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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all,
Ive have joined this forum this evening as I need to speak to someone about my ED.
I was diagnosed with T1 when I was 27 (about 4 years ago). Before I was diagnosed I was always the ‘party girl’ and lived my life to the full. After my diagnosis I calmed down a lot, got into carb counting, attending all appointments and living a healthy ‘normal’ life.
After about a year, I started to put on weight. In my mind this was down to my diabetes and, specifically, insulin. I got into my head that i was injecting fat into my body and I started skipping injections.
Its now at the point where I can go 3-4 days without my insulin and only when I start to feel a bit rubbish do I take between 20-30 units to bring my sugars down, before the routine starts all over again.
Whilst I am not injecting, i am binge eating and I have become obsessed with counting calories (not in an attempt to reduce my calorie intake but to try and make patterns with the numbers).
I was taken to hospital DKA on Christmas morning. I was unconscious until 28th December. My blood sugars on admission to hospital were 47 and my acid levels were 6.4. The doctors were amazed I survived.
I have been out of hospital since New Years eve and, whilst I was determined to change my life, I have fallen back to old habits really quickly. I have stopped injecting again. I know what I am doing is wrong and extremely dangerous but I feel physically sick at the thought of injecting.
I have an appointment with a psychologist next week (my GP has made a fast track referral for me), I just hope they can help.
I dont know what I am expecting from this post but I felt like I needed to share!
Thank you x
Ive have joined this forum this evening as I need to speak to someone about my ED.
I was diagnosed with T1 when I was 27 (about 4 years ago). Before I was diagnosed I was always the ‘party girl’ and lived my life to the full. After my diagnosis I calmed down a lot, got into carb counting, attending all appointments and living a healthy ‘normal’ life.
After about a year, I started to put on weight. In my mind this was down to my diabetes and, specifically, insulin. I got into my head that i was injecting fat into my body and I started skipping injections.
Its now at the point where I can go 3-4 days without my insulin and only when I start to feel a bit rubbish do I take between 20-30 units to bring my sugars down, before the routine starts all over again.
Whilst I am not injecting, i am binge eating and I have become obsessed with counting calories (not in an attempt to reduce my calorie intake but to try and make patterns with the numbers).
I was taken to hospital DKA on Christmas morning. I was unconscious until 28th December. My blood sugars on admission to hospital were 47 and my acid levels were 6.4. The doctors were amazed I survived.
I have been out of hospital since New Years eve and, whilst I was determined to change my life, I have fallen back to old habits really quickly. I have stopped injecting again. I know what I am doing is wrong and extremely dangerous but I feel physically sick at the thought of injecting.
I have an appointment with a psychologist next week (my GP has made a fast track referral for me), I just hope they can help.
I dont know what I am expecting from this post but I felt like I needed to share!
Thank you x