Lantus

[Alekssanderi]

Can anyone help me adjust my lantus dose? Right now i inject it at 21:30 before i go to sleep and between 24-26 units. I weigh 68 kilograms and 21 years old. Are my units enough or too much? I kinda have sometimes high blood glucose at morning, waking up at 5:00! Thanks in advance and sry for bad english!

 

[noblehead]

Impossible to say if your dose is enough, too much or too little, why don't you do some basal testing to find the answer, the following explains how to perform the test:

https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/

btw your English is just fine

 

[Alekssanderi]

Ohh thank you! Also could you help me with situation like this? //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170901/971d41531c40b3103017dd75bd1f1a4d.jpg

How should i act there if my morning sugars was 11 and i eat like 40g carbs. The problem is that i have very physical work ( alot of movement) but it sometimes you know varies. Ex i have blood sugar there 11 in morning and my work task changes to more physical and then i get those hypos. And vice versa. I am a less eater so i kinda eat the same stuff all over So its actually easy to keep reading on carbs. But i have really big difficulties! Also i am a smoker, it does effect blood sugars alot right? (Trying to quit like forever now tho)

 

[noblehead]

The link isn't clickable @Alekssanderi , why not do some basal testing and come back with the results and the type 1's here will try and help out, just remember we can't advise on insulin doses and that is something you'll have to work out yourself (or together with your diabetes team). Good luck.

 

[Alekssanderi]

Okay ill try, thank you

 

[Daibell]

Hi. I assume you also use a Bolus insulin for meals? We all need different doses of Basal and weight is one of many factors. Do try to do some Basal testing. BTW the aim of Basal insulin is to balance the liver's background output of glucose so tests typically involve a degree of fasting to see whether your blood sugar goes up or down.