Hi all,
Having been T1 for a few months now, the past two weeks I have been having a bit of trouble upon waking. I generally wake around 6:30am weekdays and until around 11am I feel groggy and almost hungover. Feel dizzy, clumsy, and generally c****y but BS seem ok. I usually wake between 6.2 - 7.2.
I'm worried my Levemir at night is the cause. I was started on 2 units of Levemir at night, but if I found my BS was upwards of 9 mmol before bed I would double the units to 4 to ease the readings overnight.
First things first, is this bad practise? Maybe I am confused as to what my Levemir should actually do for me, I appreciate it's long acting, background insulin. I seem to think if sugars are high before bed then to inject more Levemir.
Throughout the day my Blood Sugar control is generally pretty good and I feel my best at around 5.5 - 6.5.
I have never done a basal test as I'm not sure how to actually do one advice would be appreciated on this part.
Any advice is welcome. I'm on fairly small doses of NovoRapid. My ratio is 0.5 per 10G of carbs.
Thanks all! I would attach my overnight Libre readings but they're generally significantly higher than they actually are!!
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Having been T1 for a few months now, the past two weeks I have been having a bit of trouble upon waking. I generally wake around 6:30am weekdays and until around 11am I feel groggy and almost hungover. Feel dizzy, clumsy, and generally c****y but BS seem ok. I usually wake between 6.2 - 7.2.
I'm worried my Levemir at night is the cause. I was started on 2 units of Levemir at night, but if I found my BS was upwards of 9 mmol before bed I would double the units to 4 to ease the readings overnight.
First things first, is this bad practise? Maybe I am confused as to what my Levemir should actually do for me, I appreciate it's long acting, background insulin. I seem to think if sugars are high before bed then to inject more Levemir.
Throughout the day my Blood Sugar control is generally pretty good and I feel my best at around 5.5 - 6.5.
I have never done a basal test as I'm not sure how to actually do one advice would be appreciated on this part.
Any advice is welcome. I'm on fairly small doses of NovoRapid. My ratio is 0.5 per 10G of carbs.
Thanks all! I would attach my overnight Libre readings but they're generally significantly higher than they actually are!!
Edited by moderator for language.
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