Hi,
I was wondering if any of you find that highs get you more nervous than lows? I was diagnosed in November 2018 in a very dramatic way, taken to hospital after collapsing with DKA and sent to ICU. Very scary! The problem is, when the nurses spoke to me about T1, they mentioned on numerous occasions how infections affect your blood sugar. This had a big effect on me and my behaviour. I went from someone who had no problems with germs to being terrified of catching a cold. I ran my sugars tightly, lower results being ideal and if it went up a bit I became worried. I dealt calmly with hypos, yet if I had a hyper fears of illness and DKA and the feeling that my life hung in the balance would freak me out. I received counselling and therapy which helped me to cope better and I relaxed, feeling able to actually live with diabetes.
Now with this Covid 19, my anxiety has rocketed. If my bloods are higher, I am scared. Even mild highs have me worried and on edge. I was doing so much better with dealing with germs and highs but all the news has upset me again. Does anybody recognise this or is it me? I have books about Type 1 Diabetes and they talk about fears of hypos, but don't mention hypers. I understand hypos are more of an emergency, but that doesn't seem to scare me in the same way! Is this unusual?
I was wondering if any of you find that highs get you more nervous than lows? I was diagnosed in November 2018 in a very dramatic way, taken to hospital after collapsing with DKA and sent to ICU. Very scary! The problem is, when the nurses spoke to me about T1, they mentioned on numerous occasions how infections affect your blood sugar. This had a big effect on me and my behaviour. I went from someone who had no problems with germs to being terrified of catching a cold. I ran my sugars tightly, lower results being ideal and if it went up a bit I became worried. I dealt calmly with hypos, yet if I had a hyper fears of illness and DKA and the feeling that my life hung in the balance would freak me out. I received counselling and therapy which helped me to cope better and I relaxed, feeling able to actually live with diabetes.
Now with this Covid 19, my anxiety has rocketed. If my bloods are higher, I am scared. Even mild highs have me worried and on edge. I was doing so much better with dealing with germs and highs but all the news has upset me again. Does anybody recognise this or is it me? I have books about Type 1 Diabetes and they talk about fears of hypos, but don't mention hypers. I understand hypos are more of an emergency, but that doesn't seem to scare me in the same way! Is this unusual?