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    CGM could ease my worries?

    I’ve been a type one Diabetic since 1993 and I’ve lived with the condition relatively well but since I’ve been diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia in August 2010 I’ve had terrible anxiety and paranoia about my diabetes management. It’s been an ongoing thing and I’ve even overdosed with insulin...
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    How to get an insulin pump on the NHS?

    I’ve posted on here before that I suffer from mental health issues and I’m battling paranoid schizophrenia as well as type 1 diabetes. I’ve been under management of district nurses for my insulin dosages but have been taking back control slowly from the district nurses to maintain my own...
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    DAFNE messed me up

    I went on a DAFNE course about 2.5 years ago and it was in a group setting so I faced some difficulty with the learning aspect of it due to my paranoid schizophrenia. My mental health team aren’t very well trained in diabetes and diabetes team are just rubbish at the mental health side of it...
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    Mental health and T1 diabetes

    I was diagnosed with T1 in December 1993 and now I'm 37 years old. I've always struggled with my diabetes and also with my mental health too ever since being diagnosed. I actually suffer also from Paranoid Schizophrenia which hit me like a brick in my early stages of diabetes. I hear voices that...
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    Type 1 Building muscle and the gym

    I am a 37 year old man with diabetes type 1 since 1993. I have been on and off from using the local gym but I am fed up with motivation and lack of results. I'm wondering if anyone has some tips on how to gain muscle and have good blood glucose level control. I understand that because of my...