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Permalink Reply by Yvonne C. on June 10, 2009 at 5:15pm

I am currently taking 55 to 60 units. Sometimes my blood sugar levels become really low.

Permalink Reply by Cheery Love on June 10, 2009 at 11:49pm

i now take 55 units of levimer every 12 hours

Permalink Reply by John on June 11, 2009 at 2:02am

22 units with regular excerise

Permalink Reply by nilufer on June 11, 2009 at 2:42am

I am lucky...still in my honeymoon I guess...my night dosage is 10 units...I had started of with 6 when I was diagnosed nearly a year ago...though I eat very little carbs during the day...max 120 gr and try to exercize...have noticed if I do not exercize a bit my rapid insuline needs go up quite a bit

Permalink Reply by Debbie Laycock on January 21, 2010 at 11:21am

am new to this and at 12 units right now

Permalink Reply by KNelson on February 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

I just started as well, I am at only 4 units in the morning, but I am finding that my sugars are staying higher now.

Permalink Reply by Chell on February 11, 2012 at 6:48pm

Yeah, me too. My endo said not to get comfortable because I'll need more eventually. I was on 10 units for the last 3 months but just got bumped up to 12 and switched to morning dosage.

Permalink Reply by Sarah M on June 11, 2009 at 4:08am

22 units of Lantus which i take at 9:00 pm

Permalink Reply by Jake on June 11, 2009 at 6:20am

Lantus 34 units AM, 13 units PM

If you find yourself getting low at night, you may want to look into splitting *UNEVENLY* your lantus....
Talk to your endo

Ideally youd take the split about 12 hours apart..

Permalink Reply by lotsofshots on May 29, 2010 at 1:36pm

Right now I am taking 35 units of Lantus in the morning and 40 at night. I take Lispro with every meal with one unit for every 8 carbs. I am hungry at night, especially for food that I shouldn't eat. It seems like I want to eat dinner and just keep eating for the rest of the night. During the night my blood sugars go really high, like over 300. Is it just bad habits with eating? Should I take more Lantus at night? I am NEVER hungry in the morning and don't eat until about 1200 pm. My stomach hurts until then. Any thoughts?

Permalink Reply by Have cat will travel on August 8, 2010 at 4:15am

Hi lotsofshots,

Sounds like you should be taking more bolus. You should not be taking Lantus for carb intake from snacking though, but should likely increase your carb/lispro ratio. If you could at least try to regulate your snacking at night to something specific and predictable (carb wise), then you will be better able to keep it under wraps.

I give myself only one shot of Lantus a day, but then add another variable shot of Humalin N to counter some of the nighttime rises and this works for me. If I have had an especially fatty meal, the Humalin N increases (I take anywhere from 2 to 7 units at 10pm depending on what I have eaten or how much exercise I have had that day), but my Lantus stays steady (I take 18 units at 6pm). Although again, your highs in excess of 300 sound like you need more bolus intake. (also keep in mind that highs can be caused by extreme lows at night and your liver kicks in and raises your levels -- you need to experiment to figure this out).

It sounds though that, ideally, it would be better to try and reorganize your eating habits (I know, easier said than done!). I use to follow your general pattern of eating (nothing until noon), but now force myself to eat a meal in the morning. This sustains me for much of the day and you will feel better in the morning. I thought I would gain weight by eating a morning meal, but in fact I did not and I felt the need to eat at night much less. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Phill Dill on February 12, 2012 at 6:17am

Lantus will make you hungry at least it does me I want to go back to Levimere. It seems I am ok and eat a smaller dinner than I ever have in years, but two hours later I am starving and yes some of it is in the head but my stomach is actually growling. I did not eat anything one night and in the morning I felt so sick and my bgl spiked so I have started to eat a little this seems to work much better. Ask your doctor about taking metformin 500mg and Byetta .5 both twice a day as I am told that Byetta will curve you appitite and then maybe a low dose of lantus if needed. In the morning you should eat something this will start up your system because it can be confused as to what time it is and create that hunger at night. Let me know how it comes out.

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