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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

    The district nurses dial the doses and then let me administer the shot of insulin myself. Even when they dial up I still get voices that I have to ignore to dial up more insulin. My diabetes team are very bad they don't turn up to mental health appointments when I asked and they feel as if I...
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    Mental health and T1 diabetes

    I have a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and it seems the auditory hallucinations they say I hear is somewhat troubling me. I find it very difficult to manage my diabetes properly and on a self care basis. I find those hallucinatory voices control almost everything I do when it comes to...
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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

    Yes I'm taking Levemir as my background insulin
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    Type 1 Building muscle and the gym

    I'm not very active currently and spend most of my times at home due to my mental illness but I am looking to start the gym by going when the gym is not busy at 7am. I test my blood at least 4 times a day and have input from the district nurses for my insulin doses also due to my mental...
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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...