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- Type of diabetes
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Hi all,
I was diagnosed type1 late in 2013. At first I was started on 26 units of Lantus per day and a 2 unit to 10g of Apidra. Over the past weeks i've gradually had to reduce this as I'v had several frequent hypos day and night.
I'm now on just 6 units of Lantus and a ratio of 1 unit of Apidra for every 15g of carbs. This week I've had several incidents where my sugar levels have rapidly decreased and I've had to take drastic measures to get them back up. Today was no exception. After breakfast when I took just 2 units with a 35g breakfast I was already low at lunchtime. I had a few crackers and decided not to take any insulin. 2 hours later I was falling fast and despite taking 6 glucose tablets I was still falling. Once I hit 2.2 I then took glucogel too. Eventually I started to rise again. At dinner this evening I had just 40g of carbs. my bs was 5.4. I decided not to take insulin. 2 hours after dinner I was 8.9. Since then I've had a 20g snack again without insulin. I should have taken my bolus over an hour ago but my BS is just 5.4
I'm guessing that my depleted beta cells have decided to do some work this week. It's making it **** difficult though. I'm tempted to not take Basal before bed and to see what I'm like in the morning. I don't want to take it and risk another hypo during the night. The dead in bed syndrome scares the life out of me. I'd much rather risk going high tonight than risk going low again.
Any advice or thoughts would be welcome.
Steve
I was diagnosed type1 late in 2013. At first I was started on 26 units of Lantus per day and a 2 unit to 10g of Apidra. Over the past weeks i've gradually had to reduce this as I'v had several frequent hypos day and night.
I'm now on just 6 units of Lantus and a ratio of 1 unit of Apidra for every 15g of carbs. This week I've had several incidents where my sugar levels have rapidly decreased and I've had to take drastic measures to get them back up. Today was no exception. After breakfast when I took just 2 units with a 35g breakfast I was already low at lunchtime. I had a few crackers and decided not to take any insulin. 2 hours later I was falling fast and despite taking 6 glucose tablets I was still falling. Once I hit 2.2 I then took glucogel too. Eventually I started to rise again. At dinner this evening I had just 40g of carbs. my bs was 5.4. I decided not to take insulin. 2 hours after dinner I was 8.9. Since then I've had a 20g snack again without insulin. I should have taken my bolus over an hour ago but my BS is just 5.4
I'm guessing that my depleted beta cells have decided to do some work this week. It's making it **** difficult though. I'm tempted to not take Basal before bed and to see what I'm like in the morning. I don't want to take it and risk another hypo during the night. The dead in bed syndrome scares the life out of me. I'd much rather risk going high tonight than risk going low again.
Any advice or thoughts would be welcome.
Steve