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I am freaking outtt idk what to do please help i injected 16units of Novorapid instead of tujeo please reassure me that i will be okay i drank two juice boxes and ate 4 sweetened yoghurts with honey i am really scared what else should i eat I’m newly diagnosed and never experienced this if anyone ever went through this please help

Edit: i forgot to mention that before 30 minutes of making this mistake i took 2 units of rapid acting as a correctional dose
Edit again: Thank you guys so much for your helpful advice I really appreciated it thankfully I survived lol i have no fast acting on board anymore

I am lifting weights and trying to gain weight i have a mass gainer with 60g of carbs of which are 33g of sugar how can i bolus for it should i consume fibers first to slow the sugar spike or should i split bolus or what.
If anyone tried this before i would appreciate some advice 🩷

I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore, so I’m hoping someone here has been through something similar.

This past winter was probably the best period of my life in terms of discipline and productivity. I was in university, studying consistently, reading, cooking all of my meals, exercising, spending less time on my phone, and I genuinely felt happy, confident, and proud of myself. For the first time, I trusted myself to actually do what I said I was going to do.

Then summer started.

I expected the loss of structure from university to be a bit difficult, but I had huge plans for the summer. I wanted to learn new skills, improve myself, read a lot, get closer to God, cook more, work on hobbies… I was actually excited.

Then I got hospitalized for a week and was also newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Ever since coming home, it feels like everything I built has fallen apart.

In the hospital, you’re in bed all day, people bring you food, you don’t cook, you don’t really have responsibilities. Since coming home, even basic things feel so much heavier than they used to.

I used to cook three meals a day. Now I can barely make myself cook. My appetite has even decreased because I just don’t feel like eating sometimes. I stopped reading, journaling, and most of the habits that made me feel like myself.

I’ve tried making schedules, to-do lists, minimalist routines, flexible routines… everything. Usually I’ll have one really productive day where I feel like I’m finally back, and then I crash the next day and spend hours scrolling.

My phone addiction has become terrible. The difficult part is that because of my diabetes, I actually need to keep my phone near me all the time because my continuous glucose monitor sends my blood sugar readings to an app on it. So I can’t simply leave my phone in another room or lock it away like a lot of people recommend.

The heat where I live also doesn’t help. It drains my energy and makes it even harder to get moving.

I feel like I’ve lost trust in myself. I know what I want to do, but I can’t seem to follow through consistently anymore, and it’s making me feel stuck.

Has anyone gone through something similar after a hospitalization, burnout, or a major life change? How did you rebuild your habits without trying to become “perfect” overnight?

I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences.

I’m newly diagnosed with Type 1 and currently going through what seems to be the honeymoon phase, so my insulin needs feel very unpredictable.

I’m curious: at what blood sugar level do you personally feel comfortable going to sleep?

Right now, anything below 140-150 mg/dL before bed makes me anxious. I’ve had nights where I went low overnight even when I went to sleep around 180 mg/dL, so I don’t really trust my body at the moment.

Tonight my blood sugar is around 120 mg/dL, and honestly, I’m too scared to go to sleep at that number without eating a snack.

For those of you who have been doing this for a long time:
• What bedtime glucose range makes you feel safe?
• Do you eat a snack before bed? If so, when?
• How do you keep your blood sugars stable overnight?
• Did anyone else experience a lot of unpredictability during the honeymoon phase?

I’d love to hear your experiences because nighttime lows are probably my biggest fear right now especially since my low blood sugar awareness is inconsistent lately and my cgm loses signal randomly sometimes.

Hi everyone,

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes a few weeks ago after initially being misdiagnosed as Type 2. Since starting insulin and leaving the hospital, I’ve been trying to understand my body better, but something confusing and a bit scary happened recently.

During the hospital period and right after diagnosis, I didn’t really have many severe lows. I usually treated any low early, around 80–90 mg/dL, so I never reached dangerous levels.

Most of the time, I could still feel symptoms when my blood sugar was dropping — like shakiness or slight sweating, especially around 70 mg/dL. So I felt like I had decent awareness of my lows.

However, this awareness has not been consistent.

There are times when I feel lows normally, and other times when I don’t feel anything at all until my glucose is already very low. This is not the first time I’ve had reduced or absent symptoms — it has happened before, but it comes and goes, which is what confuses me.

Recently something more intense happened:

I had a meal (pasta, around ~70g carbs) and took insulin (7 units). My blood sugar was about 180 mg/dL before eating. After about an hour, my glucose started dropping very fast. I was eating and trying to correct it, but it kept going down extremely quickly.

Even when I started consuming juice, sugar water, and dates, it still continued dropping. It went below 70, then 60, and eventually became a severe low under 39 mg/dL, and my CGM stopped reading and showed “LOW.”

