Hey there wanting some advice i had a horrid 24 hours of highs i just couldnt control.
i dont actively low carb anymore but keep carbs relatively low.
i woke up at 17 which isnt unusual due to suffering the dawn phenomenon.
I Started with a normal breakfast about 40 carbs with my normal 1.5-1 ratio plus a 4 correction.
2 hours later i checked and i was still 18 so i took another 3 units.
at lunch a few hours after that i checked and i was 11, not great but down a little. i ate a 30 carb lunch took my 1.5-1 ratio plus a 2 correction dose.
at dinner i was 13 which was much higer than i had expected i had steak and sweat potato frys about 30 carbs worth. i took again a normal 1.5-1 and a 3 correction.
i was driving an hour later so i checked again and was 20! I didnt want to over react as it was so close to my last dose so i took 2 units and waited checking 2 hours later i was 22 at this point i was feeling pretty ill and took a further 4 units, 2 hours after this i checked again and was still 20 so i took another 3 units, another 2 hours go by and i check i was sitting at 18, it was as if i ate a huge meal and was still slowly releasing sugar.
i took another 4 units hoping to be done with it as it was getting late and i was tired 2 hours later i was sitting at 14 and we were in the am of the next day not wanting to go low in my sleep with all the combined doeses i decided not to correct again (this is the most insulin ive taken in years) i woke up the next morning with that horrid hang over feeling you get when you have been high for a while and started drinking as much water as i could, i was 20 upon waking up, i decided eat a no carb breakfast and try and correct this taking 5 units of insulin, 2 hours later i checked again and was sitting at 14 i corrected a further 3 units and by lunch i was at 7.0, since then its not been as bad but im still correcting more than i normally do. i dont feel like im getting sick and never have had a reaction like this any ideas?
Edit: also forgot to mention when i woke up my little finger and one next to it were numb and that slowly got better as the day went on, im not sure if its related or not, i used to get this when i was a teenager and drank to much but i rarely drink now and when i do its only a couple of glasses of whiskey
i dont actively low carb anymore but keep carbs relatively low.
i woke up at 17 which isnt unusual due to suffering the dawn phenomenon.
I Started with a normal breakfast about 40 carbs with my normal 1.5-1 ratio plus a 4 correction.
2 hours later i checked and i was still 18 so i took another 3 units.
at lunch a few hours after that i checked and i was 11, not great but down a little. i ate a 30 carb lunch took my 1.5-1 ratio plus a 2 correction dose.
at dinner i was 13 which was much higer than i had expected i had steak and sweat potato frys about 30 carbs worth. i took again a normal 1.5-1 and a 3 correction.
i was driving an hour later so i checked again and was 20! I didnt want to over react as it was so close to my last dose so i took 2 units and waited checking 2 hours later i was 22 at this point i was feeling pretty ill and took a further 4 units, 2 hours after this i checked again and was still 20 so i took another 3 units, another 2 hours go by and i check i was sitting at 18, it was as if i ate a huge meal and was still slowly releasing sugar.
i took another 4 units hoping to be done with it as it was getting late and i was tired 2 hours later i was sitting at 14 and we were in the am of the next day not wanting to go low in my sleep with all the combined doeses i decided not to correct again (this is the most insulin ive taken in years) i woke up the next morning with that horrid hang over feeling you get when you have been high for a while and started drinking as much water as i could, i was 20 upon waking up, i decided eat a no carb breakfast and try and correct this taking 5 units of insulin, 2 hours later i checked again and was sitting at 14 i corrected a further 3 units and by lunch i was at 7.0, since then its not been as bad but im still correcting more than i normally do. i dont feel like im getting sick and never have had a reaction like this any ideas?
Edit: also forgot to mention when i woke up my little finger and one next to it were numb and that slowly got better as the day went on, im not sure if its related or not, i used to get this when i was a teenager and drank to much but i rarely drink now and when i do its only a couple of glasses of whiskey
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