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Hi all . Just had my animas vibe for over a week. All going ok apart from the afternoon where I drop. I have always had this problem in the afternoon. I have reduced my basal to 0.15 from 0.55 from about 14:30 to 19:00. Without snacking I drop. It is almost like around 4 hours a day I need no insulin!

Anyone who uses a pump was wondering whether any of you have periods during the day that you need ridiculously low basal rate or none at all???
 
astbury1 said:
Hi all . Just had my animas vibe for over a week. All going ok apart from the afternoon where I drop. I have always had this problem in the afternoon. I have reduced my basal to 0.15 from 0.55 from about 14:30 to 19:00. Without snacking I drop. It is almost like around 4 hours a day I need no insulin!

Anyone who uses a pump was wondering whether any of you have periods during the day that you need ridiculously low basal rate or none at all???
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It sounds as if you need to reduce your basal at an earlier time.
Like you I tend to drop low in the afternoon so I start a lower dose at 12.30pm.
I also have a period from 8 pm until midnight when I use only 0.025 of a unit per hour.
 
Hi. My basal rates range from 1.65 to 0.5, its what makes the pump so brilliant.

If you're lowering your basal at 14.30 I wouldn't expect to see any impact until about 16.30. Assuming you hypo before then I agree with sue, try reducing your basal earlier.As a rule I need to do it about 2 hours in advance
 
Aww thanks guys. Thought it was just me!. Lol I will def try doing it earlier!🙂
 
Hi Ash, have you done any basal testing yet? If not you need to think about doing some. 🙂
1st though obviously stop the hypo/low late afternoon, then start with your night time basals.
Pleased you like your pump 🙂
 
Yes my son has very low basals from 8am to noon, going down to zero on schooldays, and actually requiring an unbolused snack mid-morning sometimes (since he can't set a negative basal rate!).
 
Mine dropped very low at about 11am so did some fine tuning over a couple of weeks and now it's ok. It takes a little while but you do get there in the end. 🙂
 
:DHi am going to start to do basa testing this weekend. Definitely starting with afternoon. Not looking forward to the night ones.

Wow zero basal. I have a funny feeling I might need this!
 
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Wow zero basal. I have a funny feeling I might need this!
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Well, how about me then? I'm not on a pump, but I had to stop my basal insulin nearly two years ago because I was down to two units a day and waking in the low 4s. However, I do need a lot of novorapid in the mornings - far more than my meagre breakfast would suggest, so I think much of that is covering my basal needs. I suspect that, if I was on a pump I would need basal in the mornings, but declining in the afternoons, then no basal for evenings and overnights. I doubt I'll ever get the opportunity to find out though! 🙄

Good luck with the testing! 🙂
 
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:DHi am going to start to do basa testing this weekend. Definitely starting with afternoon. Not looking forward to the night ones.

Wow zero basal. I have a funny feeling I might need this!
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You will find it easier to do the nights first of all 🙂 Once you have your night basal sorted the rest will fall into place a lot easier.
Just make sure you stop your afternoon lows before yo start your testing 🙂
 
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