What scared me the most is that I didn’t feel anything during most of the drop. Normally I would feel symptoms, but this time I felt almost nothing until it was already very low.

Afterwards, I started wondering what’s going on.
• Is this inconsistent hypo awareness normal in early Type 1 adjustment?
• Can fast drops cause symptoms to not appear in time even if awareness is still there sometimes?
• Could insulin sensitivity changes (honeymoon phase) be playing a role?
• Or is this more about timing mismatch between insulin and food absorption?

I’m trying to understand whether this is something expected during early Type 1 management or something I should be more concerned about.

Any insight would really help.

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes about two weeks ago and I’m still figuring everything out. My endocrinologist told me to wait a bit before going back to working out, but honestly I really miss lifting and I don’t want to stay inactive for too long.

Since starting insulin, I’ve already gained about 3 kg in 2 weeks (which I’m actually happy about because I had always been naturally underweight) However, I’d like to start resistance training again so that some of that weight gain goes toward building muscle and for faster weight gain .

For those of you who lift weights with Type 1:
• When do you find is the best time to do heavy lifting (morning, afternoon, after meals, etc.)?
• What blood sugar range do you aim for before starting a workout?
• Do you usually eat before lifting?
• What are some tips or mistakes you wish you had known when you were newly diagnosed?

I’ve been having quite a few lows recently and I think I’m still in the honeymoon phase, so I’m especially interested in hearing from people who started exercising soon after diagnosis.

Any advice is appreciated!

Does anyone else feel strangely emotional about the honeymoon phase? I know this might sound dramatic, but honestly, it hurts me more than the diagnosis itself sometimes.

The best way I can describe it is: it’s like you broke up with someone who hurt you a lot, you finally accepted it, moved on and then they suddenly come back into your life acting like they care again… only for you to know they’re eventually going to ghost you a second time.

That’s what it feels like seeing my pancreas start working again after diagnosis. Watching my insulin needs drop, having lows on doses that used to do almost nothing, seeing signs that my body is helping again i even stopped taking insulin for some meals … and knowing that this help is probably temporary. It’s such a weird feeling because I’m grateful for it, but at the same time it feels like I’m getting attached to something I’m going to lose.

I don’t know if I’m explaining this well, but has anyone else felt this way during the honeymoon phase? Not scared exactly, just strangely sad about having a glimpse of normality knowing it may not last forever.

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with Type 1 diabetes and I’m trying to understand what’s going on with my insulin needs because things feel very different now. At first, even 10 units of NovoRapid didn’t seem like enough and felt like it barely did anything — my blood sugar would still spike to 200–230 after meals even with the same food and routine. But now it feels like everything has changed suddenly. Even 6 units, which used to feel like almost nothing, is now dropping me to around 60 mg/dL. Yesterday I didn’t take any insulin at dinner at all, I ate half a baguette and two glasses of full-fat milk, and I still ended up having a hypo during the night. After treating that low, my blood sugar still dropped again to around 90 in the morning even though I didn’t change my food, portions, or physical activity. I’m really confused because nothing in my routine seems different, yet my insulin sensitivity feels completely changed. Has anyone experienced such a sudden shift in insulin needs or frequent lows like this after diagnosis?

Hi everyone,I’m currently using NovoRapid FlexPen and Toujeo FlexPen for my diabetes management.

My CGM instructor told me that NovoRapid doses should be taken about 4 hours apart. Does that mean my meals also need to be spaced 4 hours apart, or can I eat snacks in between if needed?

I also want to understand how correction for high blood sugar works properly, especially with my current insulin routine.

Since switching to these pens, I haven’t had a single low, even after 2 days of use. My blood sugar control feels much better overall and more stable, especially at night. However, my average is still around 180 mg/dL, so it’s better than before but still not fully in range yet.

I’ve been trying to walk for about 10 minutes after each meal to reduce spikes, but I feel like my insulin doses are still not fully aligned yet.

Right now, my routine is:
• 6 units NovoRapid in the morning
• 6 units NovoRapid in the evening
• 6 units NovoRapid at night
• 16 units Toujeo at around 8 PM

I’ve started increasing my NovoRapid dose slightly because it doesn’t feel like it’s fully covering my needs yet.

My main questions are:
• How strictly do I need to follow the 4-hour gap rule for NovoRapid?
• How should corrections for high blood sugar be handled safely in between doses?

Any advice or explanation would be really appreciated.💗

Heyy,First, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented, supported me, and especially those who reached out to me privately. I really appreciate all the help and kindness. I’m happy to say that I’m now out of the hospital.

The doctors discharged me with the following insulin regimen:
• Long-acting: 16 units in the morning and 12 units in the evening.
• Rapid-acting: 10 units in the morning, 4 units at midday, and 6 units in the evening.

