| Just got back from the endo. I just switched to a new Dr. last month and they knocked back my lantus dosage. Their treating me like a new patient and starting me on a reduced dose of lantus 25 units and carb counting 1-15 for the humalog. I'll be doing my basal fasting test tomorrow morning to see how well that works. This will be my first basal test ever for a basal insulin.
For a brief history of me i started off on 42 units of nph in the mornings and 20 at night. This regime worked like gold for almost 7 years. So good in fact that i rarely used humalog during that time. My A1c would always be in the high 6's. About 2 years ago i started getting huge drops at dinner time on just the NPH. My endo at the time then suggested i move to lantus and put me on a dose of 36 units and using a sliding scale for the humalog. The scale did not work for me at all i would frequently crash on it. Though the more i learn about lantus the more i have a feeling i've been taking too much basal insulin and this has caused the humalog to work too good. To the point that i drop drop drop drop drop till i eat something. This did not work so well for me as i would frequently wake up in the 40's and 20's. It got to a point where i was scared to go to sleep scared to go out and do much of anything without having a few juice boxes and some candy with me. Bare in mind i live alone so i have to be extra cautious with the hypos.
Wish me luck! | 
