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fantastic9888

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Hi all. Just wondering how fast 9.5 sugars would drop with 23u of humalog premixed insulin 75/25 as I suffered a hypo this morning when I didnt eat after injecting for about 15 mins.
 
Usually it takes at least 30 minutes to start kicking in, working at it's best between 45 minutes to 1 and a half hours. I think I've had a few cases of it kicking in sooner than 30 minutes but it might because I was headed downward in the first place.

if you are type 2 you are still making insulin and maybe you were less insulin resistant than normal? Because that isn't sounding like insulin resistance either for it to work so fast. Did you do something maybe that made your body respond better to it's own insulin? Because your own insulin can work very fast. exercise, hot shower something like that? And then add on the little extra kick of an outside insulin?
 
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I think you have just asked the diabetic equivalent of "how long is a piece of string?"
It depends
- everyone has different insulin resistance/sensitivity
- if you were exercising yesterday your bg may fall quicker
- if you are stressed it would fall slower
- if you had alcohol last night, it would fall quicker
- if you injected into muscle it would fall quicker
- if you experience DP, you can this could counteract the fall
-...
How are you feeling now?
Did you test to confirm the hypo?
Did you treat the hypo?

As there is so much that can affect our bg, keep an eye out for repeats and trends in the future to understand if this was a weird one off or whether there is a pattern.
 
Knikki said:
It is very difficult to say, if you look at the profile for Humalog then it peaks just after the 1 hour mark.

But as I have never used Humalog I can't say for certain if what you experienced is the norm.

When you say "suffer a hypo" was this just an unpleasant feeling or confirmed using a meter?
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Hi. Thanks for reply.I wasnt able to measure sugars at the time. Felt absolutely panicky with fast heartbeat. I may have had a shower before eating plus a shave.
 
Marie 2 said:
Usually it takes at least 30 minutes to start kicking in, working at it's best between 45 minutes to 1 and a half hours. I think I've had a few cases of it kicking in sooner than 30 minutes but it might because I was headed downward in the first place.

if you are type 2 you are still making insulin and maybe you were less insulin resistant than normal? Because that isn't sounding like insulin resistance either for it to work so fast. Did you do something maybe that made your body respond better to it's own insulin? Because your own insulin can work very fast. exercise, hot shower something like that? And then add on the little extra kick of an outside insulin?
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Marie 2 said:
Usually it takes at least 30 minutes to start kicking in, working at it's best between 45 minutes to 1 and a half hours. I think I've had a few cases of it kicking in sooner than 30 minutes but it might because I was headed downward in the first place.

if you are type 2 you are still making insulin and maybe you were less insulin resistant than normal? Because that isn't sounding like insulin resistance either for it to work so fast. Did you do something maybe that made your body respond better to it's own insulin? Because your own insulin can work very fast. exercise, hot shower something like that? And then add on the little extra kick of an outside insulin?
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Hi marie and thanks for reply. Not sure if I had a shower. I definitely shaved etc. I injected when I got out of bed and it must have been 10 mins later that I started eating and hypo kicked in whilst I was eating. I know it takes 20 mins for sugar from food to hit the bloodstream so shouldn't have injected so quicly. Thats what I put it down to anyway. Wouldnt mind but last hypo I had was sometime last year.I inject 2xdaily. So its a fair bit of insulin at one go. Im 16 years diabetic and was 50 years old when diagnosed. I have 3 cardiac stents in situ. I look around 15 years younger than I am but it can still go wrong.. hiw fast does slow acting insulin which is part of my premixed, actually lower blood sugars.
 
helensaramay said:
I think you have just asked the diabetic equivalent of "how long is a piece of string?"
It depends
- everyone has different insulin resistance/sensitivity
- if you were exercising yesterday your bg may fall quicker
- if you are stressed it would fall slower
- if you had alcohol last night, it would fall quicker
- if you injected into muscle it would fall quicker
- if you experience DP, you can this could counteract the fall
-...
How are you feeling now?
Did you test to confirm the hypo?
Did you treat the hypo?

As there is so much that can affect our bg, keep an eye out for repeats and trends in the future to understand if this was a weird one off or whether there is a pattern.
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Hi helen. Ok now next day. Last hypo was last year sometime. I injected too early as I didnt get to eat until 10 mins later. Was washing myself shaving etc. Never thought it would come down that quickly. Forgot that it takes 20 mins for food to hit the bloodstream. So have to accept and carry on regardless...cheers kevin...I inject 2xdaily. Wasnt able to test as feeling too bad.laid down on bed and ate all around me which was the wrong thing to do. Should have eaten the dextrose tabs at the start.
 
I just thought of a reason insulin would hit so fast. supposedly if you inject into muscle I have heard it absorbs faster.

But a biggy would be if you hit a vein. I remember running across an article years ago warning people, saying that even if it was slow acting insulin if you hit a vein it can hit your system in under 10 minutes and you will get a drastic hypo fast. It was written by someone that it happened to. I believe it's very rare, but obviously could happen.
 
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