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Sorry you are feeling this way - I am not sure if there is a scientific link between anxiety and depression and type 1 diabetes but the mental and physical toll of dealing with high and low blood sugars, insulin and food create these feelings from all of us at times I think. I suffer from...

Thanks guys I am monitoring - knew I would pay for the temporary indulgence but every now and then I just lose my self control. Seems to be doing ok - currently at 5 and steady but I will keep an eye out.

So have not been great tonight- on a weekend away with my husband and ate my perfect low carb diet until just now! Had a baby cup of triple chocolate ice cream on a walk around the city we are staying in. My blood sugar is currently 4.7 and dropping according to libre (which is pretty accurate...

I have maintained my hba1c at 6.1 or 6.2 (sorry not sure what that is in mmol) for many years. This is far from the perfect level and still takes an almost obsessional focus on my eating, insulin and exercise to achieve - so I can’t imagine how the levels akin to a normal, non diabetic could be...

Yes Robinredbreast - it would be great if it got easier over time but it doesn’t really does it? Just when you think you have something worked out your body changes the rules without warning and it is a struggle all over again, no matter how long you have type 1. I think realising our own...

Great to see the mental and emotional toll of type 1 being recognised - I am sure we can all relate!

It’s good to know you are not alone Nancity isnt it? - glad the suggestions and responses, and my own experiences may have helped - I have found not many people talk about how crazy menopause can make you - or how hard it makes our diabetes control. Good luck with your nurse!

Thanks - I have updated my profile - I think!

Good luck maybe try out some lower carb alternatives as half your carbs at breakfast doesn’t leave much room to move for the rest of the day - switching regular milk for unsweetened almond milk actually tastes ok and would cut the carbs a bit for your porridge and coffee! I typically go for 10g...

DCUKMod - I agree - for me ketosis is not the goal either - I don’t think I could sustainably eat less than 30g of carbs a day much as I would like to. BUT eating pasta, potatoes, rice, bread etc is not sustainable either - however much I try to dose for these type of foods I can never seem to...

Hi Sigaru, I have experimented with low carb for a few years now - I aim for 50g or less of carbs a day which works for me most of the time - others on here go lower than that but it needs to be achievable for you - occasionally I will have a day when I will eat something higher carb but the...

I too am having a good day after a few bad ones that did not make any sense! Just happened on this thread and thought - yes , why not celebrate a good blood sugar day by sharing. Woke up with 4.6 this morning and have managed to keep it fairly steady since - 5.1 after a breakfast of an almond...

Hi ye6911, You have had a fair few responses so I don’t know if my post will add to them but for what it’s worth below are my thoughts on your questions. As a type 1 diabetic for 30 years who has been married for 22 years, I think my husband wishes he had known more about this condition but I...

It’s scary when you wake up in the middle of the night with a low - worrying about my blood sugar overnight gives me anxiety a lot! You could try lowering your lantus - but I would probably leave it based on one nights readings - it is probably because you corrected when your reading was 10 as...

I get blood sugar spikes with coffee too - one of the few things that I refuse to give up! I have switched to almond milk and seen a slight improvement but do tend to need to dose 1 unit for my almond milk lattes! It is a lot of trial and error - if you are noticing this is happening regularly...

Wow only a month - I hope you are doing ok. I can remember being diagnosed was both scary and a relief! Everyone’s experiences with everything are different with diabetes, including diabetes, and can change almost daily - you have to find what works for you and your lifestyle and then modify as...

Thanks for the reply Juicy - a winning formula would be good wouldn’t it? I have tried weights but my body doesn’t like it - actually causes my blood sugars to rise! I am the opposite - struggle with hypos after breakfast even taking 1 or 2 units of humulog and eating the same amount of carbs...

I am just wondering if anyone else out there has gone low carb and NOT experienced weight loss? I am low carb - I aim for less than 50g carbs a day - as a way to keep my blood sugar more manageable and except for the odd weeks where it goes haywire - like the last time I posted! - it works well...

Potatoes always lead to quite a spike in my blood glucose levels - no matter how they are cooked or what type and like MikeMunday the effort isn’t worth it for me either.

The spike for me after 1.5 hours and 2 hours would depend on whether I had dosed the novorapid (or in my case humulog) correctly - this spike for you looks like you might not have used the correct dose for the carbs you ate but like juicy says it depends what your numbers are like at 3 and 4...