Insulin u per day

[Richard F]

Struggling a bit recently, usually I can attribute variations to something, stress, illness, change in diet or activity but this time I'm stumped.

60s, 11st 5"10 active, fit, 100/120 g carbs per day. Usually around 25u per day, recently 30 for around a week, then 20 for a few days back to 30 now.
I'm podding so moving sites every 3 days, weather sometimes affects me but really struggling on keeping up.

How many u per day do you take and much variation?

 

[Antje77]

I use pens.
My basal fluctuates between 98 and 125 units a day.
My bolus between 14 and 65 units.

So total varies between 112 and 190 units a day.

 

[Rokaab]

Whereas I use a grand total of about 25-35 in an entire day (though over christmas this will go up probably quite a lot lol)
Slightly less now I'm on a pump instead of pens, but not by much (ie it was a little higher on pens)

ie, in other words, everyone is different, some people do just need much more than others, just because!
You have to work out what works for you, not what works for someone else