I didn't have diabetes initially (I couldn't have been accepted into the military if I had). I started on pills as type 2. But the pill started failing me after only about one year. Now insulin is the only thing keeping me going. It probably makes me a type 1, don't you think.
I find something interesting in the details about you that were included in your post. You show a single Lantus dose of 100. For years I've been taking one night dose of 20 units. Long in the past, I tried upping it a little at a time and stopped at 30, but seeing apparently no difference, I went back to the 20 I was advised to use. How did you work up to 100?
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/difference-between-type1-and-type2-diabetes.html
Type 1 diabetes (formerly called juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes), accounts for 5 to 10 out of 100 people who have diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system destroys the cells that release insulin, eventually eliminating insulin production from the body. Without insulin, cells cannot absorb sugar (glucose), which they need to produce energy.
Type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset or non–insulin-dependent diabetes) can develop at any age. It most commonly becomes apparent during adulthood. But type 2 diabetes in children is rising. Type 2 diabetes accounts for the vast majority of people who have diabetes—90 to 95 out of 100 people. In type 2 diabetes, the body isn't able to use insulin the right way. This is called insulin resistance. As type 2 diabetes gets worse, the pancreas may make less and less insulin. This is called insulin deficiency.
I started off at 10 units of lantus when I was first diagnosed and it seemed to work, but I was actually in the honeymoon phase of D for almost two years (2004 till almost 2006) so the low dosage did work it gave my body enough baseline to work with, but as things failed it started not working like it had and between 2006 and 2010 my a1c was around 9.8 and wasn't budging, we where not able to get my morning numbers under 216 in the morning, during that time we played around with upping my lantus and the humalog trying to find the right balance. In 2010 I was living in the US with my mate and it was a nightmare, we where living in Colorado Springs and I was taking 100 units of lantus plus almost 50 units of humalog with each meal and I wasn't seeing my numbers go under 180 (save one day when I almost ODed on humalog, took 100 units of it thinking it was the lantus I'd grabbed it dropped me to 45 (not good), i was in regular contact with my endro while in the US and he suggested that I increase my lantus to 150 units and see what happened, I did and I was between 140 and 180 for the first time in 4 months of being there. I actually ended up talking to my SIL who is T2 and she took me to her endro appointment and for an extra 50 bucks her endro talked with me what was going on, we ended up thinking that the altitude was the reason I was having so much issue my glucose control and why the higher dosages of lantus where being more effective, but he did recommend that I cut down on the lantus a week before heading back home because of the change in elevation (going from about 10k above to just over 200 big difference).
When I came back home I was back at 80 units of lantus and for what ever reason things stabilized for about 5 months I was back to not needing as much humalog between 30 and 50 units a day total), but it didn't last for long in 2012/2013 it was decided that 100 units was the next option to getting my levels under the 180 mark - it didn't work, until last year when my endro was at a conference and no idea how it came up but Celiac was brought into the picture and he tried me going gluten free for 3 months my morning numbers droped to normal and my bolus insulin droped from upwards of 50 units to 10 and under. Was told to go back to eating what ever and my numbers shot back up as did my a1c, went in for testing and was told positive for Celiac cut the gluten and my numbers went into normal range but now its finding a lower dosage that still is effective, but so far it seems that the 100 units though at times to much and causing me to hit in the 30s (spent a week when ill unable to get above 80 - was between 32 and 50 for the week - long enough that we cut my lantus dosage from 100 to 50units with humalog as needed after getting better again of course my body no longer liked the 50 units and my numbers started to rise again each morning so back to 100 units. We're right now working to find the right amount that will keep me during the day - which might mean a split dosage eventually but he doesn't won't to do that as yet. He wont's a full year of being Gluten Free to have my body settle in with whats happening (cause it can take that long for gluten to get out of the system fully.
My current Morning numbers are between 66 and 80, post breakfast I'm around 90 to 100 … pre lunch i'm around 100 to 125 and post lunch I'm around 90 to 110, pre dinner 68 to 90 and post dinner 80 to 98, I go to bed at around 138.
