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eek, not sure if I've given me bolus instead of basal.

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Hi, not sure if I've given myself 2 units of bolus instead of 2 units basal. 1 unit of bolus brings me down by 3 . So I was on a 13 when I had my evening basal or accidentall bolus possibly. So in an hour I've come down 4 (I've still got an hour or 2 left on my meal time bolus) so I'm thinking I have given me bolus instead of basal. So if need be I can eat but what do I do about the missed basal if that is what's happened?
 
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Actually just remembered I was one unit too much on daytime basal as I was on my feet most of last night and my stress has dropped off and I forgot to drop that by one today. I've been running lower than usual all day so it's probably that. Duh!
 
Unless you’re confident you’ve definitely missed your basal, I wouldn’t risk taking it twice. I’d just test and correct with insulin or carbs as required.
 
Lucyr said:
Unless you’re confident you’ve definitely missed your basal, I wouldn’t risk taking it twice. I’d just test and correct with insulin or carbs as required.
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Thanks Lucy. What's thrown me is I've realised my bolus bag is right by me. Usually I stuff it under a pillow so I don't grab it. Complicated by forgetting to drop my basal by one this morning. It's made me double think myself.
 
Update, so 2 hours on from injection and defo not bolus! So must still be effects of one unit to high basal so tomorrow everything will be dropped by one. Ate a choccy biscuit as no where near a hypo just dropping a bit quicker now than usual from mealtime. I was expecting to drop it any day if my stress levels dropped anyway which they have. Probs with a daughter with severe mental health problems. Every few weeks it gets very heavy. This last week was a nightmare, changes got made and she's calmed down dramatically. So not had the anxiety today that I've had for just over a week.
 
Glad you erred on the side of caution @gillrogers

Always tricky when these things happen late at night isn’t it, because there is such a long time ahead when you won’t be actively keeping an eye on things, so short of setting multiple alarms overnight, there’s a real risk in taking any extra insulin late on.

As @Lucyr says, it’s usually best just to keep a close eye on things unless you are really sure.
 
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