Well – these are my basal requirements – I have been plagued by hypos in the night my entire life – my parents resorted to a baby alarm in my bedroom, which I was very resentful about all through my teenage years! Only the pump has resolved matters – I still have problems, but not as bad as they were. note the first setting!
00:00 – 0.000u
04:00 – 0.175
06:00 – 0.700
07:00 – 2.200
09:00 – 1.750
10:00 – 0.775
11:00 – 0.525
12:00 – 0.150
17:30 – 0.225
18:00 – 0.150
As you can see my needs widely fluctuate. No background insulin can possibly follow it.