Question folks, has anyone run into issues with Levemir? Myself I have been trying this new long-acting insulin, and it seems like it is not quite working as well as I had thought.
A little history - I was on Humalog and Lantus for a long time but had increased pm lows which scared myself and my wife. So I then switched to a pump, and it overall worked well, just started having scarring issues after a few years and very recently decided to switch off the pump for lifestyle changes etc...
thus brings in the Levemir. Since it is bound to a fatty acid, and it should not has as much of a spike as Lantus, figured it would be a better shot.
I've currently split my dosage so I take shots at 8am/8pm and during the day I'm golden. No major issues until around 6-7pm then I can see a spike in my sugar, but that makes sense since Levemir supposedly drops off sooner than 'studies' show.
My problem is during the evening. I'm taking more of my dose at night (40%/60%) but no matter what, my sugar runs high in the mornings. I've tried staying up through the night and measure sugars, no major lows causing my liver to make my sugar spike, and if I am awake it seems like the Levemir works ok.
My theory is that as I sleep my metabolism is slowing enough that I'm not consuming the Levemir fast enough?? Thoughts? Anyone else run into something like this?
I would be annoyed to go back on the pump, but it has given me the best A1C's (5.6) that I have seen.
A little history - I was on Humalog and Lantus for a long time but had increased pm lows which scared myself and my wife. So I then switched to a pump, and it overall worked well, just started having scarring issues after a few years and very recently decided to switch off the pump for lifestyle changes etc...
thus brings in the Levemir. Since it is bound to a fatty acid, and it should not has as much of a spike as Lantus, figured it would be a better shot.
I've currently split my dosage so I take shots at 8am/8pm and during the day I'm golden. No major issues until around 6-7pm then I can see a spike in my sugar, but that makes sense since Levemir supposedly drops off sooner than 'studies' show.
My problem is during the evening. I'm taking more of my dose at night (40%/60%) but no matter what, my sugar runs high in the mornings. I've tried staying up through the night and measure sugars, no major lows causing my liver to make my sugar spike, and if I am awake it seems like the Levemir works ok.
My theory is that as I sleep my metabolism is slowing enough that I'm not consuming the Levemir fast enough?? Thoughts? Anyone else run into something like this?
I would be annoyed to go back on the pump, but it has given me the best A1C's (5.6) that I have seen.