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After my last post about Layla running high overnight we are now experiencing hypos every morning when she wakes up and sometimes during the night when we test at 2am. At the moment I can't ask our DSN as she was off over the bank holiday. I'm assuming that I will need to up the carb content of her bedtime snack. Am I right with this? Not too sure whats going on now to be honest.:confused:
 
It sounds like her lantus might need reducing, but you will want to speak to the DSN about this, so I would give her some extra long-acting carbs before bed until you can contact her 🙂
 
Agree totally with Northerner.

It is really an either/or choice. The trouble with eating extra to match high insulin doses is the extra calories and often unhealthy ones! 🙂

Better to get her food how you want it and adjust the insulin to 'cover' it. But without a pump is very difficult.

Not sure what your regime is.🙂

Rob
 
If it is my daughter, I would reduce her levemir by 1/2 unit she is on 3 1/2 units at bed time. if you feel you cant do it then I would increase her carb snack at bedtime.
 
Hi. The DSn decided to cut her lantus to 3u instead of 4 and to increase the her bedtime snack to 10g of carbs rather than the 5 I was giving her. So far it seems to have worked out as she is now quite stable. Whether thats due to the changes or she's just settling down now I'm not sure. It's been four weeks now since diagnosis so hopefully things are stabilising a bit.
 
That's great to hear mrs pinkcat 🙂 Hope the stability continues! I'm sure those changes will have contributed a great deal - after all, it is a 25% reduction in lantus and 100% increase in snack! 🙂
 
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