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Originally Posted by LancetChick

While it's true that a weight-to-insulin estimation is not written in stone, it is a good general indicator, allowing for gender, age, activity and various other things. Insulin resistance is a possibility, but is unlikely in this case. Overdosing on insulin is actually very common, and I believe it does warrant a wake-up call. I would suggest that the original poster find a good endo who specializes in diabetes to set her (or him) on a better path, and in the meantime, here is a link to an insulin wizard that estimates TDD, basals and other things based on a variety of information (it overestimates my basal dose, but it gives a good ballpark figure). Diabetes Mall Tools Section

Why is it unlikely? A type 1 male diabetic is having problems with high blood sugars all day long despite being on 90 units per day. If he were OD'ing he would be complaining of hypoglycemia, not hyperglycemia. Either way I do agree he should get medical help.