Thank you and I'm from the UK, and I ain't seen my diabetic team for a while now, I've seen the crisis team just over a month ago but They not got back with me yet.Hi and welcome @Tyiaka
I think your thread got lost and fell down the Recent Posts list, because it was posted late at night. Hopefully you will come back and see these responses.
Am in total agreement with @Nicola M that this is something you need to talk to your diabetes team about, and get some ongoing help - far and above what this forum and its members can offer. Having said that, please come back and post here. Let us know how you are feeling today, and what is going on for you. You definitely are not alone in how you feel, and there are many members who have either had similar feelings, or who have watched family and friends go through this. One of the best things about this forum is realising that we are not alone.
Are you in the UK or another country? Sometimes your location makes a difference and people can suggest different support or services relevant to your country.
Thank you and I'm from the UK, and I ain't seen my diabetic team for a while now, I've seen the crisis team just over a month ago but They not got back with me yet.
No I didn't see it that way, so don't worry to much and I keep looking at the Samaritans number on my white board but I can't even stay on the phone to my mother for longer than 20 seconds, I wouldn't know how to chat to a stranger on the phone, it's only taken me 6 months to try this forum app outIt is sooo infuriating that these things take so long, meanwhile you are left hanging.
You could also try going to your doc, and asking for an urgent referral for counselling. That will take time too, but at least it would be a two pronged attack, as it were.
And then, for those awful late night black pits of despair, there is always The Samaritans. They offer a good non judgemental ear, even if they won’t be able to tackle insulin related stuff.
I hope you didn’t think that my post above was trying to bounce you out of the forum and into the slo mo arms of the NHS. I just re-read my post and thought it sounded a bit like I was. Not my intention! I was just trying to explain the limitations of a forum like this. It is a great place to connect, share experiences and not feel alone, but we can’t offer any professional, qualified advice, especially medical advice.
We have members from all over the world, but thinks do get quieter during the UK night, so please don’t worry if it takes a while for people to respond.
Something you may find the forum very useful for is seeing the discussions that insulin users have, with differents tricks and techniques they use to make the daily grind of testing, calculating doses, and injecting. If you have only been diagnosed a year, then there is probably still a lot to learn. We have members who have been living with it for years, who have experienced every stage from diagnosis to acceptance, with every degree of frustration, boredom, helplessness and rebellion in between. And back again.
I will tag in a few type 1s to see if they have anything to offer you.
@Diakat @Juicyj @himtoo @Jaylee @Scott-C @Mel dCP
I'm "just" a T2, but I've wanted to die for most of my life. Chemical imbalance in my brain, but meds have too many side-effects that clash with my other conditions/meds. The one time I did reach out for help, the Dutch system forgot about me, and I was hanging on by my fingernails for a year. (And only picked up because I asked exactly how long their bl**dy waitinglist was!) It's hard to ask for help, when you're feeling like you're not worth it anyway, and then to be forgotten, slip through their cracks? I hope the UK's got it sorted better than that. In the end, I had to do it myself, like basically the past 40 years.Most my life I've only wanted to be dead or in prison, so let's say 7, and I'm in and out of hospital 3 times a year at best. Now I've been a diabetic for a year now and I've been really struggling to look after myself, even putting myself in more danger than usual, I starve myself, I avoid taking my insulin and I really wanna solve this problem, does anyone have advice to give or recommend medication.
And as for meds, the only one that actually made me feel better was amytriptiline, (sp?), after seroxat and prozac failed, but it clashed with my Sjögren's. Otherwise I'd be hugging those pills still.Most my life I've only wanted to be dead or in prison, so let's say 7, and I'm in and out of hospital 3 times a year at best. Now I've been a diabetic for a year now and I've been really struggling to look after myself, even putting myself in more danger than usual, I starve myself, I avoid taking my insulin and I really wanna solve this problem, does anyone have advice to give or recommend medication.
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