mebird1 said:Hello ,
I don't know of anyone else has the same problem as me but it is something that even the diabetes nurses haven't been able to help me with. I have had type 1 diabetes for 16 years and take humalog as my rapid insulin and humulin I as my long acting. My problem is that when I take my humulin at 9pm 8-12 units my bm normal 4.9-7 then a few hours later when I wake myself up to test its rocketed up to 17-20 which makes me feel rubbish and is not good at all. Whatever I try whether it be a shot of humalog 2 units with the humulin it holds the hyper off for a few hours but I still have a hyper or I wake up land walk my dog and end up having a hypo because of the humalog. I would just like to go the night without a hyper or an early morning hypo. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am so tired of this as I try so hard to have it under control. I have tired lantus and levemir but had a severe reaction to both that left me in hospital so can't switch so those.
Many thanks x
CarbsRok said:AS copeod say's a split my suit you better. But do discuss with your dsn.
Another and simpler option is to do a basal test then you can see exactly what is happening with your basal insulin and then you can make an informed decision as to what the next move is.
Here's a profile off insulin's for you to see http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Ma ... lchart.pdf it shows your insulin doesn't last 24 hours. So suspect as copeod says a split might work better.
etmsreec said:CarbsRok said:AS copeod say's a split my suit you better. But do discuss with your dsn.
Another and simpler option is to do a basal test then you can see exactly what is happening with your basal insulin and then you can make an informed decision as to what the next move is.
Here's a profile off insulin's for you to see http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Ma ... lchart.pdf it shows your insulin doesn't last 24 hours. So suspect as copeod says a split might work better.
Stupid question - are we sure that chart is right? Levemir was claimed initially to be a 24 hour insulin but it's now acknowledged that it isn't. The chart has both Lantus and Levemir down as being 24 hour action...?
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