Afraid to sleep. Did I give too much insulin?

[Lara & Bernie]

First week on insulin. Second evening with a Freestyle libre. It is 10 pm and his numbers are 153 and he just hid his head under the couch. 15 min ago he was 174 and an hour ago 207. Prozinc 1.5 units about 2.5 hours prior to 153 reading. Pre-insulin reading was 336. Am I being overly worried?

Preshot - 336
+1 - 269
+2 - 207
+3 - 153
+3.25 - 140
+3.5 - 113 - gave Young Again food
+4 - 121

 

[Panic]

Hey Lara, could you write out exactly what his numbers have been looking like? Here's what I have so far:

Pre-shot: 336
??? (How many hours since shot time?): 207
???: 174
???: 153

It's important to know how long it's been exactly, that will help us to know how much longer he has before blood sugar starts heading up again.

I would give him some food right now, food can help slow the drop.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

1.5 may be a little too much for him. We usually start them at .5 to 1U. The 1.5 seems to drive him down too quickly which just sets him up to bounce high again.....but it's so early in your data gathering, there's just no way to tell yet.

Hopefully he'll even out soon.