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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 2063875" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Hi [USER=505296]@DeeGem[/USER],</p><p>Sorry to hear both of you are suffering!</p><p>Being male i cannot relate to cycles except to point out that sometimes if the cycle is regular one might be able to anticipate them and have a plan worked out. And as others have said the dose has to be reduced quickly once a change happens to stop the hypos. The trick is how to change the basal or long-acting insulin so that night hypos are avoided at least until an insulin pump can be arranged. What long acting insulin is your daughter prescribed and how often is it given?</p><p>To add insult to injury why has her health team not considered her growth pattern.?</p><p>I vividly recall ages 14 thru 20 when i was experiencing growth spurts , my insulin requirements would ramp up to where i would be on double my total daily dose or more for several weeks and then the hypos would start and i learned to reduce insulin doses quick smart and wait some more weeks for the whole thing to start again.</p><p>Stopping hypos seems most urgent. </p><p>Could you perhaps contact her doctor and see if he/she will agree to a split dose of long-acting insulin? </p><p>I am assuming it is Levemir we are talking about.</p><p>There are issues with Lantus - see diabettech.com - Lantus: Lethal or Saviour?</p><p>Best Wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 2063875, member: 468714"] Hi [USER=505296]@DeeGem[/USER], Sorry to hear both of you are suffering! Being male i cannot relate to cycles except to point out that sometimes if the cycle is regular one might be able to anticipate them and have a plan worked out. And as others have said the dose has to be reduced quickly once a change happens to stop the hypos. The trick is how to change the basal or long-acting insulin so that night hypos are avoided at least until an insulin pump can be arranged. What long acting insulin is your daughter prescribed and how often is it given? To add insult to injury why has her health team not considered her growth pattern.? I vividly recall ages 14 thru 20 when i was experiencing growth spurts , my insulin requirements would ramp up to where i would be on double my total daily dose or more for several weeks and then the hypos would start and i learned to reduce insulin doses quick smart and wait some more weeks for the whole thing to start again. Stopping hypos seems most urgent. Could you perhaps contact her doctor and see if he/she will agree to a split dose of long-acting insulin? I am assuming it is Levemir we are talking about. There are issues with Lantus - see diabettech.com - Lantus: Lethal or Saviour? Best Wishes. [/QUOTE]
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