What confuses me is that these seem like fixed doses rather than doses based on the amount of carbohydrates I’m eating.

Yesterday I had two lows: one after my evening dose and another around 2 a.m. while I was sleeping. That made me wonder whether my doses are right for me and whether I should be learning carb counting instead of following fixed doses.

A few questions for people with Type 1 diabetes:
1. Why would a doctor prescribe fixed insulin doses instead of teaching carb counting from the start?
2. How do you figure out your insulin-to-carb ratio?
3. Should I be counting carbs and adjusting my rapid insulin based on what I eat?
4. Do I have to stick to three meals a day, or can I have additional meals/snacks and take insulin for them?
5. If I’m at a restaurant or out getting coffee with friends, how do I handle that? For example, does a latte with no added sugar still count as carbs?
6. If there’s cake at a birthday party, how would I dose for that?
7. How do you estimate carbs when you’re eating food that doesn’t have a nutrition label?

For context, this prescription was based on what I was eating and my situation while I was in the hospital, so I’m wondering whether it’s meant to be temporary until I learn more about managing Type 1 diabetes.

I’d really appreciate hearing how others handled this when they were first diagnosed. Thanks again to everyone who helped me through this🩷🩷

Hey,I’m newly diagnosed with diabetes and currently hospitalized. I’m trying to understand whether what’s happening is normal during the adjustment phase.

My original insulin regimen was:
• N insulin: 14 units in the morning, 10 units at night
• R insulin: 4 units before breakfast, 4 before lunch, 4 before dinner

Despite this, my blood sugar was often around 3 g/L (300 mg/dL) and wasn’t coming down the way the doctors expected.

I also had a severe low of 49 mg/dL during the night, which I treated with glucose and then overtreated because I panicked.

Now they’ve increased my insulin to:
• N insulin: 16 units in the morning, 10 units at night
• R insulin: 6 units before breakfast, 4 before lunch, 6 before dinner

Another thing that confused me: at 4 a.m. my blood sugar was 1.80 g/L (180 mg/dL), and at 8 a.m. it was 2.38 g/L (238 mg/dL), even though I ate absolutely nothing during the night.

I’m around 38–40 kg and have very few ketones despite apparently having had diabetes for quite a while before diagnosis.

For those who were newly diagnosed:
• Is it normal to need several insulin dose adjustments in the hospital?
• Does this sound like dawn phenomenon?
• How long did it take before your blood sugars started responding more predictably to insulin?

Any experiences would be appreciated because I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed by all the highs, lows, and insulin changes.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in the hospital and I’m really confused and frustrated about my blood sugar.

Even though I’m getting insulin before meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), my blood sugar doesn’t seem to drop below around 3 g/L (300 mg/dL). This has happened after multiple meals now.
• Insulin was given before eating
• I still spike or stay very high after meals
• Even during lunch and breakfast it didn’t seem to work properly
• I also had a previous severe low (49 mg/dL) so my levels are swinging a lot

The doctors are following protocol but I feel like I’m not getting clear answers yet and I’m still being monitored in hospital.

Has anyone experienced something like this when newly diagnosed or during insulin adjustment?

Is this normal in the beginning, or does it usually mean the insulin dose/type isn’t right yet?

Any explanations or experiences would really help.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in the hospital and they’re still figuring out my diabetes situation. I’ve had some pretty big blood sugar swings, and I’m trying to learn how to handle them.

Last night my blood sugar dropped to 49 mg/dL (2.7 mmol/L). I was extremely shaky, sweaty, hungry, and honestly scared. I treated the low, but I panicked and ended up eating way more than what i needed. After that, my blood sugar shot up to around 200 mg/dL, and the next morning it was around 300 mg/dL.

For people with more experience:
• How do you avoid overeating when treating a low?
• What do you usually eat when your blood sugar drops?
• How long do you wait before deciding you need more carbs?
• How do you deal with the fear that your blood sugar will go low again after you’ve already treated it?

I’m especially interested in hearing how others learned to stay calm during hypoglycemia because that’s the part I’m struggling with the most.

Thanks!

I’m 20 F and I’ve always been very lean. When I was first diagnosed, my doctors thought it was type 2. I completely changed my lifestyle. I started walking after meals, eating more protein and vegetables, strength training, and trying to manage my blood sugar as best as I could.

The confusing part was that some things improved. My insulin resistance improved significantly and my insulin levels normalized. But despite all of that, my blood sugar remained high. My HbA1c stayed elevated, my fasting glucose remained high, and I kept having symptoms.

After further testing, I was finally diagnosed with LADA.

Today I was hospitalized, received insulin for the first time, got IV fluids, and spent part of the day vomiting and feeling awful. Everything happened so fast that I haven’t really had time to process it.

