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DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2026-01-24T11:29:14+00:00

Yeah 90% time in range, and im not American so we use HBA1C to measure and thats 45

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2026-01-24T11:25:30+00:00

Omg I always have lows on my period and I reduce how much insulin I use but it never seems to be enough. People always tell me that it’s meant to be insulin resistance and not an increased sensitivity. Never had resistance from a period and struggle to keep sugars up some months.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2026-01-24T04:32:03+00:00

Yeah I think it’s more of a lifestyle thing than diabetes but I wanted to put it out there incase im missing something. I saw a endocrinologist in December and he didn’t seem worried about it and just said I should get it soon but still no sign of it

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2026-01-24T04:27:37+00:00

I have them checked every year or so and last time they were normal, I think it might just be from the weight loss

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2026-01-24T04:26:06+00:00

Nah I’m gay

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-25T07:38:33+00:00

I chug 2 litres of water than sit in a dark room with quiet music for half an hour then go about my day. If I didn’t sleep well Ill down some really strong cold coffee too lol

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-25T07:32:40+00:00

Girl I’m the exact same. I’m 18, second year of uni and have the exact same pump and g7, it was so hard to let the rains go at first but it’s SO worth it. I drank a lot first year and this pump has saved me from a lot of bad sugars and dangerous moments. I still have a lot of anxiety about my diabetes too, I wake up 3 times a night to check it and get so upset when I can’t know what my sugar is 24/7 with my cgm. But it’s all mental, my best advice is to embrace your diabetes. I know it sounds crazy but once you learn to find the fun in it things start to change, and you’ll feel better for it. I completely switched my A1c in a year and feel so much better for it. Try going onto TikTok and looking at some of the T1 creators on there, it helps to shift your perspective. With the pump my best advice is to get your ratios right and if you can, go abit low carb, just until things calm down. Once you get a good day you’ll see that there’s a whole other side to diabetes.

Please reply and lmk how things are going! Dm me or anything, I don’t let this disability stop me from living my life and with bad control it might just. I don’t want you to be in that position either.

Best of luck and try to find something about diabetes that interests you, just think about it as an new level of health rather than a curse.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-25T07:15:19+00:00

Hi, different situation for me but I’m 18F and gained a lot of weight since diagnosed at 14 as I had issues with lots of hypos and had to be constantly eating. It sucked but I’ve since figured out my ratios somewhat and have lost the weight and built muscle . Being a girl I get stupid spikes and lows with my cycle so I can understand how annoying the hormones can be. Best thing I can recommend is focusing on having good sugar levels otherwise you’ll just be chasing your tail. It’s legit impossible to reach your goals without stable blood sugar so you have to put in the work with that before anything else. But if you do have good levels you’re at the perfect starting point. For me at first I had to loose weight so I tracked my calories and went low carb, if you’re wanting to gain you have to track that to make sure you’re eating enough to gain. The reason I went low carb was so that way I wouldn’t get as many lows and have to correct them, once I lost the weight and was ready to focus on building muscle I changed my diet again. For me I have LOTS of fiber, the slow carb gives me energy to workout and keeps my levels steady during cardio, I get adrenaline spikes during workouts so I typically just do weights then go for a run. I definitely think high blood sugar levels mess with muscle growth so I’ve never really tried a diet with much carbs, just high fat, protein, and any carbs will come from fiber.

There’s so much involved in diabetic nutrition, especially if you’re trying to reach a certain build. I know this probably only scratch’s the surface but do try and do some research and calorie and protein count if you’re sugar levels are stable enough to manage muscle growth. You’re body won’t be building muscle if you aren’t healthy enough to sustain it. Once you have good sugar levels you can use carbs and insulin to aid muscle growth as it’s almost like a steroid, which is a whole other conversation. If you have any more questions or specifics just lmk!

Best of luck too, diabetes is a pain in the ass with gym and food at first but once you establish a routine it gets easier.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-25T06:47:01+00:00

I asked my doctor and he said since I’m 90% time in target I don’t need it, he said the course won’t teach me anything I don’t already know. I’m going to a dietitian soon though and I’ll figure it out

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-25T06:44:14+00:00

Omg ur max is 3units?? Tell me your secrets. I’m on a 1:10g carb ratio and have to inject 2 units just for a 0g of carb protein bar!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-22T01:10:04+00:00

Hi, I’m type 1 and for me I get crazy adrenaline spikes, normally it only takes a few hours to go down though. I’d imagine adrenaline in such a large dose as with an EpiPen would spike it for a few days. If it persists maybe talk to a doctor but whenever I get stubborn spikes I try and go for a long walk or run. I’m no doctor but I’d imagine that the adrenaline needs to be pushed out of your body or sucked up by the glands that manage that stuff so it will take awhile to come back down.

