insulin usage

[cyberstefke]

I have humalog which says 100 U/ml - 3ML. I have disposable needles which say 100 IU/ 1ml

I wanted to go to 6 IU twice daily as recommended by a book. So I thought each mark was an IU. I started at 2 drew to the 2nd marked. After 2 days I noticed that there where actually only 5 marks before reaching no 10. Since the readings are so small, how do you measure one IU.

Also, I'm current at mark 10 and don't feel a thing. this morning I even drew to mark 10 (which I find so very little) and didn't eat at all. I'm a few hours later now and still don't feel dizzy or anything.

Am I using this needles correctly? So where the black stopper is on the pic, that's 10 IU and thus a normal dose?

[FUZO]

Re: insulin usage

I CANT REMEMBER BUT YOU HAVE A 1CC SYRING AND IF YOU HAVE A 1CC VIAL OF INSULIN I THOUGHT EACH CLICK IS 2 IUS I COULD BE WRONG SO OTHERS WOULD BE BETTER TO HELP. ALSO DONT GO BY WHAT A BOOK TELLS YOU START OFF SLOW AND A LOW DOSE SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GETTING YOURSELF INTO,INSULIN IS NO JOKE IF YA DONT KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT OR NEVR DONE IT BEFORE

[cyberstefke]

Re: insulin usage

kinda funny just say that the person in question was also using aas, igf and glucophage, wouldn't that surely mean he should feel hypo at 6 IU?

[Michelle Hayden]

Re: insulin usage

Make sure you carry simple carbs w/u if your not sure..dont wanna go hypo without them. It is very serious stuff. b careful.

[EVERLAST]

Re: insulin usage

start w 2-3 units ONCE a day and see how it goes. 6 units is a boatload for a newby and guaranteed to crash you big time. crash your sugar while driving and you could die.
You get one good screw up with this stuff at that dosage. One.
Start slow and small and learn how your body reacts. Have your simple carbs in your hands for the hour after you dose.

Are you pre workout, post workout, AM when you wake up dosing???
Do you have any experience at all with insulin? Read more than one book and then get online and find out whether you have purchased long term or fast acting insulin. I know but do you? This may sound harsh to you. but you have to understand this stuff is going to kill you double dead if you dont know it front to back and sideways. Especially sideways has that is how it is going to go at first.

[MOUNTAIN-MAN]

Re: insulin usage

the pins i used by bd each mark was one iu

[EVERLAST]

Re: insulin usage

the pins i used by bd each mark was one iu

Thats right...1 mark = 1 I.U.

[pigmeat]

Re: insulin usage

10 iu and you felt nothing with no carb intake??....never heard anything like that

[cyberstefke]

Re: insulin usage

hmmm... you can rest assured that I have read everything there is t know... and since my popst stated 'humalog', yes I know it's short acting. Spike in 15 min's yada yada yada

Felt slightly dizzy once as for now at the 1h mark. Started sweating and got real warm. Only once though.

Anyway... either I respond differently, I had enough carbs in me to cope with it; or the insulin had gone bad. I don't know what it does to the stuff shipping it, and I don't know how if the carrier properlmy stores it.

[cyberstefke]

Re: insulin usage

hmmm... you can rest assured that I have read everything there is t know... and since my popst stated 'humalog', yes I know it's short acting. Spike in 15 min's yada yada yada

Felt slightly dizzy once as for now at the 1h mark. Started sweating and got real warm. Only once though.

Anyway... either I respond differently, I had enough carbs in me to cope with it; or the insulin had gone bad. I don't know what it does to the stuff shipping it, and I don't know how if the carrier properlmy stores it.

[pigmeat]

Re: insulin usage

could have went bad if it got too warm