I’m posting because I need some reassurance from people who have actually lived with this.

How did you cope when you were first diagnosed?

How long did it take before you stopped feeling terrified?

What do you eat in a normal day?

Can you still enjoy food and have a normal life?

Do you count every carb forever?

Can you travel, exercise, study, work, and do all the normal things everyone else does?

What do you wish someone had told you when you were newly diagnosed?

Right now I feel like my whole future has changed overnight and I’m struggling with the fear of managing this for the rest of my life im also very scared of low blood sugars .

I would really appreciate hearing from people who have been where I am and came out okay on the other side.

I’m 20F, 163 cm, around 39 kg, and I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance a while ago. I’ve seen multiple doctors, did multiple tests, and they all confirmed that it’s type 2 and NOT type 1. I’m also currently not on any medication.

My issue is that I’m severely underweight and trying to gain weight and muscle, especially now that I started strength training. The problem is that my blood sugar numbers are honestly crazy after meals. My post-meal readings can go from around 3 g/L minimum to even 5 g/L maximum sometimes depending on what I eat.

Because of that, I’ve been trying to rely more on protein and fats to gain weight instead of carbs, but it’s becoming really hard because:
• my maintenance calories are relatively high since I try to stay active and walk/work out
• eating enough calories from only fats and protein is exhausting
• I also started getting slightly elevated cholesterol from how much fat I’m eating just to stay in a surplus

So now I genuinely don’t know what to prioritize.

Should I:
1. Focus on gaining weight and muscle first, even if it temporarily worsens my insulin resistance/blood sugar?
OR
2. Prioritize getting my glucose under control first, even if that means struggling more with weight gain?

I feel trapped because improving one thing seems to worsen the other.

Also, if anyone here has experience being underweight with type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance, especially women, I would really appreciate hearing your experience because most advice online is aimed at overweight diabetics trying to lose weight, not people trying to gain.

(And again because people always ask this: yes, I confirmed multiple times with doctors that I am type 2 and not type 1.)

Hi, I’m 20F and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few months ago. I’m not on medication right now, just managing with diet and walking.

Today I tested my blood sugar about 2 hours after lunch and got 4.9 g/L (490 mg/dL), which really shocked me.

Some context:
• I washed my hands and used a valid strip
• This was my last strip so I couldn’t recheck
• My previous tests were much better (my fasting and insulin had improved a lot before)
• I’m not used to seeing numbers this high at all

Meal details:
• I drank something with fiber first
• Then I ate salad with tuna + eggs + bread
• After that I had a small piece of chocolate, one “no sugar” cookie, and a few chips

Symptoms:
• I did feel noticeably thirsty after

My questions:
1. Is it realistic to reach ~4.90g/dL from a meal like this?
2. Could this be a meter/strip error even if I used it correctly?
3. What would you do in my situation (since I can’t recheck immediately)?

I’m planning to test again as soon as I get new strips, but I’m trying not to panic and would really appreciate insight from people who’ve experienced something similar

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the end of December 2025.

The first month after my diagnosis was relatively okay. I’m naturally skinny and I get full quickly from protein and fiber, so reducing carbs at that time wasn’t too difficult for me.

However, after that first month, my relationship with food changed completely.

Food started becoming a source of comfort and emotional relief for me, and I noticed that it began to occupy my thoughts much more often than before. My appetite also increased significantly because I became more consistent with eating (I used to be very inconsistent before).

At the same time, my cravings increased a lot.

What’s confusing for me is that I never used to enjoy sweets or sugary foods before. I was never really interested in desserts or chocolate. But now, I find myself craving them constantly, even though this wasn’t part of my preferences in the past.

This shift has been really difficult to manage mentally and emotionally.

I also feel like it affects my blood sugar more intensely, especially because I don’t have much muscle mass to help with glucose uptake, and I’m not currently on any medication.

Right now, it feels like food has become both a comfort and a struggle at the same time, and it’s hard to regulate my thoughts and cravings around it.

If anyone went through this please give me tips.

I’ve been skinny my whole life nd no muscle mass im a 20yo f 39kg 1,63cm recently I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes due to my lack of movement and poor diet but for the past 3 months I’ve been really sticking to my diet and eating 3 meals a day consistently i eat more than anyone around me and have a big appetite and my food intake increased from before i was diagnosed although I noticed a difference in my health im more energetic and no longer have constant headaches and my blood sugar improved a bit i still see no difference in my weight which is so frustrating because my doctor said the key to healing is if i reach 50/60kgs what can i do because it’s almost impossible gaining weight without constantly eating all day and I’ve been having a lot of olive oil in my meals and a lot of fried protein in every meal and even my carb intake is higher than how it should be