I don't know alot about meds. Do you keep a log of all your bs and what you eat? That can help the Drs. develop an insulin reigime for you.

I am on insulin 6 times a day. Humalog (4 times) and Lantus (2 times) and still my Endo has to change things. Alot of things affect how much you take. Weight, illness, and carbs. I have been a diabetic for 15 yrs and have gone through many changes in meds.
Lynne

Your blood sugar is most likely higher in the morning due to the dawn phenomenon. Everyone has this, but it can cause problems in people with diabetes. Your body prepares for the coming day and dumps glucose from your liver into your system. Some people have a stronger dawn phenomenon than others. I know that some people do better if they eat a small amount of carb before they go to bed. I know it sounds counter intuitive, but the addition of carb seems to circumvent the glucose dump.

As far as when to take insulin, you would take an insulin injection daily or twice daily of the long acting like levemir or lantus (some people do better splitting the dose. For the fast acting, you would take it when your glucose is high and/or when you eat carbohydrate. Depending on when and how often you eat carbs, you number of injections per day would vary.

Hope this helps a bit.

Cora