Hi, I thought I was the only one having problems with Lantus, I am so happy to be in this site. After reading your post, it appears to me also that 14 units of Lantus is a pretty small dose to be using. Lantus insulin is suppose to last at least 24 hours, but in some of us it doesn't. It's a long acting insulin, so they say!! But sometimes it according to what insulin you're taking during the day also. I take 60 units of Lantus at night, and then during the daytime I follow a sliding scale of Regular insulin, along with pills, and for once in my life I think that my sugar are getting under control.
But I see that you are also taking some medications during the day too, and you're seeing a Nutritionist, which is very good. It's very good that your fastings are now under 200, my fastings use to be all over the place, I thought I was going to die, but sometimes we have to do the "trail and error" thing, and have a doctor that we really trust. You are getting a lot of advice from being in this site, I'm new too so I hope to get a lot of information from this site too.
My fastings are finally under 150, and I am so very happy. But my problem is my numbes in the evening time, no matter what I eat, and even if I don't eat, I still always have numbers over 250. I always have to take extra insulin during the late hours. We just have to keep trying with the Lantus, and the meds that we are taking during the day. My problem is the evening, but we are all here for you, and I hope someone could help me out also. One!
