I'm seeing a new endocrinologist who has me on 5 units of Novolog every time I eat and 25 units of Lantus at bedtime. Well my sugars been going low and my question is if it's low and I take a glucose tablet( a tablet that tastes like tums from walmart). Is that enough to stabalize me or do I still need to eat. Last night well this morning(1:30am) I woke up shaking I ate 2 glucose tablets and ate three peanut butter crackers and my sugar went to 115, do I need to do both. Thanxs

You should really ask your endo about this. I don't understand why they have you on 5 units of Novolog at every meal? Your dosage of insulin should depend on how many carbs you are getting at a meal. For instance my endo has me on 1 unit of Novolog for every 12 grams of carb I eat. So if you were taking 5 units you would have to be eating 60 grams of carb at a meal. NOw granted, everyones dosages are diferent but that seems high to me (unless you are eating that much carb at a meal) You shouldn't be taking more glucose tablets to support your insulin, you should be taking LESS insulin. Hope this helps

Sorry I didn't tell the whole story. I take 5 units of novolog at every meal if it's under 100. If it's over 100 I'm on a sliding scale 1 extra unit for every 40 over 100. It's confusing I know. If it's 140 I take 6 units 180 7 units. I hate this but I'm trying to get pregnant and my A1C was 8.7 so he's going drastic to get it right and I've had to put my conceiving plans on hold.