Steroids and basal dose

Good evening all,

Having just gone through the fun of a suspected stroke, but getting the relieving news its "only" Bells Palsy, I was sent on my way with a big pile of steroids. I was aware of previous discussions regarding the affect on BG, so duly monitored, and as my sugars went up, so did my basal and corrections.
I increased my pump basal up by +30%. This was ineffective, so today I have increased to +100%, but am still struggling. After a quick search I saw @CarbsRok mention in a post approx 3 years ago that the increase should be approx 3x. Obviously it needs to be done with caution and monitored, but just wondered if anyone with experience of steroids can give their input please? I simply would never have imagined needing to treble my basal. I am also interested whether you increase bolus doses to a similar level?

Thanks in advance, Paul

Thanks @kitty55, that does indeed help. So far I am on 50mg pd and am at 200% basal and roughly doubling correction doses as a result of not really increasing bolus much, so I am going to start increasing bolus by about 80-100% as at least with CGM I can react to any over zealous doses I do do! To be honest, it's a helpful indicator that its not just a faulty set or insulin, as despite seeing threads about steroids previously, I was still blaming the pump at first.