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That's good news. What a horrible shock for you all - it's not surprising how he's reacted. But how brilliant too that he's getting counselling and is doing a little better.

When did he start the citalopram? It takes about four weeks to work and can absolutely make you feel worse before you start feeling better. It is something to be patient with, but once the clouds start to lift, he may feel more motivated to do more. Maybe also one small change at a time will...

You've had a very hard few years and depression really takes its toll. Many of us comfort eat and it takes a great deal of persistence to change. BUT let me tell you about my depression. I had it for 15 years before I finally accepted medication. It's only when your brain chemical start to sort...

The shock of a pre-diabetic diagnosis is huge. It took me weeks to really adjust. Now I"m just so grateful that's as far as it got with me, and after a couple of months of slowly getting my head round low carb, with the help of this amazing forum, I'm starting to see weight loss and feel better...

I had a meal out at lunch - chicken, mozzarella, veg and fried potatoes. Don't know the carb value, but I felt rotten afterwards. After about an hour I could barely string a sentence together and just wanted to sleep on the spot. It's good to have positive reinforcement that low carb makes me...

I'm on about 1500 calories a day and losing about 1lb a week with 100g or so carbs a day. DH is losing too as we've both given up the sugars etc. I suppose what I'm after is reassurance that LCHF also reduces cholesterol because that's so much easier as Oldvatr says!

Well, everything is within normal ranges, apart from his cholesterol, which is about where mine is. LDL and Tri-G are too high, HDL is just about within acceptable limits. Aside from being slightly peeved that a big bloke with a sedentary lifestyle should be showing no pre-diabetes, I am now...

DH and I enable each other in our bad food choices. Since my diagnosis, we've both started to sort ourselves out, but he's got a much higher BMI than me and a more sociable job. I finally persuaded him past his fear of needles and he's had a full range of blood tests done. If he comes out with...

I find I can have about 30g or brown basmati without it spiking me. Although you're pre-d as I am, I'd advise getting a meter and testing as it's really the only way to know. We have a bit more wriggle room I think but it's worth taking it seriously so we don't put our bodies under too much...

My one wasn't flavoured - how lucky you all were to get lemon one :-) Mine was literally ground down glucose in tepid water. I was amazed I didn't gag!

What a great response. I am going to start back with gentle reintroduction this weekend. I have to say though that porridge is just awful for me as oats and milk are terrible triggers! I can do low fat yoghurt though. As far as I'm concerned, just through being careful this week I'm low carbing...

I've had IBS D my whole life, that was much better the last few years that I've been eating rubbish food. Unfortunately I've been having the most awful flare up the last few weeks whilst adjusting to a healthier diet. It's been pretty awful, but I instinctively recognise FODMAP as triggers, so I...

Hey Guy, are you actively suicidal? Your post above implies you might be. Can you call Samaritans or 999? One of the problems with depression is it makes your brain tell you that thoughts and feelings are bad or wrong. (I like to refer to it as my brain talking **** to me). You've done so well...

I'm really struggling with IBS-D. It's been more unstable the last few weeks than in years, as I'm finding low carb foods are triggers. It's all been a nightmare and continues to be. I've got a dietician appointment in June and until then am dosing on imodium and experimenting. Given I'm in the...

What's your BMI? Maybe given the amount of exercising you're doing you should be eating more? Also, I have been measuring myself along with weighing, as I find the gym work is making my muscle heavier although my shape is changing.

It was my last set (of course - why wouldn't it be?) so having ordered some more today I'll do a compare and see. It might be worth getting rid of them all as to make it worse I've mixed up dropped with non-drops. D'oh. Thanks for the advice :-)

Last night I had a butter fingers moment and dropped about half a tub of code free test strips on the floor. Didn't think much of it at the tie and scooped them up and put them back in the tub. Now I'm wondering if I should have thrown them out. They went on carpet, and I blew on them (like the...

Ah, that comment about bacteria supplements hit a chord. I had a quick skirt back through my memory to the last bad times, had a chat with Hubbie and remembered that eating an Activia yoghurt a day really turned my life around. Now I know they're not low carb but I've decided to try them just to...

What an amazing post! Such a great summary of everything I've been trying to get my head round the last couple of months. If I could sticky it I would.

Hi, I've had IBS my whole life. For the last few years it's been quite stable - rarely any episodes that leave me housebound. But moving onto a relatively low carb diet, way from my old bad ways of eating has caused me no end of problems. I am getting sudden urges to 'go', accompanied by...