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Permalink Reply by Terry on February 18, 2013 at 8:35am

My current daily basal total is now 14.2 units. A year ago my basal total was about 30 units per day. My lower carb way of eating, starting last May 1, cut my insulin requirements in half and allowed me to lose about 20 pounds. Looking back I can see that even though I am a T1, I had become insulin resistant. It took me about five years to finally come to this conclusion. I'm glad I finally did but wish that my endocrinologists (I went every three months!) would have given me some help.

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Permalink Reply by Danielle on February 18, 2013 at 8:46am

Type 1, 5 years, 19.4 units of basal a day. My TDD is usually around 35-36.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wittman on February 18, 2013 at 8:02pm

I am an LADA diabetic as well I take 1.35 units per hour, which equals 32.4 units per day. I usually take another 15-18 units per day for bolus insulin. My endo claims that is about average for someone of my age and size.

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Permalink Reply by meee on February 24, 2013 at 11:20pm

Hi

I'm also Lada. When I was started on Insulin I was in the ER/ICU in DKA- it was given slowly by iv with fluids. One of my nurses said I wasn't using much insulin once I was out of DKA, starting to eat and stabilizing- I was still on IV insulin and fluids then. When they switched me to pens I was on 30 units per day for the basal. That dropped dramatically in the next few weeks as my needs decreased. I'm now taking 10 units Lantus per day in 2 doses and my bolus and correction are usually 10 - 20 units novolog.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on April 26, 2013 at 5:14pm

old thread but I too started out with using only about 2 units levemir during honeymoon, eventually just kept having to add more. I started my Omnipod on Tuesday, we used 25% less my levemir and I'm also using 12 units basal on pump. I weigh about 105 lbs. seems like so much insulin but my doc said no, not at all.

Also, i too was low carbing and it really does effect how your body reacts to carbs...I eventually had to start bolusing for protein and everything, seemed like carbs just spiked me. My Endo told me I've made myself so sensitive to carbs. Analog insulins work best with carbs, not made really for proteins. Add back carbs slowly and you'll be able to eat them. Nothing wrong with them and your insulin will work better. That's what I'm doing now. Seems to be working. Nice to eat something other then meat and veggies..ha!

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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on April 26, 2013 at 5:40pm

Just remember that everyone's different, both in body height, weight, and insulin sensitivity. If I asked you how much water you need to put out a fire, the answer is obvious: enough. So you'll see a wide variety of answers here, and and there's no such thing as "a lot" or "a little". There's only "enough". The goal for ALL of us is to control BGs, not to worry about how much insulin we're taking. So I hope you're getting good control, and enjoying life!

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