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Kia ora, that sounds a very frustrating and worrying situation some people experience. When all physical reasons have been discounted I think it can be helpful to consider the mind body connection. Health anxiety is a very common experience when living with a long term condition. Anxiety...

Hi BB8, sounds like you have been doing absolutely your best and you are now struggling an annoying behaviour that many people struggle with food management problems have (even if they don't have diabetes) with you however the consequences are more immediate. One thing I talk about with people...

Hi, are you anxious, stressed or a perfectionist? If so the stress hormone cortisol causes release of glucose into bloodstream (in case there is an emergency than needs a flight or fight action). Cortisol levels also naturally rise in the morning - this is what gets us out of bed! So it may...

Stress definitely affects BSLs due to primitive responses that occur in case we need to flee or fight. A quick antidote to soothe the body and brain is an app called One Moment Meditation by Martin Boroson. You can learn to take a minute to reboot your internal anxiety/safety barometer anytime...

Hi, sounds like battle fatigue. It will have taken a while to have got this bad for you so it's important to allow yourself to take as much time as you need to restore yourself. Try to find 3 acts of self kindness you can do each day - not food related - simple low demand activies that allow...

Can you eat cooked onions, they tend to hold water and have enough fibre to move things along; this works if your stools are hard bullets, more fluid retaining fibre softens and shunts them. If your stools are firm sticky logs (like a fatberg) you could try either exercising to see if it...