Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes tipo 1 insulina y pastillas

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monicagf2576
09/16/2026 7:03 p.m.

Hola, me gustaría saber si hay gente con diabetes tipo 1 con tratamiento de insulina y también pastillas. Me han mandado sitagliptina además de la insulina basal y rápida para bajar la ospandrial.

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Francis
09/18/2026 11:14 a.m.


monicagf2576 said:
@monicagf2576 said:

Hello, I would like to know if there are people with type 1 diabetes on insulin treatment and also pills. They have sent me sitagliptin in addition to basal and rapid insulin to lower ospandrial.

How long have you had diabetes?

My endocrinologist offered it to me voluntarily, I could accept or not. It was at the beginning, a month or so after debuting, m said that there were no side effects, it either worked or it didn't work and if so, it would help extend the honeymoon. AND IT WORKED, I think that in less than a month I reduced my basal rate to the point where I went two years and one month without needing any insulin.

I hope it helps you like it did me.

Dt1 diciembre 2019
Fiasp con Novopen Echo Plus y Toujeo

  
monicagf2576
09/19/2026 5:33 p.m.

Hola Francis, te agradezco muchísimo que me hayas contestado. Yo también soy lada, empecé hace 3 años y efectivamente los dos primeros años con pastillas, dieta y ejercicio pude esquivar las insulinas. Hace menos de un año me resultaba muy dificil seguir manteniendome solo con eso y me dieron la basal (primero lantus y luego toujeo, 10 unidades). Yo seguía una dieta cetogénica, sin practicamente hidratos (unos 20 gramos al día).

A finales de agosto, un día no me encontraba muy bien, medí mis cetonas y las tenía en 3,5. Subía a urgencias y me ingresaron. No tenía ninguna infección, no tenía cetoacidosis diabética porque mi ph...estaba bien, pero estaba deshidratada. Me pusieron perfusor de insulina y glucosa unas 12 horas hasta estabilizar las cetonas e hidratarme. Todos los profesionales coinciden que fue debido a la no ingesta de hidratos de carbono así que me han dado humalog junior para poder comer hidratos.

Uno de los endocrinos me ha dicho que era mejor volver a retomar la sitagliptina para no hacer tanto pico tras las comidas, la otra endocrina me decía que no era bueno porque agota el páncreas. De ahí mi pregunta inicial...

Ahora mismo estoy viviendo un infierno, no sé si el inicio con la insulina rápida es tan duro para todos, ya no porque antes con la dieta cetogénica tuviera una media de 120 y 99 tiempo en rango (ahora 150 de media y subiendo), sino porque me está resultando imposible acertar con la insulina. Cada día y en cada momento del día es diferente. Muchas veces si me pongo la insulina al inicio hago una bajada en pixado y para evitar la hipo tengo que comer carbo rápido. Otras se dispara hacia arriba. Antes la grasa no me subía, ahora...a las dos horas empieza a subir el aguacate, el yogur griego... Cuento, peso la comida....pero nada. Tengo una ansiedad enorme por lo imprevisible de todo esto.

De 11 de basal que tenía, me han dicho que la suba y estoy en 14, y claro a medida que cambio la basal también cambia la rápida.

El problema añadido es que desde que debuté hace 3 años adelgacé 8 kilos, pesaba 42,5 y no podía engordar. Ahora tras el ingreso, con este estrés...he bajado a 40,8 y estoy muy asustada.

Me dicen que lo estoy haciendo muy bien, que como muy bien, sano...pero eso no me alivia en absoluto. Me gustaría saber si a vosotros también os ha pasado ésto al inicio de la rápida, o si estabais en una dieta cetogénica al pasar a una dieta baja en hidratos.

Perdona que me haya extendido tanto, y gracias.


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theOne
09/19/2026 10:42 p.m.

Hello @Monica2576,

I completely understand what you are going through.

Starting insulin is usually complicated since we have to adapt to a new life in which we have to inject ourselves several times a day, count carbohydrates, calculate units, waiting times, ... but without a doubt the most complex and frustrating part is the variability.

The same amount of carbohydrates may require a different insulin dose depending on the time, day, season of the year..., there are many factors that can influence it and some are completely out of our control.

The famous phrase that in diabetes two plus two is not always four, but fortunately it is not fifteen, one day it will be three and another five. Therefore, with carbohydrate counting we have a rough guide to how our glucose should respond to a dose, but not a certainty. Don't be too demanding of yourself and don't punish yourself if you don't always get it right, it's impossible.

I think the factor that may be affecting you the most is the honeymoon phase of diabetes.After being on LADA for several years, your pancreatic reserve is progressively depleted, and a time has come when sports, pills, and a low-carbohydrate diet are not enough. You need insulin. By starting insulin the few beta cells you have left alive are given a break so yourpancreas has not completely "turned off"; It has a reserve of beta cells left that wake up intermittently. You are competing against an organ that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, causing high peaks and sharp declines with the same dose.

This honeymoon phase does not have a fixed duration, it depends on each person. You will notice that as the insulin production of the pancreas definitively decreases due to the autoimmune attack, you will need more insulin until there comes a time when you notice "some" stability. And I say "true" because you will see that there will continue to be changes in doses throughout your life, but they will not be like the ones you are experiencing right now.

I know this initial phase is very hard but it will pass. Being at 150 for a few months is not the end of the world, it is approximately 6.8% glycosylated. Although it is not easy, try to reduce anxiety because it is one of the factors that complicates diabetes management.

Regarding weight, it is normal that you have reduced it with LADA, since by producing little insulin your body cannot form fat or muscles. Now that you inject insulin, you should gradually resume your carbohydrate intake and abandon the ketogenic diet to regain a reasonable weight and have energy for everyday life.


Cheer up and keep fighting!!

LADA 2022. Inicio insulina Abril 2025.
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