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<blockquote data-quote="sburns" data-source="post: 615256" data-attributes="member: 123783"><p>I have recently been diagnosed with depression and have always suffered with mental illness since the age of about 21 (I'm 28 now).</p><p></p><p>I normally have very good control over my Type 1 diabetes, having had it since I was 18 months old, and always achieve HbA1cs of 7 or less. </p><p></p><p>However, since I was diagnosed with depression I seem to need an awful lot of insulin to stay under control and have woken up very very high for quite a few mornings now. Last night I was 13 before I ate my evening meal, had a few pieces of calamari, a salad for main and two glasses of wine. I had 12 units of insulin and when I got home I was still 13 mm/oL. I had my usual 12 units of Lantus before bed but when I woke up I was 27! </p><p></p><p>Usually for that type of meal I would only need around 7/8, certainly nothing above 10. </p><p></p><p>Something similar also happened on Friday night when I barely ate any of the rice with my evening meal, but again went to bed around 12 and woke up in my mid-20s.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone ever suffered with this in the past, is this normal?</p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sburns, post: 615256, member: 123783"] I have recently been diagnosed with depression and have always suffered with mental illness since the age of about 21 (I'm 28 now). I normally have very good control over my Type 1 diabetes, having had it since I was 18 months old, and always achieve HbA1cs of 7 or less. However, since I was diagnosed with depression I seem to need an awful lot of insulin to stay under control and have woken up very very high for quite a few mornings now. Last night I was 13 before I ate my evening meal, had a few pieces of calamari, a salad for main and two glasses of wine. I had 12 units of insulin and when I got home I was still 13 mm/oL. I had my usual 12 units of Lantus before bed but when I woke up I was 27! Usually for that type of meal I would only need around 7/8, certainly nothing above 10. Something similar also happened on Friday night when I barely ate any of the rice with my evening meal, but again went to bed around 12 and woke up in my mid-20s. Has anyone ever suffered with this in the past, is this normal? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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