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Sensitivity can change over time in my experience and needs checked and adjusted occasionally. Steroids can have a big impact on insulin sensitivity, as can a number of other factors - stress, hormones, infection to name a few.

Sorry to hear this Michelle. Well done for studying medicine. I know it's a tough course! I remember back to when I was a student (not medicine though) and how hard it was to cope with the T1 at times, especially not knowing anyone else who had it or could really understand. Just remember how...

I now have 3 autoimmune conditions - I've had T1 diabetes for 45 years and hypothyroidism for about 15. I've now also been diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis which is leaving me very sleepy each day. Like others have said, it is difficult to know which one is causing any symptoms at any one...

Type 1 since 1976, possibly triggered by a flu epidemic. I am a 53 year old primary teacher with other auto-immune conditions as well as type 1 and quite far down the list of people entitled to the vaccine as far as I can tell. I am very grateful that people are working so hard on making...

As others have said, we're all different. I've had type 1 for over 40 years and my blood sugars rose more when I was expecting my baby, as did my craving for milk! I almost always have cereal (sometimes weetabix) for breakfast and usually don't have problems as a result. It's a case of...

I understand your not and relief. I have had troubles controlling my sugar despite my best efforts and had a fear of complications but it has made me want to try my best to stay fit and healthy in other ways. I a now 41 years type 1 with no complications. Thanks to everyone who has worked so...

Diabetes can be overwhelming and I understand how you feel but I also know you can get through it and gradually make wee changes that will make you happier and stronger. I was very anxious for a time last year and not coping very well. I got support from my diabetes clinic who put me I touch...

Hi Levy, Again it could be me writing! I have very similar problems and often can't find anything to explain them, other than perhaps hormone changes or stress (which sometimes makes my sugars rise and sometimes brings them crashing down just to be awkward!) This has always been the case for...

I find it hard to tell difference between hypo and panic attack symptoms. I get claustrophobic and the stress of being closed in often makes my BG soar but i feel shaky and sweaty and panicky just like a hypo. Cant tell without testing whether im too high or too low!

I'm not sure peer reviewing is a good idea. There's a danger the reviewers' own ideas and viewpoints will then wrongly be put forward or taken as 'the right advice. Better that we all feel able to use our own judgment about posts and post a counter-point to anything that seems 'incorrect' to...

I've had quite a lot of severe typos requiring glucogon over the years and they always leave me feeling pretty rubbish for a while. The glucogon itself, though very useful, makes me feel sick fircseveral hours afterwards and the hypo leaves me with a pounding head and tiredness. I'm lucky that...

I get the thing of getting distracted and doing all sorts of other things rather than fixing the hypo. I get jerky arms sometimes and tend to become either very argumentative or completely laid back and cheery! Strangest symptom, and scariest, is seeing everything around me moving about and...

Hi Natt, You sound just like my lovely mum did 40 years ago when I was diagnosed and she had to inject an orange to practise giving me injections and apparently I just said "Don't worry Mum - you'll get used to it!" I think it is often harder for loved ones such as parents to look on than it is...

Congratulations on your pregnancy and all the best with the birth! My daughter was born 16 years ago. I was originally meant to have a C-section and was booked in for one at 38 weeks but then had to go into hospital at 37 weeks because of swelling, protein and slightly high BP and the team...