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If I read that correctly, insulin resistance is basicaly when your body does not actualy use the insulin very well atall, if this is the case then what would be the answer because I have never heard anything like this before.
One other question is if I do have this then why did I get it, is it something I have done to make it not work very well?
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The answer? Well, there's several solutions. Firstly, the insulin that you're taking simply isn't doing the job. If you're only on two injections a day then you're probably on a mix insulin. Mix insulins aren't very good for control and taking large amounts of them won't really decrease your BGs in the way you'd like - you get an initial blip and then a very long, drawn-out drop.
If you want to get your diabetes under control then I'm afraid you are going to have seriously consider moving over to multiple daily injections.
Otherwise, things you can do to assist would be to exercise more and reduce your carb intake. These will reduce your insulin resistance but because you are only on two injections a day you are still going to have erratic blood sugars.
As for whether you've done something to cause this - I don't know enough about your lifestyle to cause this. If you eat a lot of carbs and don't exercise much then you're certainly not helping. However, the problem you've described is the same problem that EVERYONE on two injections a day has. So no, you haven't really done anything to cause this.
