Hi all,
I'll keep this brief - I was diagnosed as a Type 1 in January this year while living overseas.
For the past 2.5 weeks I've had people visiting me and I've been out with them each night after work (sightseeing/dinner etc). I've been having an amazing time but I'm completely and utterly exhausted. I've been getting home and practically passing out straight away.
The problem is, none of them believe me when I try to tell them that I don't have the same amount of energy that I used to. My diabetes is quite well controlled but because I'm so new at this I still experience frequent hypos and with eating out, there has been a lot of fluctuation in my levels (though they do come back to normal by the next meal). I've been told that my exhaustion cannot possibly be related to my diabetes and that I'm just complaining. I personally just think I'm overdoing it and that I'll be fine when I catch up on some sleep and have some proper 'down time'.
I guess I'm just looking for validation that other people have felt this way when they overdo it and that I'm not crazy (I was told during the 5 months leading up to diagnosis that I was 'weak' and 'crazy' and that there was nothing wrong with me... ). How do you explain to someone - and actually get them to listen to you - that you know your body, that you're not making your symptoms up and that as much as they say they understand, they really can't? I'm just heartbroken that my closest friends/family assume that because the doctors say I'm doing well, everything is perfect and that I should have no symptoms.
Thanks for bearing with me.
Bex
I'll keep this brief - I was diagnosed as a Type 1 in January this year while living overseas.
For the past 2.5 weeks I've had people visiting me and I've been out with them each night after work (sightseeing/dinner etc). I've been having an amazing time but I'm completely and utterly exhausted. I've been getting home and practically passing out straight away.
The problem is, none of them believe me when I try to tell them that I don't have the same amount of energy that I used to. My diabetes is quite well controlled but because I'm so new at this I still experience frequent hypos and with eating out, there has been a lot of fluctuation in my levels (though they do come back to normal by the next meal). I've been told that my exhaustion cannot possibly be related to my diabetes and that I'm just complaining. I personally just think I'm overdoing it and that I'll be fine when I catch up on some sleep and have some proper 'down time'.
I guess I'm just looking for validation that other people have felt this way when they overdo it and that I'm not crazy (I was told during the 5 months leading up to diagnosis that I was 'weak' and 'crazy' and that there was nothing wrong with me... ). How do you explain to someone - and actually get them to listen to you - that you know your body, that you're not making your symptoms up and that as much as they say they understand, they really can't? I'm just heartbroken that my closest friends/family assume that because the doctors say I'm doing well, everything is perfect and that I should have no symptoms.
Thanks for bearing with me.
Bex