coltsfan715
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I was going to second what Barb said about hormones. I went through a phase last year where my sugars started becoming nearly impossible to control no matter what I ate I still had difficulty controlling my sugar - high carbs low carbs or no carbs didn't matter my sugar was out of control. My doc told me that he thought it was a hormonal change with my body. Sometimes we just go through things like that.
Also another possibility is medication. I don't know if you have taken any steroids recently but sometimes that can not only cause elevated blood sugars while you are taking them but it can cause a level of insulin resistance for a period of time AFTER coming off the steroids as well. If you have taken prednisone or another steroid recently that may be attributing to the problem. If that is the case it should correct itself within a month or so - maybe longer dependant upon how much you were taking of the steroid and for how long.
Infection is a possibility too along with high stress.
Something else to consider is changing your insulin. Not necessarily the brand but the bottle. Sometimes bottles of insulin just go bad and you will know as soon as you change to a new bottle if it is the insulin or not. Your blood sugar will start to drop immediately.
Also it may be that you do need a new type of insulin. It is worth a shot if nothing works.
As for the Lantus - I ended up splitting my dose of Lantus and giving half the dose in the morning and half at night. I was having too many highs when I was nearing the middle and end of my 24 hours with the Lantus, so my doc had me split my dose up. He said sometimes when a patient takes smaller doses of Lantus it should be treated more like a 12 hour insulin than a 24 hour insulin. That did help me to better control my fasting sugars - splitting the doses. Maybe something you could talk to your doc about.
I was actually taking the same 12 units once a day when I started having issues - I ended up switching to 7 units in the AM and 7 units in the PM. I know it totalled to 14 units per day but it was more effective than 6 twice a day.
Ultimately I would give your doc a call they may have other ideas that we don't know of here.
Take Care,
Lindsey
Also another possibility is medication. I don't know if you have taken any steroids recently but sometimes that can not only cause elevated blood sugars while you are taking them but it can cause a level of insulin resistance for a period of time AFTER coming off the steroids as well. If you have taken prednisone or another steroid recently that may be attributing to the problem. If that is the case it should correct itself within a month or so - maybe longer dependant upon how much you were taking of the steroid and for how long.
Infection is a possibility too along with high stress.
Something else to consider is changing your insulin. Not necessarily the brand but the bottle. Sometimes bottles of insulin just go bad and you will know as soon as you change to a new bottle if it is the insulin or not. Your blood sugar will start to drop immediately.
Also it may be that you do need a new type of insulin. It is worth a shot if nothing works.
As for the Lantus - I ended up splitting my dose of Lantus and giving half the dose in the morning and half at night. I was having too many highs when I was nearing the middle and end of my 24 hours with the Lantus, so my doc had me split my dose up. He said sometimes when a patient takes smaller doses of Lantus it should be treated more like a 12 hour insulin than a 24 hour insulin. That did help me to better control my fasting sugars - splitting the doses. Maybe something you could talk to your doc about.
I was actually taking the same 12 units once a day when I started having issues - I ended up switching to 7 units in the AM and 7 units in the PM. I know it totalled to 14 units per day but it was more effective than 6 twice a day.
Ultimately I would give your doc a call they may have other ideas that we don't know of here.
Take Care,
Lindsey