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Originally Posted by relyt  ...I have read of other people who drop only 30 to 40 mg over night while I drop 90 to 120 mg over night. Is this normal when you take Lantus at night, what are other peoples average dropages over night on Lantus. |
I drop like you do when I do lantus at night - but no more lantus at night. Switch to doing lantus in the morning when you wake up. Lantus usually doesn't last 24 hours, so the hours 12am to 7am when you sleep you theoretically do not need a basal insulin - at least, I don't really need basal. So, I let the lantus time out at 12am or so and wake up fine. With my 20u lantus in the morning, I do drop a bit at night - about 30 points, but that is easy to manage without feeding the insulin, i.e. no snacks before bed, which is fine with me. You might just try to switch on your own, although you are a bit new to this insulin thing - you say you have been at this only 9 months (I've been doing insulin 35 years since age 22). If you try to mention this type of approach to the doc, he cannot consider that type of avant garde type of suggestion, but you might want to be under his/her care for your move to morning lantus. Others split lantus and take some at bed and then at wake-up - that did not work for me - the paramedics were here at 3am. Be real careful - insulin is a bit tricky - as you already know.
