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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 1786668" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>I’d really not advise missing your basal dose either - you could go dangerously high overnight. At most I’d drop a unit or two. Levemir is quite a reactive basal insulin - a dose change will show up the “session” in which you take it. But if you’re higher now, please take it. </p><p></p><p>Problem with a hypo is training yourself to think rationally and ignore the panicked messages your brain is telling you - this is when we have what I call a “snacksident”, where you eat the kitchen until you start to feel better. And then we go high, and have to correct, and then we go low and have to correct - one white knuckle ride on the glucose rollercoaster.</p><p></p><p>Bearing in mind that the healthy human body contains just 5g glucose in the bloodstream you realise how little we really need to get levels back up to normal. Assuming a healthy person has blood glucose of 4 - so if you want to get yours to 6, you’d only need a few 3g dextrose tabs. It takes about 10-15 minutes for the sugar to hit your bloodstream, but up to 45 minutes for things to level out.</p><p></p><p>One of the hardest things as a T1 (I think) is waiting for corrections to take full effect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 1786668, member: 468055"] I’d really not advise missing your basal dose either - you could go dangerously high overnight. At most I’d drop a unit or two. Levemir is quite a reactive basal insulin - a dose change will show up the “session” in which you take it. But if you’re higher now, please take it. Problem with a hypo is training yourself to think rationally and ignore the panicked messages your brain is telling you - this is when we have what I call a “snacksident”, where you eat the kitchen until you start to feel better. And then we go high, and have to correct, and then we go low and have to correct - one white knuckle ride on the glucose rollercoaster. Bearing in mind that the healthy human body contains just 5g glucose in the bloodstream you realise how little we really need to get levels back up to normal. Assuming a healthy person has blood glucose of 4 - so if you want to get yours to 6, you’d only need a few 3g dextrose tabs. It takes about 10-15 minutes for the sugar to hit your bloodstream, but up to 45 minutes for things to level out. One of the hardest things as a T1 (I think) is waiting for corrections to take full effect. [/QUOTE]
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