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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2278833" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>[USER=511514]@UsmanMo96[/USER]</p><p></p><p>you have mentioned, in previous posts, that you have a desire to lose weight, and your profile says you are on Metformin. Both of these things suggest that you may have insulin resistance.</p><p></p><p>You have also been told to slowly increase your insulin dose. This is known as titrating. The idea is to increase and increase and increase until you hit the dose that works for you.</p><p></p><p>some severely insulin resistant type 2 diabetics are on 100s of units of insulin a day. I have seen one Type 2 member of this forum mention they needed over 400 units a day to control their blood glucose.</p><p></p><p>so it is quite possible that you have not yet titrated up to enough insulin to work for you and your body.</p><p></p><p>the reason that medical professions ask people to titrate upwards slowly is because if they do it quickly, the sudden large doses of insulin may cause hypos.</p><p></p><p>there are several things that affect insulin resistance</p><p>It may be raised by carrying excess weight, being sedentary, a carby diet, genetic tendencies, certain medications and other medical conditions.</p><p>It may be lowered by weight loss, exercise, certain medications (e.g. Metformin), a lower carb diet, And resolving any other medical conditions that may cause insulin resistance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2278833, member: 41816"] [USER=511514]@UsmanMo96[/USER] you have mentioned, in previous posts, that you have a desire to lose weight, and your profile says you are on Metformin. Both of these things suggest that you may have insulin resistance. You have also been told to slowly increase your insulin dose. This is known as titrating. The idea is to increase and increase and increase until you hit the dose that works for you. some severely insulin resistant type 2 diabetics are on 100s of units of insulin a day. I have seen one Type 2 member of this forum mention they needed over 400 units a day to control their blood glucose. so it is quite possible that you have not yet titrated up to enough insulin to work for you and your body. the reason that medical professions ask people to titrate upwards slowly is because if they do it quickly, the sudden large doses of insulin may cause hypos. there are several things that affect insulin resistance It may be raised by carrying excess weight, being sedentary, a carby diet, genetic tendencies, certain medications and other medical conditions. It may be lowered by weight loss, exercise, certain medications (e.g. Metformin), a lower carb diet, And resolving any other medical conditions that may cause insulin resistance. [/QUOTE]
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