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Originally Posted by Mich  Hi Chris,
As I read your posts, a little thought began to trickle into the old brain: Google Symogi Effect and see what you come up with.
Every now and then over the years, I've gone on a tight control binge and gotten myself into the Symogi pattern. It's a series of highs and lows caused by overcorrection. You get yourself a little too low and your body compensates by releasing stored glucose from your liver. Then you are too high. So you overcorrect and get yourself a little too low again and... It gets to a point where you don't know exactly where you are or what's happening.
The correct response to the Symogi Effect is to take a breather from tight correction (not your basal though) for a while...maybe a half day. Eat sparingly and let everything settle down. Then you will know where you are and can resume regular earing and correcting.
Chris, you are in prime honeymoon time, and Jennifer it sounds like you are correctly going slow with your half unit corrections, but I just thought I would mention this as a possibility.
And here's to both of you for being on top of it!
Mich |
Ok thanks for that. I definitely have trouble once I have a hypo, as I invariably bounce way back up due to either overcorrection, or that Symogi effect, or a combination of the 2.
I'm swinging up and down again today, was 16 after breakfast. I was feeling a bit low before going to a job interview so I had a small grape juice, which it appears I didn't need.
As far as I can figure it out, the following things might be happening
-not getting enough exercise, giving me high bg #'s
-having a very unpredictable schedule at the moment, due to looking for a job.. also this causes the temptation not to overdo it on insulin b/c I don't want to go low during interviews, on trains, etc..
-honeymoon ending
-bad absorption of insulin
-loss of discipline with regards to diet, possibly subconsciously
-possibly stress as a factor?
This weekend I'm going to try to get really disciplined and try to get on top of it.
Thanks for the comment Jennifer. Right now I think my insulin requirements are going up, so the half-unit thing isn't much of an issue. But until last month I was considering getting a half-unit pen as I seemed to be more sensitive to insulin. (there was a big difference between 2 and 3 units for breakfast) This is something that leads me to believe my honeymoon is ending.
