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Originally Posted by ****  Question: Has anyone else noticed that a lantus low is really awful to recover? I mean, it takes maybe 10 minutes with humalog low, but the lantus low takes almost 30 minutes to get sane again. |
Well, this is just my opinion, as one who is on Lantus, but I find that the lows are VERY different with Lantus vs. Humalog. And, yes, the humalog lows are easier to recover from. For me, most Lantus lows happen either overnight or upon waking in the am, and I think that because it's such a slow acting insulin that by the time you become aware that you are low, you've been there for a while. It's just my own personal theory, I could be wrong.
All I know is that a low from humalog is easy to recover and I bounce back pretty well. With lantus it takes me longer to recover, and I generally feel terrible all day long, like I'm hungover, and there's nothing I've found to fix it.
You said you've stopped your split dose experiment, but I'm curious, were you splitting it 50/50? That doesn't work for everyone. My total dose is 24 units. I take 16 in the am and 8 at night...I had to do it this way to avoid night-time hypos. Just something for you to consider if you decide to try it again.
