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Wanting to go on insulin help

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helen louise

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Type of diabetes
LADA
Treatment type
Insulin
I know this sounds a bit strange but I have decided that I would like to go onto insulin, the meds I am on just dont seem to be doing much, 10mg dapagflozin, I was on 80mg of gliclazide but my GP put that up to 120mg last monday & the diabetic nurse I spoke to today over the phone increased it again to 160mg per day, my so called urgent appointment to see them is early May & i honestly dont know how I am going to get through the next 6 weeks, I eat 20mg of carbs per day & otherwise healthy, when I asked about insulin on the phone today i was told its possible to go up to 320gms per day of gliclazide, I dont want more of these pills as they are doing nothing, I wake up every morning feeling like I have been in a car crash the day before, I just cannot function anymore like this, was diagnosed type 2 6 years ago but there was some question mark over that as I smelt like pear drops, I dare say they will want to retest doing the c peptide & gad test again but even if I am not LADA I cannot carry on like this, last A1c was 9.2/77, can any advise on what i can say to stop them upping my meads even more?
 
Yes I do, stupid thing as well i ate a couple of biscuits on saturday & BS didnt go any higher than what they are when eating almost no carbs, they have been hovering around the 16-25 mark over the last week or so as I have had a sinus infection which hasnt helped
 
I was lucky I was on metphormin 2000 a day and glicazide it wasnt keeping my levels under control they referred me to the diabetic nurses who started me on humilyn 3 and metformin and i havent looked back you have to be organised with food and I've had some lows but I. Much better on this regime
 
I was on metformin & was fine with it for a good 4 years or so but a few months back it started crippling my digestive system so had to stop
 
Yes it does do that I had constant stomach ache till they changed me too slow release which suited me much better but you can have humilyn 3 without metformin
 
I've always had the sr so it was strange why it started so long after, I know very little about insulin, the only thing I know is that there is a a slow release type that drips into your system & one that you use at mealtimes as fast acting but thats it
 
Have you had a cpeptide test to see what your insulin production is looking like? Type 2 diabetes is a condition of insulin resistance and hyperinsulimia. You may well already be producing more than enough insulin and adding more to the mix may not do you a lot of good, but simply lead to weight gain.
 
I've only ever had humilyn 3mixardwhic h you have morning and eve ning with your meals I understand it's has some slow acting and fast acting together
 
helen louise said:
is it true that they are almost painless?
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When I was put on insulin after around 4 years on oral medication (metformin 2000, Saxaglipine 5, gliclazide 320 with no effect) my biggest worry was self-injecting. I was really surprised to discover that it was almost painless. Now I inject 4 times a day and as far as the injections go, I have no problems.
 
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