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I've been on Lantus for about ten years now. I tried different insulins over the years (NPH, Ultralente, and the like) plus that almost two year stint on the pump. Lantus seems the best for me, although I'd still like to try Levemir. Lantus keeps me stable without giving me constant lows.

 

The drops are predictable. With split doses, I get fairly steady blood sugars. Overall, I've been happy with Lantus for years. But lately, I've noticed a change that I've very rarely experience but often heard about.

 

With every injection lately, I'm experiencing a lot of pain. It isn't happening with Humalog, just my Lantus. I'm not sure if it's the location or just the insulin. I generally give my morning and evening Lantus injections in my bottom. Both my doses are too big for what's comfortable for me elsewhere.

 

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Tuesday night, I switched my Lantus over to a once-per-day shot instead of the split doses I'd been using previously. I started with 22 units of Lantus at 8pm. I knew I'd see some highs, but I didn't want to risk an unexpected night low after making the first switch.

 

And I did see some elevation. I ran mostly in the 180-290 range all through Wednesday, which wasn't as high as I was expecting really. I made sure to consider food in the highs, along with the usual post-breakfast spike. And I was confident that a few more units of Lantus might do the trick (or at least get me closer).

 

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It's been close to 36 hours since I went off the pump and back on the Lantus and Humalog routine. Luckily, I'm still alive and kicking. Sure there have been a few bumps in the road, but overall it hasn't been that bad at all.

 

I started out with 10 units of Lantus on Wednesday morning, but stayed between 220 and 250 the entire day. So when the evening injection came around, I decided to increase the Lantus to 12 units. But I still woke up at 223 after a pre-bed reading of 255. So I raised the Lantus again this morning to 14 units.

 

After breakfast, I saw the highest number yet: 371. I wasn't so excited, and didn't feel so well. I bolused for the number and waited for the decline. And a few hours later, I was 176 after eating a banana.

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I was really hoping for magic when I started this new routine. I wanted an easy transition from the pump to MDI's. I wanted an "out" from the pump...a way to say that it really isn't working and it's all the pump's fault. I really don't even want to be putting these words to paper.

 

But I am. I'm confessing. Lantus and Humalog are not working out any better than the pump. The week before I went off the pump, my averages were at 140 (and that was with pizza on two occasions). I wasn't having as many lows as before, although I was still having them.

 

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I am extremely irritated with my blood sugars and myself lately. I wish that I could just throw in the towel, I'm that frustrated. But I know I can't, because if I do...I stop living. I'm just so overwhelmed with the fact that no matter what I do, diabetes doesn't cooperate.

 

Since my Accutane dosage was raised, my blood sugars have started bouncing all over the place again. From 299 to 348 to 205 to 280. It's never-ending. It's frustrating. It makes me want to chunk the insulin and the meters out the window.

 

And on top of the blood sugar side effects, Accutane (or something!) is throwing lots of wrenches into my life. I'm getting migraines. I'm spacey. I'm fatigued. I'm lacking all motivation. And I'm just generally feeling like I want to quit it all.

 

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I haven't ever been the kind of person to party, drink to excess, or stay out at the clubs all night. Maybe it's something in my personality or the way I was raised, but I never really had the interest. I never had that crazy party phase. I don't really want to, although I do enjoy a good night out with friends.

 

Like last night, I went out with some girl friends to watch a local band (one of the girl's husbands is in the band). We met at a Mexican food place then walked over to the bar. The girl I'm friends with is diabetic too, which is a nice thing when you're drinking and dancing and you know someone else there gets this disease.

 

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I don't really know what to think about my blood sugars since I changed the Lantus. Saturday night, I lowered it from 34 units to 33 to stop the drastic/constant lows that I was having. It's been three nights of that and I just can't see the outcome yet.

 

Sunday was okay. I woke up higher than I went to bed but I'd also eaten a snack without any bolus to cover. I ran in the 190 to 250 range through the day which was frustrating but I wasn't eating the best.

 

Monday, I woke up at 239 which was 20 points lower than I went to bed at (with no correction that night). I stayed in range for most of the day except for a spike to 287 and a slow decline that bounced from 199 to 237. The 287 was my fault as I missed a bolus for a low carb snack in the afternoon thinking that I was dropping low (I had the feeling but not the numbers to back it up).

 

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The problem that I have with Lantus is that one dose just doesn't cut it for me. It claims a 24 hour lifespan, but honestly...it's probably more like 20 hours on a good day. Which means that my blood sugars start spiking towards the end of that injection.

 

That's exactly why I split my doses however many years ago. It worked, dropping my A1c like a lead balloon. And now that my schedule nearly forced me into either the insane asylum or a once-per-day dose, I'm struggling to find an appropriate time for my Lantus injection.

 

An evening shot wasn't working because I was having to take such a bulk of insulin that I was dropping way below my safety point by morning. And now I've switched to an early afternoon injection, but I'm afraid that looks like it's bombing as well.

 

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Low blood sugars that happen in the middle of the night really suck! You're dead asleep, and then all of the sudden your dreams start getting confusing and weird. You start feeling like you should probably drag yourself out of bed and get something from your sugar stash. You barely have the energy to get up and then once you do you stumble around and nearly black out. You feel confused and you act and look as though you've had WAY too much to drink. Then after you climb back into bed you just sit there for a while and you try to wait patiently while your sugar goes back up or until you feel good enough to fall back asleep.

Well, that's what happened to me last night, and what I tend to experience almost once a week.
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I've had quite a few decent numbers since I've started the whole Lantus switch from the pump. Wednesday was a bit rocky, as well as the first part of Thursday. But by two PM on Thursday, I was seeing stable levels close to range. It hasn't been completely stable or all that easy, but it's been comforting to already see numbers like 120 pop up on the meter screen.

 

Getting the night numbers to cooperate has been a bit challenging. For Friday morning, I woke up at 171 after 16 units of Lantus the night before. But Saturday morning, I woke up at 66 after 16 units of Lantus the previous night. Last night, I did 17 units of Lantus at 10PM, dropped to 69 at 3AM, but woke up at a nice round 110. So obviously, I need tweaking.

 

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