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<blockquote data-quote="Caeseji" data-source="post: 2135350" data-attributes="member: 497882"><p>What? Who is this me that you speak of? I do not know this man <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Thanks for the tag [USER=374531]@Scott-C[/USER] that means a heck of a lot!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay it's time to breathe for a while and let it all settle in for a while but it will be okay and Scott is completely right I did come from that sort of background myself. I'll recount it for you whilst also sending you the absolute immense amount of hugs that I can.</p><p></p><p>Throughout most of my 20's I was suffering with bipolar 2 disorder, I was diagnosed when I was fresh out of college and walking into the world of work like some sort of lush on a friday night after one too many down the pub. I had no real guidance on how to deal with it, the choices were mindfulness or pills and I chose the former but that never truly worked, I masked up the symptoms and keps chugging along in a haze of mood disorders that instead of self harm that I subjected myself to before my diagnosis came out in you guessed it! Binge eating.</p><p></p><p>Thus the anxious feelings and drive to be punished really did just fly out of control and to cover it and 'reward' myself I started to eat so trust me when I say I know where you are coming from when it comes down to this sort of thing because it ended up being my own coping mechanism. The mental health help around here was abysmal and then some with a lot of people going without help or just medicated to near unrecognisability but I am so happy you are reaching out about this as well at the same time.</p><p></p><p>When I was around 28 years old after a rather bad bout of unemployment, going back to college and then a horrifying holiday filled with pain and thrush I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes like my father before me. I was given advice to lose weight, slapped with metformin and the usual statin and thrust back out into the wide world of denial and an increased binge eating urge to just fight those that were trying to get me to lose weight. I ballooned to my biggest of 22 stone 12 or 320lbs in total.</p><p></p><p>Last December was when I got that dreadful HBA1C measurement of 114 and when I had to take action, coming here was the best thing I ever did and I was given nurturing advice and kindred spirits in which I could better myself because of. Embarking on a low carb diet to reverse my diabetes has had a lot of unexpected benefits chief of which is remission (right now a HBA1c of 29 and my fasting blood glucose was 4.3 this morning) but what's more? A reversal of my bipolar 2 disorder which made me realise a lot of the fog that was hanging over me WAS the glycemic variation that was completely wrecking my mood.</p><p></p><p>Today I am 14 stone 8 or 204 lbs down from that weight that I was at so that's another happy side effect.</p><p></p><p>Now onto you my wonderful and strong member of this forum of absolute sweethearts and supporters. I am not saying that controlling this will be easy or make everything go away but it shall give you a fighting chance for the future. Push for more mental health care, keep it up and in the meantime? Rant away to us because we shall always be listening no matter what happens. This was not your fault, the people that caused you the pain that has hung over you all your life are at fault along with the ultra morish and hyperphagic food that has given rise to the obesity crisis are to blame too.</p><p></p><p>You have managed to get this far, embarking on a much lower carb diet will leave you satiated and feeling a lot more healthy and along with that glucose levels will settle down helping your mood to stabilise a little and perhaps get you on the road to recovery. I am so sorry you have had to face down so much sorrow in your life but perhaps now you can get the help you need to flourish as the beautiful human being you most plainly must be inside. There is still so much hope in this world and if you don't have any then we shall give you some of our own.</p><p></p><p>I'm proud of the steps you have already taken and for coming here for advice, if you ever have questions then please ask us or shoot me a personal message or whatever you need to see yourself through this.</p><p></p><p>You've got this, I believe in you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite23" alt=":cat:" title="Cat :cat:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cat:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caeseji, post: 2135350, member: 497882"] What? Who is this me that you speak of? I do not know this man ;) Thanks for the tag [USER=374531]@Scott-C[/USER] that means a heck of a lot! Okay it's time to breathe for a while and let it all settle in for a while but it will be okay and Scott is completely right I did come from that sort of background myself. I'll recount it for you whilst also sending you the absolute immense amount of hugs that I can. Throughout most of my 20's I was suffering with bipolar 2 disorder, I was diagnosed when I was fresh out of college and walking into the world of work like some sort of lush on a friday night after one too many down the pub. I had no real guidance on how to deal with it, the choices were mindfulness or pills and I chose the former but that never truly worked, I masked up the symptoms and keps chugging along in a haze of mood disorders that instead of self harm that I subjected myself to before my diagnosis came out in you guessed it! Binge eating. Thus the anxious feelings and drive to be punished really did just fly out of control and to cover it and 'reward' myself I started to eat so trust me when I say I know where you are coming from when it comes down to this sort of thing because it ended up being my own coping mechanism. The mental health help around here was abysmal and then some with a lot of people going without help or just medicated to near unrecognisability but I am so happy you are reaching out about this as well at the same time. When I was around 28 years old after a rather bad bout of unemployment, going back to college and then a horrifying holiday filled with pain and thrush I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes like my father before me. I was given advice to lose weight, slapped with metformin and the usual statin and thrust back out into the wide world of denial and an increased binge eating urge to just fight those that were trying to get me to lose weight. I ballooned to my biggest of 22 stone 12 or 320lbs in total. Last December was when I got that dreadful HBA1C measurement of 114 and when I had to take action, coming here was the best thing I ever did and I was given nurturing advice and kindred spirits in which I could better myself because of. Embarking on a low carb diet to reverse my diabetes has had a lot of unexpected benefits chief of which is remission (right now a HBA1c of 29 and my fasting blood glucose was 4.3 this morning) but what's more? A reversal of my bipolar 2 disorder which made me realise a lot of the fog that was hanging over me WAS the glycemic variation that was completely wrecking my mood. Today I am 14 stone 8 or 204 lbs down from that weight that I was at so that's another happy side effect. Now onto you my wonderful and strong member of this forum of absolute sweethearts and supporters. I am not saying that controlling this will be easy or make everything go away but it shall give you a fighting chance for the future. Push for more mental health care, keep it up and in the meantime? Rant away to us because we shall always be listening no matter what happens. This was not your fault, the people that caused you the pain that has hung over you all your life are at fault along with the ultra morish and hyperphagic food that has given rise to the obesity crisis are to blame too. You have managed to get this far, embarking on a much lower carb diet will leave you satiated and feeling a lot more healthy and along with that glucose levels will settle down helping your mood to stabilise a little and perhaps get you on the road to recovery. I am so sorry you have had to face down so much sorrow in your life but perhaps now you can get the help you need to flourish as the beautiful human being you most plainly must be inside. There is still so much hope in this world and if you don't have any then we shall give you some of our own. I'm proud of the steps you have already taken and for coming here for advice, if you ever have questions then please ask us or shoot me a personal message or whatever you need to see yourself through this. You've got this, I believe in you :cat: [/QUOTE]
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