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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all,
So a bit of background: I'm a T1 diabetic of 15+ years and have been on Novolog + Lantus for a good portion of that time. Not the very best but an A1C usually around a 7.
Last week after visiting the doctor and asking him about Tresiba and all the good stuff I was hearing I was prescribed Tresiba as a replacement for Lantus. In his words "its really amazing the effect it has with most people." Dosing was set to be 1:1. Great or so I thought...
It's now been a week of injections (once daily) and things have been horrible. My doctor told me to "scale back a little the 1st night" so I did 38u vs my normal 42 of Lantus. I then noticed a string of highs so the next day I upped the dosage. I'm now at 45u of Tresiba and this is still going like ****. Almost consistently high, all day. I've been dosing my Novolog as normal but something is up. I even (with supplies in hand to remedy the situation) purposefully overdosed my Novolog slightly at lunch today to attempt to force a low... 85. That's with a few extra units added on there! This was a controlled amount but enough Novolog that it should have caused a low.
Likewise, my body seems hyper-sensitive to carbs. Even the slightest amount and I'm through the roof in minutes. I'm a sworn Dexcom user and I've been keeping an eye on it... I eat and boom its up.
Has anyone gone through something similar? Maybe its my body adjusting in a way? I almost feel like it isn't doing anything at all.
Thanks!
So a bit of background: I'm a T1 diabetic of 15+ years and have been on Novolog + Lantus for a good portion of that time. Not the very best but an A1C usually around a 7.
Last week after visiting the doctor and asking him about Tresiba and all the good stuff I was hearing I was prescribed Tresiba as a replacement for Lantus. In his words "its really amazing the effect it has with most people." Dosing was set to be 1:1. Great or so I thought...
It's now been a week of injections (once daily) and things have been horrible. My doctor told me to "scale back a little the 1st night" so I did 38u vs my normal 42 of Lantus. I then noticed a string of highs so the next day I upped the dosage. I'm now at 45u of Tresiba and this is still going like ****. Almost consistently high, all day. I've been dosing my Novolog as normal but something is up. I even (with supplies in hand to remedy the situation) purposefully overdosed my Novolog slightly at lunch today to attempt to force a low... 85. That's with a few extra units added on there! This was a controlled amount but enough Novolog that it should have caused a low.
Likewise, my body seems hyper-sensitive to carbs. Even the slightest amount and I'm through the roof in minutes. I'm a sworn Dexcom user and I've been keeping an eye on it... I eat and boom its up.
Has anyone gone through something similar? Maybe its my body adjusting in a way? I almost feel like it isn't doing anything at all.
Thanks!