- Messages
- 11
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi everyone,
I'm 23, type one diabetic for 15 years now, when i was on 2 injections of premixed daily, my control was pretty good, but since i switched to multiple injections, my diabetes seems to be out of control. I'm on 2 insulins (insulatard for morning and night, and humalog for each meal), and also 2x 500mg metformin in a morning, though i've been advised i can take 2 in the evening also. Also suffer from underactive thyroid (take levothyroxine) and photosensitive epilepsy (take epilim)
My diet isn't perfect, i eat a lot of ready prepared foods, rather than cook from scratch, and i know that is a factor.
The big thing for me, is i find if i decide to eat fruit as a morning snack, instead of nothing at all, then even if i do no insulin for the orange, my blood glucose drops drastically within an hour, which means i have to fix with something sweet, which then causes the blood glucose to go too high, meaning i do insulin to correct, and then the cycle begins...
I'm looking for people to chat with, as its kinda depressing, trying but not getting anywhere, hoping to find people who can either help, or are going through similar things.
Thanks
I'm 23, type one diabetic for 15 years now, when i was on 2 injections of premixed daily, my control was pretty good, but since i switched to multiple injections, my diabetes seems to be out of control. I'm on 2 insulins (insulatard for morning and night, and humalog for each meal), and also 2x 500mg metformin in a morning, though i've been advised i can take 2 in the evening also. Also suffer from underactive thyroid (take levothyroxine) and photosensitive epilepsy (take epilim)
My diet isn't perfect, i eat a lot of ready prepared foods, rather than cook from scratch, and i know that is a factor.
The big thing for me, is i find if i decide to eat fruit as a morning snack, instead of nothing at all, then even if i do no insulin for the orange, my blood glucose drops drastically within an hour, which means i have to fix with something sweet, which then causes the blood glucose to go too high, meaning i do insulin to correct, and then the cycle begins...
I'm looking for people to chat with, as its kinda depressing, trying but not getting anywhere, hoping to find people who can either help, or are going through similar things.
Thanks