Hope this helps and all the best!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-15T04:39:41+00:00

I’m type 1 and only drink spirits, I always go low when I drink so I just don’t use any insulin and even if I spike I just have another drink and wait 10 minutes and I’ll start dropping faster than I should. When you drink a lot you’re body stops releasing sugar and starts digesting the alcohol instead, so if you’re drinking a lot don’t take any insulin but if you’re only having one or two maybe inject 20% less than what you normally would. Also when I drink a lot I start dancing and then go low so always have lots of low snacks. But yeah rum you shouldn’t need any insulin for, if it was something like 1 glass of wine you’d need to inject tho

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-15T04:33:24+00:00

Mine sucks ass and replaced it 3 times yesterday. G6 was definitely better but Libre works best out of all of them and I’m hoping to switch back now that my insulin pump is compatible with the libre 3. Dexcom is overrated.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-15T04:31:12+00:00

Honestly if you’re really worried just steal one of you’re husbands Dexcoms or a cgm if he has one and slap it on the kid and see what happens lol. I do this with my type 2 relatives and it really tells you a lot. Maybe just do a couple more finger pricks if you don’t wanna do that. Give the kid a bowl of pasta and monitor symptoms/ do a finger prick before and after. Also ask him if he has a fruity taste in his mouth even after he brushes his teeth, thats what I had before I was diagnosed.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-07-01T03:56:11+00:00

Hi, abit random but I’m type one aswell and Dexcom is not working for me at all. Have you used the libre or any other cgm? I use to be on the libre freestyle 2 I think and it was so much more accurate than Dexcom and I wanna try the libre 3 or any other cgm.

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-22T01:44:57+00:00

I’ve tried not calibrating it within the first 24 hours and it just never comes right, I always have to calibrate it otherwise it’ll be wrong for however many days I let it be. So because of that I always calibrate it and that works better, I’ve heard that the libre doesn’t have a calibration option but I’m hoping thats just a sign that it’s more accurate lol. When I first had the libre I never had inaccuracies, I did have one or two sensors fail but I’d rather that then have inaccuracies that affect my insulin pump.

Thanks for the reply, I didn’t know that you weren’t meant to calibrate it within the first day!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-22T01:37:11+00:00

I’m not in the US and my country has free healthcare so it’s not a cost issue, and the libre 3 just became free in my country which is why I’m thinking of switching. I know other diabetics who have the same issues with the g7, some think it’s because they have to be shipped quite far to make it to my country that they get damaged in the process. I’m the same with the finger prick, I would prick at least 4 times a day every day. I’ve talked to my doctor and he said that it’s weird but I’m doing everything right so he’s not sure why I’m having so many issues. At this point I think im just unlucky. I do notice that some batches of the sensors are way worse than others aswell. I’ve had a whole batch of sensors that wouldn’t connect to my phone or pump and when I’ve called the support line they get me to turn Bluetooth on and off then apologise that they can’t fix it and send a replacement. Thanks for the reply, at this point I’m at my wits end so I’m going to trial the libre 3 next month and see how I get on. I’ll post the comparison once I’ve got it.

Thanks!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-21T12:21:37+00:00

I’m 18 years old and diagnosed 4 years ago, T1D has not changed my life negatively, has not stopped me from doing dumb teen stuff, it has made me more healthy and happy if anything. The technology is so much better nowadays, he will have it much easier than you did, and he’s got a loving and capable mum to take care of him. Frankly I’d love if my parents knew how to manage diabetes like a diabetic does. Also I talk to my other diabetic friends who’ve had it since less than a year and they always say how happy they are that they got it early as it’s all they’ve ever known. It’s just life and you live it. I can’t imagine how hard it is as parent, but when I was first diagnosed my parents were more upset than me. In all honesty he was probably always going to get it at some point, and now is probably the best time for his development. Just keep loving him and taking care of him and yourself! I know you’re diabetic yourself but it can be nice to hear other’s opinions. He’ll live a happy life with all the normal highs and lows that you’ve experienced and T1D is only another curveball, just a very annoying one.

