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I am finding it very difficult to control my diabetes using insulin i am type one, are there any alternatives? |
i rely totally on insulin. 1) Make sure your carb count is appropriate for the amount of insulin you're taking!!! 2) As mentioned, ask about Symlin. It's done me a world of good, but there are certain people who shouldn't take it. 3) Insulin pumps are amazing!!!! HOWEVER...they are NOT implanted as someone mentioned above. Of these three things, the pump and the carb counting have been THE BEST for ME. YMMV. Are you counting carbs that you take in? Are you exercising? Are you ill? Are you stressed? All of these things can impact sugar levels. Please don't mess with this - go to your doc or change doc's if yours doesn't seem to be helping? Has your doc suggested an insulin pump. Good luck! Hope you find some answers! You must take insulin but the question is what kind of insulin. At this time the only appropriate basal (long acting) insulins are glargine (Lantus) and detemir (Levemir). The only appropriate rapid acting (premeal) insulins are lispro (Humalog) and aspart (Novalog). There are combinations of basal and rapid acting insulins but I would not recommend these for a type 1 and I avoid them if possible even for a type 2. I prefer the FlexPen system of aspart and detemir and use these almost exclusively. If you are on the correct insulins and you are not able to achieve control there must be a reason and there are many reasons that control may not easily be achieved. Depending upon your age and circumstance an implanted insulin pump may be an option. The clinic I go to has a "team" set up to deal with cases that are a pain in the *** such as yourself. When I was there, er I mean when someone I know was there, they tried different combinations of oral and injections. In my case I have to be on a no carb diet, take a slow acting injection in the morning, and oral medication mid-morning and mid-evening. The diet did the most for me! Hi, 1. Take karela juice (bitter melon/gourd) available in fresh produce. It acts like plant insulin. Take fresh juice. It brings down sugar in 1-2 hours. adjust your dose with monitoring before and after. Don't get into hypoglycemia. 2. Also, try madhunashini tablets from divyayoga.com It contains about 20 herbs froma renowned source from India and has helped so many patients all over the world. Its about $3 for 40 tablets. Same product can be bought from suppliers at $15-30 depending on their profit margin. Instead of buying every supplement from GNC this is a complete product. 3. Steep 1 tsp cinnamon powder and drink it 2-3 times everyday 4. www.bioinnovations.com had biotin, co-Q10, alpha lipoeic acid and chromium that help with nerve damage etc. I have now no tinglish, dead feeling in my hands or feet. Any q's contact me.. www.divyayoga.com www.bioinnovations.com Talk to your endrocholigist about the insulins you use, there may be better ones for you. Also how about a pump? I am type 1 and I take lantus 2 x a day and novolog with meals. Sometimes I'm high sometimes I'm low its just the nature of the illness. For the most part i'm in control (my a1c is 5.9 to 6.2) |
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