Thread: How much Insulin do you take a day?

If there is one thing that might be a bit unclear about the poll, it's why does it stop at 55u and why such fine increments. But in the end that doesn't matter too much, because you can see from the results that there's not much to be learnt from considering how many people inject "30 - 35" units compared to "35 - 40" - the small categories actually reinforce how big a spread there is between...

Quote: Originally Posted by NoraWI TDD (Total Daily Dose) depends upon many factors -- diabetes type, time of month (hormones have a big effect), size/weight/age, what you eat, how much endogenous insulin you still produce, insulin delivery method, and much more. The answers to this question are so varied that it is meaningless to even ask. I believe the OP is asking to get a general idea of where others are at. I don't think he's...

Quote: Originally Posted by gettingby I believe the OP is asking to get a general idea of where others are at. I don't think he's gonna say "Well, so and so only takes 15 units a day. I must be failing somewhere". He's just gathering data for his own curiosity so to him, it is not meaningless. You don't have to vote if you don't want to. I didn't vote. The reason I answered the way I did was...

Quote: Originally Posted by gettingby I don't take quite this much but it does differ depending on the above mentioned things. I voted based on a bad day. Of course, my worst day this month was 40 units. I usually average between 30 and 34 units a day. Basals are a little wacky right now so that could change. I take somewhere between 44 and 50 units of Levemir every evening. On a day i know i'll be up and about a lot 44 units of...

Avg. for last month is 48 u/day with 20 u being basal dosage.

Quote: Originally Posted by Subby I don't think it's an issue of type 1s getting involved (in a general poll posted in the "diabetes" forum), I think the poll you suggest would probably be almost as arbitrary and likely as "useless" as far as comparison goes. Still could be interesting, I'm not saying it shouldn't be done. I don't know about you but I have seen extreme differences...

What's weird is my aunt's doctor insulin chart is like 2 units for BG between 100-150 and 3 units between 150-200. She takes two shots a day. My doctor has given me 16 units a day which now might be to high compared to aunts. What do you think about this? Thanks, Rob

I use 18 units of Levemir split among 3 doses each day and around 6 to 8 units of Novolog (unless it's dinner with friends...then the Novolog flows!). Jen

hi all..i voted in 20 to 25 of which half are levemir and half are novolog...but I gotta say I found it totally fascinating how many ppl voted in the above 50 or so range..i was really, really shocked..goes to show how varied our needs are....my friends dtr often takes a 1/2 unit correction via mdi which might seem like a waste to some...but it nails it for her I'd be interested to know BG ranges that correlate but don't know how to...

I try to stay under 30 units a day. My actual "goal" is to be 25, but that doesn't happen much! LOL Karen