joules
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Dr's have suggested changing from Lantus to Levemir and to take 2 shots daily - morning and night. I was running with low sugars in the middle of the night previously, hence the change over. My previous dose was 18u Lantus for 24hrs and tried doing that both evening and morning times, though ended up still with hypo's at night. Dr's suggested to start with Levemir with 7u before bed and 9u in the morning several weeks back, which have been trying. Now my sugars are perfect all night long and then creep up between 7am (6mmol) > 12pm (12mmol) whilst fasting. Before bed, sugars are 6mmol. My dose times are 11pm and 8am now. Seems that taking 4u of Novorapid first thing keeps things fine. I would usually need 10u Novorapid for breakfast assuming my sugars are fine. Atm, need 14 instead to counteract this slow increase.
So, my question is, what do I do now? I am confused as this long acting split into 2 doses is a new way of thinking and am unsure if it's the night or morning doses that need increasing/decreasing.
Maybe it's just that my liver chucks out glucose first thing, so need the 4u of novorapid to counteract it... Anyone with this issue? It's too confusing.
Thank you
So, my question is, what do I do now? I am confused as this long acting split into 2 doses is a new way of thinking and am unsure if it's the night or morning doses that need increasing/decreasing.
Maybe it's just that my liver chucks out glucose first thing, so need the 4u of novorapid to counteract it... Anyone with this issue? It's too confusing.
Thank you
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