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<blockquote data-quote="Isobel94" data-source="post: 405023" data-attributes="member: 68605"><p>I am sick of constantly changing my lantus dose. When I'm at certain stages of the month, I have to adjust my lantus dose by increasing it by one-two units more than what I had taken the previous night. I have to change the dose on days 12-14, days 16-18, days 26-27, and finally on days 1-2 (everything give or take, it's not usually by the day so sometimes I have to guess, but I am getting better at that from keeping a diary).</p><p></p><p>That is something I am progressing with slowly but this is my real problem: Waking up with lows when having increased the lantus dose by the two units despite having a high before bed. From experience I believe that an uncalled-for high before bed is a sign of hormones re-adjusting hence I take an extra two units. For the past two nights in a row, I have been 9 mmol/l at ten when taking the lantus. Then I rise to 11 mmol/l about one hour/one hour and a half later. Last night my method of dealing with this was taking the extra two units of lantus and awoke at 8 a.m at 2.8 mmol/l!! :O That time I took 12 units of lantus. Tonight I am reducing it to 10 units but I worry I might cause a high. At the same time, judging by that low this morning I feel I have to reduce it, and really don't feel comfortable taking an extra unit of novorapid to treat the 11 mmol/l because, again, I'm afraid of causing a low, especially at night. The thing is, I was taking up to 13 units before (on the hormonal days) and did not have these dramatic drops in blood sugar. It's two-three days before my next period so it's surprising that I don't need more lantus.</p><p></p><p>I am just fed up trying to keep up with this all the time, I feel like I have to be psychic to understand my own body, especially the differing hormonal fluctuations.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading,</p><p>Izzy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isobel94, post: 405023, member: 68605"] I am sick of constantly changing my lantus dose. When I'm at certain stages of the month, I have to adjust my lantus dose by increasing it by one-two units more than what I had taken the previous night. I have to change the dose on days 12-14, days 16-18, days 26-27, and finally on days 1-2 (everything give or take, it's not usually by the day so sometimes I have to guess, but I am getting better at that from keeping a diary). That is something I am progressing with slowly but this is my real problem: Waking up with lows when having increased the lantus dose by the two units despite having a high before bed. From experience I believe that an uncalled-for high before bed is a sign of hormones re-adjusting hence I take an extra two units. For the past two nights in a row, I have been 9 mmol/l at ten when taking the lantus. Then I rise to 11 mmol/l about one hour/one hour and a half later. Last night my method of dealing with this was taking the extra two units of lantus and awoke at 8 a.m at 2.8 mmol/l!! :O That time I took 12 units of lantus. Tonight I am reducing it to 10 units but I worry I might cause a high. At the same time, judging by that low this morning I feel I have to reduce it, and really don't feel comfortable taking an extra unit of novorapid to treat the 11 mmol/l because, again, I'm afraid of causing a low, especially at night. The thing is, I was taking up to 13 units before (on the hormonal days) and did not have these dramatic drops in blood sugar. It's two-three days before my next period so it's surprising that I don't need more lantus. I am just fed up trying to keep up with this all the time, I feel like I have to be psychic to understand my own body, especially the differing hormonal fluctuations. Thanks for reading, Izzy. [/QUOTE]
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