Re: Question for anyone taking insulin

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Kat, yes to your question. Since you are not used to lower numbers and have been

high for a long time,,, I dont know, how high have you been and for how long?

And then when you start averageing the lower numbers you said, 120-140, your

body is not used to those numbers and can confuse you for being low, when you

are really not. I take insulin type 1 so I know. Just keep this up. Eventually,

you will feel better with your new numbers. And healthier. Your system can get

used to this as well.

katakaniki wrote:

My doctor started me on Lantus yesterday. I did my first injection

last night. I was amazed that there was absolutely no pain.

Anyway, I did the injection and went to bed. I was awake all

night. I normally don't have any problems sleeping. I finally got

up 2 hours earlier than my normal time this morning and tested my

sugar. It was 149. I was very happy because my morning numbers are

usually much higher than this. I felt nervous, almost shaking, very

alert, had more energy, but just did not feel good all day today.

My sugar was around 120-140 all day today which is great, but lower

than what I am use to.

I have never had a low number, but from what I have read I was

having all the symptoms of hypoglycemia but without the low number.

I am wondering if this was hypoglycemia or just some kind of

withdrawal from not being use to lower numbers? Or something else?

I am afraid to take another shot tonight because I don't want to

feel like that again. I also am considering halfing the dose from

10cc to maybe 5cc.

Any advice from insulin users appreciated.......

Kat

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Haha,

I remember my first insulin injection (about 6 months ago). I was so afraid

of getting lost BS that I didn't sleep a wink...had to take the next day

off of work because I was so exhausted. It probably happens to most people,

their first time. )

I am wondering if this was hypoglycemia or just some kind of

>withdrawal from not being use to lower numbers? Or something else?

>I am afraid to take another shot tonight because I don't want to

Sometimes your body is so used to having high numbers that when they get

near to normal, you get symptoms of a hypo. If you're not sure, check with

your glucose meter. It's better to use up another strip than to worry

yourself to death!

Unless you are actually finding hypoglycemia, you should probably stick to

your doctor's recommendations...the feeling of hypos will go away within a

week, once your body re-adjusts to normal BS's.

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When I started on insulin my BGL was very high.Going on insulin brought my

numbers down dramatically. This was hard physically because I was not used

to being at near normal levels. It took several weeks to adjust and I also

found increasing my water intake helped a lot. Yes, I was apprehensive about

going low initially also.

Vern Catron

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Re: Question for anyone taking insulin

Haha,

I remember my first insulin injection (about 6 months ago). I was so afraid

of getting lost BS that I didn't sleep a wink...had to take the next day

off of work because I was so exhausted. It probably happens to most people,

their first time. )

I am wondering if this was hypoglycemia or just some kind of

>withdrawal from not being use to lower numbers? Or something else?

>I am afraid to take another shot tonight because I don't want to

Sometimes your body is so used to having high numbers that when they get

near to normal, you get symptoms of a hypo. If you're not sure, check with

your glucose meter. It's better to use up another strip than to worry

yourself to death!

Unless you are actually finding hypoglycemia, you should probably stick to

your doctor's recommendations...the feeling of hypos will go away within a

week, once your body re-adjusts to normal BS's.

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katakaniki wrote:

> My doctor started me on Lantus yesterday. I did my first injection

> last night. I was amazed that there was absolutely no pain.

> Anyway, I did the injection and went to bed. I was awake all

> night. I normally don't have any problems sleeping. I finally got

> up 2 hours earlier than my normal time this morning and tested my

> sugar. It was 149. I was very happy because my morning numbers are

> usually much higher than this. I felt nervous, almost shaking, very

> alert, had more energy, but just did not feel good all day today.

> My sugar was around 120-140 all day today which is great, but lower

> than what I am use to.

> Kat

When I was diagnosed I was living in the 600 range. At first, I was

getting hypo symptons in the 300 range, since my body wasn't use to such

(relatively) low numbers. It takes a little time, but your body will

get used to it.