Hi, im after you advice regarding type 2 diabetes. Ive been a diabetic for over 15yrs. The last 2 years have been a nightmare. My mum died after a short illness and my wife has struggled with employment. On top of this i was diagnosed with clinical depression and sleep apnoea. During this time my sugar levels have ranged between 10 - 22. GP continues to play around with medications in order to get it under control but nothing ever works. Im currently on Glimepiride 4mg, Metform 1000mg twice and day and Empagliflozin 25mg. I was on liraglutide but that didnt have any affects. Im struggling keeping awake, not able to do any forms of activity, short tempered and have become suicidal. I am abit overweight and know losing a few pounds could help but with the low mood and other things my head isnt in the right place to start eating rabbit food. I dont over eat, the trouble is that i can go from getting up from work at 7am to eating at 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I physcially feel sick most mornings and just drink water and a couple of coffees. I desparate to get on something that will make a difference in my life. I dont know if the suicidal feelings are down to my glucose levels or because im still greiving for my mum. Is Insulin a route to go down?
Thanks for reading
Darren
Hi Dazza,
There's still lots of ground to be won through diet, and no, no rabbit food required. Better yet, there's a low carb diet variant that is all meat, all the time, and I don't see bunnies going nuts on meat. (Although I seem to remember rather bloodthirsty ones in a Python's Grail).
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html <-- this, however, does incorporate vegetables etc as well, so it may be a point to start, if you're interested. Could well be a way to avoid insulin, and reduce the medication you're on. If it seems do-able to you, you might also want to read dr. Jason Fung's the Diabetes Code, as well as have a look around the dietdoctor.com website.
I have quite a few mental issues of a clinical nature, meaning they'll never go away. But, that said, they CAN improve. And they have, on a low carb diet. High blood sugars feed into depression and anxiety, (yes, up to the point of suicidal tendencies) and make matters that much worse. Normalise your bloodsugars and one day you might realise that boulder's been rolled off of your chest for a while already, and you didn't even notice, because it went so gradually. Light does start shining through in the darkness, if you give it a go. If you don't care enough about the T2 to try a diet, then try it because wanting to die all the time just feels so absolutely horrible, and it can't possibly be what your mum wanted for you in life. You don't deserve to feel that way. You
don't.
Hugs,
Jo