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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2334930" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>I too have had one (possibly two depending on whether I mixed up my pens the first time) lantus lows, my endo won't prescribe tresiba or levemir (I'm in NZ which is relatively limited in the insulins it supplies) so I'm coping by swapping to 4mm from 8mm needles, being more careful where I inject and always waiting 15 minutes before I go to sleep to make sure my night time lantus isn't making me plummet.</p><p></p><p>I also have a pot of 50 glucotabs (so approx 200g in carb) next to my bed, so if I start plummeting I can crunch 10 of these which should stop the plummet even if it's a lantus low. (1 or 2 takes me out of a normal hypo).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/study-glucose-tablets-should-be-first-treatment-choice-for-hypoglycemia-316958/" target="_blank">Study: Glucose Tablets Should Be First Treatment Choice for Hypoglycemia – Diabetes Daily</a></p><p></p><p>Googling suggests that having a back up supply of glucose tablets may be better than fruit juice (and honestly the thought of leaving the house while hypo to source more sugar strikes me as pretty dangerous, better to have a secret stash of glucose tablets.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought, but if it wasn't a lantus low you should find that there is no basal at all left in your system once your morning mistake wears off, whereas if it was a lantus low some of it may still act throughout the day. Of course, there'll be less lantus than normal in your system, so it may not be obvious.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. Steep hypos are very scary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2334930, member: 372717"] I too have had one (possibly two depending on whether I mixed up my pens the first time) lantus lows, my endo won't prescribe tresiba or levemir (I'm in NZ which is relatively limited in the insulins it supplies) so I'm coping by swapping to 4mm from 8mm needles, being more careful where I inject and always waiting 15 minutes before I go to sleep to make sure my night time lantus isn't making me plummet. I also have a pot of 50 glucotabs (so approx 200g in carb) next to my bed, so if I start plummeting I can crunch 10 of these which should stop the plummet even if it's a lantus low. (1 or 2 takes me out of a normal hypo). [URL='https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/study-glucose-tablets-should-be-first-treatment-choice-for-hypoglycemia-316958/']Study: Glucose Tablets Should Be First Treatment Choice for Hypoglycemia – Diabetes Daily[/URL] Googling suggests that having a back up supply of glucose tablets may be better than fruit juice (and honestly the thought of leaving the house while hypo to source more sugar strikes me as pretty dangerous, better to have a secret stash of glucose tablets. Just a thought, but if it wasn't a lantus low you should find that there is no basal at all left in your system once your morning mistake wears off, whereas if it was a lantus low some of it may still act throughout the day. Of course, there'll be less lantus than normal in your system, so it may not be obvious. Good luck. Steep hypos are very scary. [/QUOTE]
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