Afraid of creeping paranoia :-(

Hi All

I do hope this won't seem silly, but since starting on insulin just over a week ago and finally starting to realise that I have to buckle down to some kind of healthy diet and proper regime, I have felt myself becoming more paranoid by the minute. Although I have been diagnosed T2 for 6 years now, I don't think I have ever truly taken it seriously. I have been a bit of an ostrich with head buried deep in the sand (or chocolate)

It is good, I know, that I am finally taking responsibility for my diabetes and trying to get healthier and lose weight. But right now it seems to be all that I think about, every waking hour, and even in my dreams!! Please someone tell me that this is normal when someone finally accepts the situation and will soon settle and fade to merely being careful and aware each day.

I am what I like to call a "depressaholic", being someone who can easily slip into depression but who usually has it well in the background. I am worried that if this apparent paranoia stays with me, it will be a trigger for another bout of depression.
I quite believe that exercise is a great way of helping depression, but exercise is not an option for me due to other health problems.

Any help, advice, encouragement or sharing of similar thoughts would be most gratefully read and taken on board.

Thank you so much for the encouragement Jeannemum, I do so hope you are right about it getting better! It's great that your daughter is helping you when you are shopping. Somehow I can't see my partner being the same!!

And I'm sure you are also right about sitting outside helping to lift one's mood. Just a pity that we seem to get more wet days than dry! I'll just have to borrow partner's biggest golf umbrella, and sit out regardless! Maybe the wetness will help me shrink....

:wink: Don't think even immersing my body from the neck down in a tank of water for 23hrs a day would cause the kind of shrinkage I need :shock:

Take care xxxx