Type 1: How to stop this see/saw

[cattyneldon]

 

[cattyneldon]

End the end of my tether, have tried reducing meals, to low carb diets , to increasing my bolus, still spiking . My basal is already 30units of lantus at 8pm . Still have fasting values between 10-15mmols . Can't understand why

 

[azure]

Have you tried bolusing more in advance @cattyneldon to stop after meal spikes?

And have you tried splitting your basal, if you feel it's running out?

 

[dancer]

Have you tested through the night to see if you go hypo before your BG rises?

 

[Diamattic]

Can you describe what is happening there?

To me this looks like you bolused and ate a meal, and had a post meal spike, and by the time the bolus started working and dropping your sugars you ate again, and then the cycle repeats

The simple answer is bolus 15-30 minutes before eating, and dont again again until your sugars are back to 5-7 range, then repeat.

 

[TommyEvans100]

I recently started using the freestyle libre sensors and for the first time in 15 years noticed the big spikes after I had eaten something, even a low carb meal would spike me as I think I'm very sensitive to carbs. I used to take my insulin (novorapid) 1 to 2 mins before my meal or straight after my meal, now I plan my meals better and inject 12mins before my meal and now only get a normal spike of 2 or 3 above my pre meal level and this has also lead to needing much less insulin. that's my experience hope it helps