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<blockquote data-quote="ebony321" data-source="post: 149593" data-attributes="member: 17199"><p>Hi, </p><p></p><p>Thinking about when you was taking 19 in one go, did you ever test early in the morning? like at 3am to see if you are high because of lack of insulin or that you may be going low in the night and rebounding up really high due to too much insulin?</p><p></p><p>Apparently alot of people actually take too much background insulin assuming thats why they are high when infact it's too much and they are rebounding from a hypo in the night.</p><p></p><p>Thats one point, another is i personally successfully split my lantus dose. I have 14 units in the morning around 9am, and another 10 units at night again around 9pm. and it works for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>but that took a little tweaking here and there, trusting my results and as nigel said only changing by 2units every 3 days if nessecary, although it is recommended if you go hypo in the night immediately drop your night time dose by 2units as you wouldnt want to wait three days and have 3 hypos!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you carb count with your meals and rapid insulin? when you have those ratio's correct your results will be more reliable to be able to tweak your long lasting, Technically you should wake up with what you went to bed with (give or take 1mmol-ish) which i find is the best indicator of my background needing a little tweak!</p><p></p><p></p><p>My advice would be stick at it for a while, if you go back to one dose and having to correct everyday and have a hypo it's not the best way to be able to live! you'll constantly be chasing your BG's up and down!</p><p></p><p>If you find it's doing no good at all and your BG's seem to never be in your targets speak to your specialist again to try find something better to fit yourself, or maybe even try a CGM to see whats happening throughout the day <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ebony321, post: 149593, member: 17199"] Hi, Thinking about when you was taking 19 in one go, did you ever test early in the morning? like at 3am to see if you are high because of lack of insulin or that you may be going low in the night and rebounding up really high due to too much insulin? Apparently alot of people actually take too much background insulin assuming thats why they are high when infact it's too much and they are rebounding from a hypo in the night. Thats one point, another is i personally successfully split my lantus dose. I have 14 units in the morning around 9am, and another 10 units at night again around 9pm. and it works for me :) but that took a little tweaking here and there, trusting my results and as nigel said only changing by 2units every 3 days if nessecary, although it is recommended if you go hypo in the night immediately drop your night time dose by 2units as you wouldnt want to wait three days and have 3 hypos!! Do you carb count with your meals and rapid insulin? when you have those ratio's correct your results will be more reliable to be able to tweak your long lasting, Technically you should wake up with what you went to bed with (give or take 1mmol-ish) which i find is the best indicator of my background needing a little tweak! My advice would be stick at it for a while, if you go back to one dose and having to correct everyday and have a hypo it's not the best way to be able to live! you'll constantly be chasing your BG's up and down! If you find it's doing no good at all and your BG's seem to never be in your targets speak to your specialist again to try find something better to fit yourself, or maybe even try a CGM to see whats happening throughout the day :) good luck! [/QUOTE]
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