Hypos

Hi, I'm new to this forum so be patient with me. I was diagnosed type 1 last April so still don't have the greatest of understanding for it lol ...... is lucozade the best thing to drink? I was told coca cola was?

Check that your basal insulin dose is correct, thats the first rule when experiencing unexplained hypo's & hyper's.

L3wisr said:

I've just been told to lower my lantus a little to try and raise my levels a little bit but to hold off on my novo until I get the echo pen to do half units. Just unsure of what could have triggered the change considering everything has been the same

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Try the reduced basal dose and see how you get on, things do change unfortunately and insulin doses are never set in stone.

L3wisr said:

Not sure if lucozade is the best, the diabetic nurse just told me to drink about 100ml of it when I was first diagnosed so I've just stuck with it.


I've just been told to lower my lantus a little to try and raise my levels a little bit but to hold off on my novo until I get the echo pen to do half units. Just unsure of what could have triggered the change considering everything has been the same

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The same happened to me when I was diagnosed. My basal insulin requirements kept gradually dropping over the first 6-8 weeks or so. They would be ok for a week or two and then the follwoing week I'd find I'd need less. I went from taking 10 units of levemir eventually down to 3 where they stabilised.
Just keep an eye on things and hopefully they will level out soon.

Might be because you exercise sometimes, it can have a 2-3 day effect afterwards of constant lowering BS. Are you on a pump? If so, set a negative temp basal before exercise. If not then decrease your background insulin by a little bit maybe?
I had a whole week of unexplained hypos, which has messed me up, I've developed a phobia of taking insulin now. Everything I've tried hasn't worked and I completely give up now.

your insulin needs will change all the time as you go through life........its being able to test your doses and adjust them accordingly which is the tricky part for most.....

@livitridge I see that you've posted in a number of threads regarding hypos that you're struggling with them, and even changing isnulin amounts isn't helping. If ever there was a point that I'd suggest you went to talk to your diabetic team, this is it.

How long have you been T1 and are you using a pump? (Your post here suggests you are). now is the time to talk to your diabetic team. I'd suggest discussing with them using MDI for a bit or switching to another pump, simply because there is always the possibility that your pump isn't doing what it is supposed to.

Thank you both for your advice, I am type 1 diabetic yes and have been for 8 years now, I was diagnosed at 11. I am on the omnipod, I'm so confused because for the first few months (August - December) there were no problems, it was very rare that i'de have a hypo... My BS were between 4-7 all the time. It was just this one night it happened and carried on happening, even now. Every single incident has been unexplainable, and worrying especially as I've not been taking much insulin on purpose. My basal is almost nothing, 0.40 units per hour at night now and they used to be 1.05 , I wouldn't dare do that much now!!!

And I had an appointment with my doctor a few weeks ago, not much was done apart from being told that I need to have faith and be confident in myself. I do, but I think this is much more serious. My next appointment is 30th March and Im scared I won't make it until then. I feel safer in the day than I do at night for sure though. Last time I was hoping to come home after and everything to be sorted, but I feel like it's going to be a big waste of time and nothing will be done. To make things worse, after taking about my fear of hypos to my doctor last time, I had a major hypo on the train home (I have a 2 hour train journey) and near enough collapsed.

My omnipod is not to blame, it's actually made my life easier, and I know it works because I had those 3 months of perfect control. They can take it off me if they want to, my hba1c is higher because I'm running levels high now, so they probably will. Can I just not be diabetic anymore please? I've even had to delay my work, I'm a tattooist and I refuse to tattoo at the moment due to my constant anxiety of going hypo.

And sorry about all your hypos! Do you find them so mentally tiring?

@L3wisr, keep going on the basal checks, 5 months in things can change quickly, but in truthfulness diabetes is always work in progress and insulin doses are never set in stone, whether your a pump user or on MDI.

As a reminder, have a look at the BDEC website to see if there's anything you can learn from there:

http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/

Hey.

I'm 8 months in now and same thing happened to me. I got level then BAM loads of hypo's. Reduce your basal some more (you can always put it back up again if / when need be).

I hardly hypo now, except today, but made me realise how much I don't miss constant Hypo's! You'll get there. I'd say look at reducing ur Bolus ratio (and book onto DAFNE)

Those numbers generally look very good. Others are right, insulin requirements do change from time to time, sometimes for no apparent reason. It's most likely your basal rates which are the cause so I would basal test if you're worried.