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[babykatie_107]

I have type 1 and I am not as good as everyone else but I'm only in my teenage phase and I'm the only one in my family who has it so it can be a little more difficult to handle. But I don't understand is when I eat and I take medicine for it it never seems to be the right amount and I go to my doctor they change it but I'm usally high sometimes and when I take more it is like I drop really low like in 50s and I don't know what I should do. Help if you understand! Thanks:)

[Rach_hart1999]

Hey! I've been told I'm in the 'teenage stage' too.
It may feel like nothing is working but are you doing heaps of exercise or are you stressed/getting sick. If you're a girl are you extra high during your period time. All of this is what they say.

But really it's because of the carb counting, I'm on an insulin pump and I'm high all the time as well but when I sit down and calculate my food properly it actually brings my levels down and if it doesn't I give myself a basal rate of 200% for 4 hours to make sure I don't get ketones. Always make sure you test your ketones to make sure you're okay. If you're ketones come up drink heaps of water and do the usual.
Maybe start of by eating foods with hardly any carbs in them such as chicken and salads! That's what I did and I maintained my levels, then you can slowly start building carbs and see what affects your levels and what doesn't!! Really hope this helped,
If you need anyone to talk to don't hesitate to email me x

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[Super_sally888]

Hi,
it is tough being a teenager with type 1 diabetes.  I would like to give you some ideas on what to do, which ideally you will work out with your dr or medical team.

Firstly what meds are you on?  Are you on basal - bolus insulins?  ie. a long acting for overnight and a short acting for meals?

First thing to do is to determine if your dosages of insulin are right.  You can find this out by doing something called basal testing.  You can look the procedure for this online. Then you will also test to work out the correct dosing of insulin for meals.  This will give you a carb:insulin ratio.

If you can fairly correctly estimate your dosage of insulin, based on what you eat, you should have less swings. Further a low carb diet (less carbs means less insulin means less chance of mistakes) may also help.  Fat has no impact on blood sugar.  Protein has less impact than carbs.  The timing of dosing relative to when you eat can also make a big difference. This is called Prebolusing.  You have to work out the timing that works for you, but effectively you may take your mealtime insulin 15 - 30 minutes  before eating... then when you eat the insulin is already active to prevent the spike.

You will need to learn a lot so you can manage this well and still get on with living your life.

I would recommend the following books:

Think Like A Pancreas,, by John Walsh
Using Insulin

You can also go to Bernstein Diabetes University on Utube, which has many great sessions on different aspects of managing diabetes.

Hope this helps.  Please do come back and ask more questions and we will do our best to answer you.  Certainly you are not a,lone as there is a huge worldwide community of people who are also dealing with this... and that is a great source of information and advice.