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<blockquote data-quote="StewM" data-source="post: 2478530" data-attributes="member: 538114"><p>Since switching to the pump recently, I've found an issue with Fiasp which was present when I was injecting it - but was quite easy to deal with - is now causing me major issues.</p><p></p><p>So when my blood sugar goes above 10 my sensitivity to Insulin drops significantly. The higher it gets the less sensitive I become. The problem is the amount of insulin it requires to get down to 6-9 is incredibly high. However, once it successfully achieves the goal of getting me back to the normal range, the Insulin on Board becomes much more potent. This almost guarantees a hypo unless I've threaded the needle incredibly precisely (something I've only been able to do once or twice).</p><p></p><p>So basically any time my Blood Sugar goes high one of two things happens. I take insufficient insulin to get below 10 and stay high for ages (like 10-12 hours), with corrections doing nothing more than stopping me going higher or reducing my blood sugar by a tiny amount. Or I take enough to get back down to normal range, but then my levels collapse once I'm back in normal range.</p><p></p><p>Whilst I was injecting Fiasp giving the Corrections would eventually get back to normal if I was patient with corrections, whereas on the Pump the differential's much higher so I can't seem to find that sweet spot.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone else encountered this issue (whether a Pump user or not) and how did you handle it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StewM, post: 2478530, member: 538114"] Since switching to the pump recently, I've found an issue with Fiasp which was present when I was injecting it - but was quite easy to deal with - is now causing me major issues. So when my blood sugar goes above 10 my sensitivity to Insulin drops significantly. The higher it gets the less sensitive I become. The problem is the amount of insulin it requires to get down to 6-9 is incredibly high. However, once it successfully achieves the goal of getting me back to the normal range, the Insulin on Board becomes much more potent. This almost guarantees a hypo unless I've threaded the needle incredibly precisely (something I've only been able to do once or twice). So basically any time my Blood Sugar goes high one of two things happens. I take insufficient insulin to get below 10 and stay high for ages (like 10-12 hours), with corrections doing nothing more than stopping me going higher or reducing my blood sugar by a tiny amount. Or I take enough to get back down to normal range, but then my levels collapse once I'm back in normal range. Whilst I was injecting Fiasp giving the Corrections would eventually get back to normal if I was patient with corrections, whereas on the Pump the differential's much higher so I can't seem to find that sweet spot. Has anyone else encountered this issue (whether a Pump user or not) and how did you handle it? [/QUOTE]
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