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Is It Possible For T1 Diabetics to Produce Too Much Insulin?

I'm a Type 2, but while I have heard of Type1's producing a little of their own insulin, both during the 'honeymoon period' and very occasionally on occasions afterwards, Type 1 is characterised by the destruction of the pancreas' beta cells (the only cells in the body which produce insulin). So if you are a Type 1, then without a transplant of a fully working pancreas, it's not possible for you to produce 'too much insulin'.

But the thing about insulin is that the 'right quantity' either of your own, or injected isn't the same all the time and varies quite a lot depending upon what is currently driving your Blood Glucose levels. Usually, the type and quantity of carbohydrates you have eaten.
However, there said to be about 40 different things which can raise blood glucose which are not related to food:

The main ones are:
Injury, illness, stress, excitement, lack of sleep, exercise (can both raise and can lower BG), medications including steroids and statins.

Then there are things which affect how big an effect insulin may have on you. These include:
Different types of insulin, where you inject, and possibly temperature.
 
to produce insulin and t1 are generally opposite things. during the honeymoon, insulin is still produced somehow, but the cells of the pancreas die anyway. Unfortunately, they will not be able to be saved. We just don't have anything to produce our insulin with.
 
Is this high? What should my fasting BG be? I’ve not eaten since dinner. IMG_2666.png
 
Neckarski_94 said:
Just a simple question that’s all.
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I would think you would have had a C-Peptide test and I’m assuming your pancreas is failing due to your beta cells being attacked Hence your T1 diagnosis. Even if you are producing some insulin, your beta cell’s days are numbered and sadly they will not replenish Unlike folks with T2 on insulin whose Beta cells usually do replenish once their blood sugars are normalized. As you are on insulin you are unable to produce enough insulin and to get that diagnosis you will be producing any one of the 4 antibody types that indicate an autoimmune response. High insulin production, that is C-Peptides above 1200 pmol/ls is seen as high, and likely because of insulin resistance , a key factor in Type 2 diabetes. That said, along with insulin resistance folks with type 2 will also have a compromised pancreas to start with , due to genetics Or some other insult. One can produce massive amounts of insulin due to insulin resistance but not have diabetes. Why is that? It’s because a non diabetic‘s pancreas is capable of producing massive amounts of insulin to counter insulin resistance but a Type 2 diabetic cannot because their pancreas is not able to produce enough to counter the insulin resistance. That’s a bit of a ramble @Neckarski_94 , but I hope it makes sense.
 
Neckarski_94 said:
I don’t even know what that is lol.
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C-Peptides are produced along side insulin. There is a direct relationship between the amount of C-Peptides produced and the secretion of insulin. is if insulin is high then C-Peptides will be high. Insulin is very unstable so-any lag in testing insulin if not immediate will not be accurate, whilst C-Peptides are relatively stable. That is why C-Peptides are measured not insulin. They would have taken blood from you to measure your C-Peptide levels to see how much insulin your pancreas is producing.
 
Neckarski_94 said:
Ah right ok. I don’t have a clue!
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lol, these tests all merge into 1 lol. They usually test to see how much insulin you are producing by measuring your C-peptides . In the early days of LADA you might well be producing some insulin but clearly not enough. And you will be producing antibodies. You will eventually produce no insulin once your beta cells have gone. Anything less than C-Peptides 300 pmol/Ls is in Type 1 country Depending on the lab.

Eventually you will produce no insulin and correspondingly 0 C-Peptides . Artificial insulin does not cause you to secrete C-Peptides so your C-Peptides will be 0.

I hope that helps. So to answer your original question , if you are Type 1 you will not be producing enough insulin so your natural insulin will never be high, it will be decreasing until it is gone.
 
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