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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 1983161" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>Have you talked to your GP about this? It is, of course, possible that your depression is affecting your diabetes and your GP may be able to find ways to help you with that. Depression’s pants. However, there may be some ways to reduce the bleak black dog.</p><p>Exercise does help. I’ve heard people say that the adrenaline produced when exercising raises blood sugars and they counteract this by having a small carb snack, say 10g or so, before they start.</p><p>You should only need to take the insulin that you need to stay in range. It doesn’t matter if it’s a lot, all our needs as T1s seem to vary. Which insulins are you taking? Do you inject the bolus 10 to 20 minutes before you eat so that you have it up and working before carbs enter your system? If you look at the bumph that comes with your insulin it’ll tell you how long after injecting it (may) become active. Even if you plan the amount of carb you’re going to eat and inject accordingly then fill up with non-carb veg like greens to feel full it should make a difference.</p><p>Do you see a Consultant at a clinic? If you do it’d be worth asking for an appointment and take in a record of your results so you can get advice.</p><p>It seems that you’re dealing with two or three interrelated issues: depression - see your GP -; </p><p>blood sugar levels - you could try limiting carb and blousing before meals, and even doing a basal test, </p><p>and body image - this one’s a big problem in modern society. You may see yourself as ‘fat’ but you may not be. If you’ve more weight than you’d like then why not call yourself plumptious (rhymes with scrumptious) or curveliscious? This issue’s not really worth worrying about right now: forget those spurious demands the image makers peddle! Concentrate on feeling, and being well and ask for help with this. When you’ve got on top of that then you can begin to exercise cheerfully to make yourself feel happy.</p><p>More hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 1983161, member: 68789"] Have you talked to your GP about this? It is, of course, possible that your depression is affecting your diabetes and your GP may be able to find ways to help you with that. Depression’s pants. However, there may be some ways to reduce the bleak black dog. Exercise does help. I’ve heard people say that the adrenaline produced when exercising raises blood sugars and they counteract this by having a small carb snack, say 10g or so, before they start. You should only need to take the insulin that you need to stay in range. It doesn’t matter if it’s a lot, all our needs as T1s seem to vary. Which insulins are you taking? Do you inject the bolus 10 to 20 minutes before you eat so that you have it up and working before carbs enter your system? If you look at the bumph that comes with your insulin it’ll tell you how long after injecting it (may) become active. Even if you plan the amount of carb you’re going to eat and inject accordingly then fill up with non-carb veg like greens to feel full it should make a difference. Do you see a Consultant at a clinic? If you do it’d be worth asking for an appointment and take in a record of your results so you can get advice. It seems that you’re dealing with two or three interrelated issues: depression - see your GP -; blood sugar levels - you could try limiting carb and blousing before meals, and even doing a basal test, and body image - this one’s a big problem in modern society. You may see yourself as ‘fat’ but you may not be. If you’ve more weight than you’d like then why not call yourself plumptious (rhymes with scrumptious) or curveliscious? This issue’s not really worth worrying about right now: forget those spurious demands the image makers peddle! Concentrate on feeling, and being well and ask for help with this. When you’ve got on top of that then you can begin to exercise cheerfully to make yourself feel happy. More hugs. [/QUOTE]
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