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<blockquote data-quote="K-ate" data-source="post: 761528" data-attributes="member: 159134"><p>So helpful to find this thread; I've been diabetic for 30 years now and had my first crashing unexplained hypo about a month ago when I did my morning lantus (20u; no split dosing) with a blood sugar of 14. Within 10 minutes I felt terrible, re-tested and was 1.9; it took an hour to get the sugars above 4. I then steadily crept up to about 20 no doubt due to the basal having been fully used up by the terrible hypo and being dumped into my system for some random reason. I sat high for about 3 days (dipping to about 12 then back up again) and it also instigated a real fear of my insulin. I've been on lantus for about 15 years and did find it to be a wonderful change from monotard/insulatard. I've backpacked the world with it, and had two children, but the last few months have been very hard and I'm yet to find out why. Currently the "drugs don't work" in the way I anticipate; I feel that I can eat the same thing/ drink the same thing and be 4 or 14. I try to explain it with things like stress/work vs non work days/exercise but am now wondering whether it's not all "my fault" and could be worth trying levemir. I currently have lantus as my basal, and humalog as my short acting which I take does of about 6, 8, 6 at meal times. Does anyone have any other reasons for deteriorating b/s control? I've always been pretty well controlled but since Christmas it's felt like a very hard time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="K-ate, post: 761528, member: 159134"] So helpful to find this thread; I've been diabetic for 30 years now and had my first crashing unexplained hypo about a month ago when I did my morning lantus (20u; no split dosing) with a blood sugar of 14. Within 10 minutes I felt terrible, re-tested and was 1.9; it took an hour to get the sugars above 4. I then steadily crept up to about 20 no doubt due to the basal having been fully used up by the terrible hypo and being dumped into my system for some random reason. I sat high for about 3 days (dipping to about 12 then back up again) and it also instigated a real fear of my insulin. I've been on lantus for about 15 years and did find it to be a wonderful change from monotard/insulatard. I've backpacked the world with it, and had two children, but the last few months have been very hard and I'm yet to find out why. Currently the "drugs don't work" in the way I anticipate; I feel that I can eat the same thing/ drink the same thing and be 4 or 14. I try to explain it with things like stress/work vs non work days/exercise but am now wondering whether it's not all "my fault" and could be worth trying levemir. I currently have lantus as my basal, and humalog as my short acting which I take does of about 6, 8, 6 at meal times. Does anyone have any other reasons for deteriorating b/s control? I've always been pretty well controlled but since Christmas it's felt like a very hard time. [/QUOTE]
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