
However, before I was on a pump, I found I had to pre-bolus before breakfast to mostly deal with the impending spike - when using Novorapid I had to have it about 30-40 mins before, once I changed to fiasp it was 10-15 mins before. (Novorapid was very slow for me thus the change)
Maybe you will need to pre-bolus for linger than you currently are as well - though I think quite a few do have problems if we have loads of carbs first thing
Probably a combination of insulin resistance (it is not uncommon to need a different insulin to carb ratio in the morning) and foot on the floor (liver pumping out glucose to get you started) which may need an extra bolus.
Have you done a basal test recently to check your basal dose is correct? That may need tweaking and, depending what basal you are on and when you take it, it could also be a sign that your basal is running out (if you take it in the morning).
I mean the slow acting insulin. Some people take it at night, some in the morning and some take bothWhen you say basal do you mean slow acting night insulin
I mean the slow acting insulin. Some people take it at night, some in the morning and some take both
Injected insulin is not like a normal person's insulin as it follows a fixed curve over 5 hours and does not match the food you are eating. On DAFNE they tell you to eat normally then ignore the spike. If your blood sugars return to their premeal levels 5 hours after eating then your dose was correct.Yeh they come down tidy around lunchtime 12:30/1 o clock
A quick use of the forum Search (top right of the page) found this https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basal-testing-for-mdi-not-pump.185238/How do you do a basal check ?
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