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PoTS or Orthostatic hypotension / hypertension ?? Hi everyone , I havnt been on here for a long time now . As some of you will remember, my mental health hasn’t been great . I took quite a few insulin overdoses and a couple of months ago now , got my hands on some medication online that’s used...

I feel I need more insulin than lots of other people with type 1 diabetes on here ? Eg people say they have only 4 units for breakfast , no way could I only have that ?! Eg I had a prawn sandwich today for breakfast ( at about 3:50 pm( I don’t eat early / I get up late and dont gey myself...

Sorry, havnt been on here for a while, my mental health has been terrible and I’ve been self harming . Feeling really lost ( I find anything hard to do anyway let alone diabetes ) Yesterday for example I ate a breakfast wrap from costa wrap which says it’s 49g of carbs . About 30 mins before I...

I will NOT be doing this again so please do not worry, I will find other ways to deal with my mental health ( and I will reply to the nice comments and messages I’ve had :) ) ( oops title went a bit wrong ) I took 300 units ( 1 pen of novorapid at about half 4 in the afternoon yesterday ) I...

Firstly I want to say a big Thank you to everyone’s replies / Concern and advice ( following my destressijg lost on me taking an overdose of insulin ) fortunately I managed to ward off any lasting affects by eating jam sandwiches etc I have been feeling extremely down / getting upset very...

Off any hypos ( I will reply to my kind friendly replies on previous posts soon ) :) thank you

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Hi, Firstly , thank you for the informative, friendly answers on my previous posts. Really appreciate it . I struggle with my mental health anyway , let alone this extremely confusing diabetes . last night for example I ate W jacket potatoe with cheese and beans . And rocket . ( i injected...

And it is depending on what type and if still in the honeymoon period ? And also what if after a few days , you still hadnt developed ketones ? Does that mean you could still go on for a while ?

Thanks I got in a mood earlier and put all my nova rapid ( bolus) insulin down the sink so I have none of the left now . and am Leaving my box of lantas outside of the fridge ( I felt crazy and like doing drastic things ) im Also on a six month free trial of the freestyle libre, i took it...

I have been diagnosed with what had been presumed to be type 1 diabetes for just under 5 months now. I have noticed recently, my levels seem to be high . I’ve heard with type 2 you have to be heavily carb restricted. But with type 1 you can have more free eating options . I ate half a Swiss...

Hi, I’m struggling with this ( been diagnosed nearly 5 months ago now. I honestly don’t know if I’m type 2 , 1 or LADA ( I know LADA is treated the same way as type 1, but they do differ slightly ( and have read certain lifestyle factors ( being sedentary and overweight etc ) can raise the...

Hi, I now have the free style Libre 2 ( on a 6 month free trial ) Earlier today I had greggs for breakfast . I had a chicken and bacon toastie, one sausage roll and a regular cappuccino all together, the carb content was 93g with this information, and the photo included, does it look like...

Also have heard fatty foods tend to spike blood sugar a few hours after , so as well as doing the dose for the pizza, is it advisable to add a few on a couple of hours later to prevent the big spike ?? Thank you !

Hi , I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just over 3 months ago . However for about a month now,( maybe before can’t remember) I’ve noticed minor random ‘twinges’ . It feels like a one off mild pink prick sensation , and it happens in small Bouts almost . it can be anywhere , from under my...

And do you have a really small portion eg, max two biscuits

Today I had a McDonald’s meal . A 5 piece chicken select meal ( so with a standard portion of chips ) plus one and a half BBQ sauces . And a latte . It maybe took me an extra 15 mins to finish the coffee after the meal .. so it’s 1 and 2 hours after finishing the latte After one hour my blood...

Acidic ? just thinking about my diagnoses a few Months ago they said my blood sugar was high and i had ketones and after testing positive for GAD antibodies pdies with a level of >2000 and Islet cells it’s been presumed I have type 1. It just seems odd to me that my blood wasn’t acidic and...

About 3 o clock ( late breakfast I know !) had one Costa coffee bacon and one sausage roll ( with one mini ketchup shared on the two rolls ) and a medium cappuccino bit with almond milk so was only 11g carbs worth, one roll was 5 units worth and the other was 2 about 2 hours later my blood...

Also is it true that people with LADA , rather than type 1 , are less likely to get ketones ? Thank you