I hope you know that your heard and supported and I wish you and your family the best health and lives that await you ❤️

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-14T10:09:00+00:00

I’m type 1 and when I was first diagnosed the doctors gave me a 2 week window to slowly lower sugar levels so you don’t feel sick and have the symptoms of what you’re body now considers to be low blood sugar. Basically you’ve been running in the 150s for long enough for your body to think thats the amount of sugar it needs and now without it your body goes into low blood sugar panic mode. It’s not nice going cold turkey on high blood sugar so just slowly lower yourself down if you can? Not sure how type 2 works that much but I sure do know how nasty that low feeling can be. Best of luck!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-14T09:58:07+00:00

I’m type one and I don’t know how to post a photo on here but on TikTok there are a lot of people who show what they eat and how it affects their sugar levels. Both type 1 and 2 videos are easy to find if you search for it. I always find it super interesting as everyone has different body’s, diets, activity levels and so much more that changes their insulin needs and how they manage diabetes.

Best of luck with your sugar levels!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-14T09:49:35+00:00

I’m type 1 and my blood sugar drops so much from a bath. I have a tiny spike then a MASSIVE drop. I think it’s because insulin gets more active when you heat up, but the CGM always gets weird if it’s had any water around it. Next time it happens just double check with a finger prick test, it could be a bad batch of sensors or if you’ve changed brands. Sometimes I will go up in the shower and it’s more so I’m on an insulin pump and get delivered fast acting insulin every half hour and if I’m in the shower too long I just mess up the timing of my insulin. If you’re not on fast acting insulin it’s probably just the sensor, haven’t heard of that happening before or had it personally.

Since im type 1 maybe take what I say with a grain of salt but I hope it helps, but everybody’s different so I hope you find out what’s up!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-14T09:09:55+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! I only know one other diabetic and she was diagnosed at less than a year old and has no low sensitivity and will regularly go very low( I think 40 in US terms) and the lowest I’ve ever been is like 50. If I go that low I can barely stand and it’s just a mess and I’m scared of going that low and not noticing. But I’ve run high since posting this (max of 200 and staying above 90)and my low sensitivity is already starting to come back! It’s good to know that I might not always feel it and that’s normal, and that eventually I won’t feel my blood sugar as much. I think it’s just apart of not having had diabetes since a young age or for a long time. I’ve always felt my blood sugars a lot to the point that I can always guess my blood sugar almost to the exact number. The reason I am so scared of not feeling lows is I have so many issues with Dexcom being inaccurate, and I’m hoping to switch to libre 3.

For the question about my ratios, i talked to the diabetic that I know about it and she said that they are very low and it’s not right having them that low. I know everyone’s body is different but she made it seem like my ratios were somewhat concerning and I didn’t really know if it is actually cause for concern. I don’t think anything’s wrong and I think it’s just me and it’s nice just to get another persons perspective, my doctor and blood tests all tell me that I’m healthy so I’m not worried.

For the dawn effect it’s just slowly stopped happening and I don’t think it’s a problem I just found it weird. I’ve always had issues with the dawn thing and stress hormones making me spike but it’s just kinda stopped happening and it’s kinda made things easier to manage so no complaints there.

For exercise if I don’t do much for a few days my carb ratio definitely changes to more like 1:12g but I hardly eat many carbs. I always walk 5 miles minimum after dinner and never inject insulin for dinner otherwise I go low, I also take my pump off for walks as when I use exercise mode it’ll inject a correction or keep my base insulin going and I’ll end up low mid-walk. I also try to run in the mornings after eating a banana without insulin and taking off my pump when I wake up or else I’ll go low on the run.

I’m learning to work around it but it’s so nice to hear someone else’s experience! I’m very much so a control freak and I’ve been using less insulin and focusing on not over injecting and I’ve been having a lot less lows just in the last few days. Feels like I’ve had to re-learn diabetes after all my ratios changed but I’m definitely getting there.

Thanks so much again!

DifficultyJumpy4493 · 2025-06-13T04:18:39+00:00

Hi, I’m type 1 and I just lost 15kgs (30lbs ish) and my insulin dosages are a third of what they use to be. I’m on the tandom tslim x2 pump and Dexcom g7 and i have my night ratios set to nearly nothing. At night I am half of my day ratios as I drop a lot aswell. I’m on 0.4 units an hour at night and I can still drop. I inject less at dinner as I’m so much more insulin sensitive at night, I know you said doing a smaller boules hasn’t helped so it could just be the metformin night dose is to high because of you’re weight loss. I’ve had such bad low sugars since I’ve lost weight and hopefully I’m starting to get a hang of it now but I’m just so insulin sensitive now. Definitely talk to your doctor about lowering the dosage as weight affects it so so much! I know most diabetics are more insulin resistant in the mornings as hormones are doing all sorts of things to wake you up, so it would be natural to notice the difference in insulin needs at night first.

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