I agree. After a decade since diagnosis I can look back at times of feeling burnt out. What helps me is coming on here, to people who understand and are supportive. Some of the benefit of the forum is knowledge, but a big benefit of the forum is it's non judgemental support from others. You are not alone with this, we understand.Managing type 2 diabetes can feel like a full-time job. And, like many demanding roles, it can lead to burnout that makes it hard to stay on track. While diabetes burnout is typical, I know there are some ways to recover from it.
So, how do you deal with it?
Managing type 2 diabetes can feel like a full-time job. And, like many demanding roles, it can lead to burnout that makes it hard to stay on track. While diabetes burnout is typical, I know there are some ways to recover from it.
So, how do you deal with it?
Acceptance of this condition can be hard. When I feel burnt out, I try to take it one meal at a time, and remember that struggling, and sometimes falling if the wagon, is human. It's not a character flaw, or a failure. I have just hit a wall, and that's ok. Most of the diabetics I know experience this from time to time.
Well being diagnosed decades now and suffered long before diagnosis I look back every so often through the years and pull from my best steady treatment and how it was achieved and allowed a steady healthy years. I emulate those things if my body can.Managing type 2 diabetes can feel like a full-time job. And, like many demanding roles, it can lead to burnout that makes it hard to stay on track. While diabetes burnout is typical, I know there are some ways to recover from it.
So, how do you deal with it?
Well being diagnosed decades now and suffered long before diagnosis I look back every so often through the years and pull from my best steady treatment and how it was achieved and allowed a steady healthy years. I emulate those things if my body can.
Now I'm older I hv other health problems that are not directly diabetes caused. They also deserve the same attention as my diabetes care. So I prioritise my diabetes care to ensure my other health problems don't suffer even more.
In fact I hv a few health problems and boy collectively they are truly exhausting but...... I carry on. I carry on taking all my meds, I carry on going to or listening to my hospital appointments and I carry on trying to stay upbeat and an attentive listener to my families needs.
I research as much as possible and listen to similar sufferers. All experience worth alot to me.
This forum is one of the best, if not the best for bringing similar people together. Listeners.
I'm in contact with e-friends in all my health conditions via social media closed sites etc. I find all their opinions valuable. Even those who disagree with my outlook. I'm fair but always make my own mind up. After all I'm the expert in how my body is making me feel or affecting my walking ability. Oh and my thinking ability too.
I hv mini burnouts and big whoppers. Luckily for me the NHS have been there and now since I live in the same area for more than 7 years. Medical intervention has saved my life. A few times.
Burnout can be a mental status but also a medically one.
I'm looking for help with my mobility and boy I just want to be able to skip with my 8yr old son and also old friends again !!!
Boy did I take it for granted. I was hugely mobile in pregnancy 9yrs ago and in moving house twice thereafter. I'm not being unreasonable to be back like that as I'm not old yet.
Thank you, it's really important to talk to people who understand, don't judge, and supportI agree. After a decade since diagnosis I can look back at times of feeling burnt out. What helps me is coming on here, to people who understand and are supportive. Some of the benefit of the forum is knowledge, but a big benefit of the forum is it's non judgemental support from others. You are not alone with this, we understand.
Hello, you do a great job.@Robert Henderson hello Robert. How do you deal with it? That was your question. I have slipped off the low carb wagon a number of times and low carb/ keto is what I need to deal with my diabetes. Some would call it carb creep and others ‘burn out’. What has brought me back to it is feeling rough, realising I’m avoiding taking my blood sugar in the mornings and gaining weight. My state of mind is different too. Before if I had a slip for a day I would tell myself I had messed up and there was no point in trying to continue. Now I am much more sensible with myself. If I have a slip then I tell myself it is not the end of the world and I can simply do better on my next meal and I haven’t completely lost my way.
I totally agree. Physical burnout leads to mental burnout. External influences whether medical or non-medical can exacerbate it. Some more than others, right?It's so physical.
Yes, personal characteristics can only exacerbate the effects of stressors. The root of any problem is its complete understanding and awareness of the steps taken, so you need to move in that direction.I totally agree. Physical burnout leads to mental burnout. External influences whether medical or non-medical can exacerbate it. Some more than others, right?
I find that even though I am very aware of the stressors and requirements of treating my condition, I still find it a challenge sometimes. I am wary of people who dismiss the concept of continuing stress and burnout as being a lack of understanding and awareness. |Its more than that. Our blood sugar levels affect every part of us, including our mental health.Yes, personal characteristics can only exacerbate the effects of stressors. The root of any problem is its complete understanding and awareness of the steps taken, so you need to move in that direction.
Yes, I have a point I'm moving towards. I've burned out before, and I've asked for help. Then I started researching this topic, reading a lot about it. And now I don't let diabetes rule my life, but find a spot for it so that I can live a good life with this disease.I find that even though I am very aware of the stressors and requirements of treating my condition, I still find it a challenge sometimes. I am wary of people who dismiss the concept of continuing stress and burnout as being a lack of understanding and awareness. |Its more than that. Our blood sugar levels affect every part of us, including our mental health.
Out of interest, have you a point you are moving towards? I get the sense you feel you have some knowledge to impart to those of us struggling, rather than being burnt out yourself and asking for support personally.
Back story…Managing type 2 diabetes can feel like a full-time job. And, like many demanding roles, it can lead to burnout that makes it hard to stay on track. While diabetes burnout is typical, I know there are some ways to recover from it.
So, how do you deal with it?
Irritable bowel was, for me, sorted by introducing milled seeds into my low carb way of eating. Up your 3 tablespoons a day initially now down to 1 tablespoons every other day. Was recommended by a gastroenterologist I saw. It's the type of fibre they contain apparently . That and reducing stress, which the walking seems to do for you. The food intake requirements over the years are complicated by a condition called Irritable Bowel.
Yes indeed. I am also lucky enough to have a T2 friend I see most weeks at the gym. He can eat more carbs than me, being a muscular bloke, and I am more focussed / obsessive about low carb than he is, but it's great to be able to have a little moan together every so often about our restricted diet and its inconveniences. I recommend anyone who can to seek out a real life diabetic buddy.What helps me is coming on here, to people who understand and are supportive.
@1pilgrim, I do so envy you this. Eating low carb must have been a challenge, though.I have walked across Spain 9 times.
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