I’ve been diabetic for 48 years with no complications. I went on the Humulin insulins because I had very little or no warning of impending lows.

I’ve always worked very physical jobs, ie hanging drywall, lugging beef and humping boxs of beef, that sort of thing.

I’m not as young now and have a desk job that entails about 25% physical the rest sitting on my duff.

Now that all that is over with My question is this; has anyone else lost their drive to exercise or do pretty much anything? I always was very physical my whole life up until the last 2 or 3 years and it seems to be getting progressively worse. It seems I can’t force myself to do anything as far as working out. I’m always tired can’t get enough sleep. I never used to be this way and it is depressing.

Anyone out there know what’s going on with me? Insulin maybe?

When I went on Novolog and Lantus after a bunch of years oif Type 1 I found my hypoglycemic symptoms were differnt. I had to re-learn what it meant to be low. A little focus made the transition successful.

There’s been a lot of hot air, and little evidence, that synthetic-human or analog insulins per se are hypoglycemogenic (I think that’s a new word, BTW!)

Much more likely, other lifestyle changes were involved in explaining the hypos, or perhaps simple lack of understanding of how to initiate a basal/bolus program.

Until/unless there are randomized clinical trials of animal-source vs synthetic-human or analog insulins, the controversy will continue, fueled by personal frustrations and without scientific rigor. And such studies are extremely unlikely to be funded by industry or demanded by Health Authorities: there simply isn’t enough data to date to support the need for such studies.

PS: I’m on Lantus/Novolog basal/bolus program, and would recommend such a program (or a pump) to anyone who’s truly motivated to make lifestyle changes using an extremely complex program.

PPS to Jim: It’s unclear whether you were under the care of a diabetes team. If you didn’t have interactions with a CDE dietitian to learn carb counting, and a CDE nurse educator, and daily contact with them to review your blood sugar levels vs activity level, meals, and stress levels, it’s no surprise that you find yourself in this pickle.

Kirk

Please foward the studies showing an increase by 40% of comps ? I read alot and have never seen this information. I am amazed such a thing has occured and I haven’t seen the publication.

I love Lantus and Novolog, tehy beat the heck out of NPH and R (used them for over 35 years)

Also Megan you’ll find if you survive without comps for 30 years you will probably never develop them (Joslin)

Kirk

“Personally I would not touch the GM mould that is called insulin.
Since the introduction of synthetic insulins the complications and death rates have gone up by 40%.
There are many people that can not use the synthetic insulins and are denied the choice of using the animal insulins.
On pork and Beef insulin you do not have fits and seizures for a start.”

Many, many things are GM. And it’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m willing to bet that complications increased (if they did, which I’m not sure I believe in and of itself) as a result of people with diabetes living longer. Plain and simple- people live longer, more people have complications.

As far as “fits and seizures” are concerned, I suspect you are referring to hypoglycemia, which is a risk with any insulin treatment.

I would like to see the studies indicating a 40% increase in death and complications after the new insulins were introduced; I find that claim hard to believe.

Unfortunately sometimes people do not want to accept change; that is their choice in an ever changing world.

The technological changes and changes in insulins have had a very positive impact on my life.