gkinrade
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I'm fairly new to all this so bear with me! (T1 diagnosed Dec 2010)
I'm currently injecting 18 units of Levemir at bedtime but I'm beginning to think that it's not lasting as my afternoon / evening levels are too high and I'm having to take larger doses to bring my levels back down. Initially it seemed to be lasting but I think I'm coming out of the honeymoon period - total insulin has increased from around 28 units/day a couple of months ago to around 38 or 40 units/day over the last week.
As a result I'm thinking of splitting my Levemir into two doses as mentioned by my DSN but I had some questions:
1) Would I have to take both doses 12 hours apart? Or would at breakfast and at bedtime be ok? (about 7am and 10.30pm ish)
2) Would it just be a case of halving my current dose? (9u am & 9u pm?)
3) Would I expect my first BG the morning after I started this to be high?
Cheers
GK
I'm currently injecting 18 units of Levemir at bedtime but I'm beginning to think that it's not lasting as my afternoon / evening levels are too high and I'm having to take larger doses to bring my levels back down. Initially it seemed to be lasting but I think I'm coming out of the honeymoon period - total insulin has increased from around 28 units/day a couple of months ago to around 38 or 40 units/day over the last week.
As a result I'm thinking of splitting my Levemir into two doses as mentioned by my DSN but I had some questions:
1) Would I have to take both doses 12 hours apart? Or would at breakfast and at bedtime be ok? (about 7am and 10.30pm ish)
2) Would it just be a case of halving my current dose? (9u am & 9u pm?)
3) Would I expect my first BG the morning after I started this to be high?
Cheers
GK