Seem to be heading the wrong way

For us T1's, our insulin requirements tend to vary a little - that is to say that we might go through a period when we need more (or less) insulin for a given amount of carbs than we did previously.

You might just be fluctuating a little and if your assessment is based on the readings over a few days, then I think I'd be inclined to wait a a bit longer before jumping to any conclusions about the long term direction of your BG numbers.

If you'll forgive me for being pedantic, I noticed that you wrote "I haven't changed much" , which kind of implies that you may have changed something????

Irrespective of the carb content, what type of foods have you actually been eating.

How long have you been doing Low Carb? In the early stages our bodies need time to adjust to it, and during this time we can suffer Liver Dumps caused by our bodies thinking we are starving and reacting to boost bgl. If we persevere, then our bodies start burning fat instead, and we start to lose the stored reserves in our liver, and this reduces the liver dumps as the liver stores empty. Then apparently we get the LC Flu, which occurs as our bodies take up fat burning big time, and once we acclimatise to that, then all is hunky dory, and our bgl should steady out.

For me, it has taken 3 months of LC to get to a more stable position, and now I am regularly hitting inside the 4 to 6 mmol/L range.

Other things that can be happening, I noted that a change of test strip paks can give a rise (or drop) in bgl averages by up to 2 mmol/L Sometimes a cold or infection can affect readings. Make sure you wash and thoroughly dry your hands when taking readings. Have you changed medications recently? Cough mixture? suffering increased stress? Change of drinking habits?

bladerfc said:

I've been doing it for a year with the odd blip along the way like most I probably have a little more leeway as I was only just pre diabetic and my last reading was non diabetic but on the whole I have stuck to it but that's interesting advice about the strips it is a new box lol

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Yup. I found it because I run 2 meters in parallel, so it becomes obvious when the gap between them changes after a strip change.