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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MeiChanski" data-source="post: 2189879" data-attributes="member: 503481">Hello, Thanks for the tag [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] I initially went to my GP because I wasn’t sleeping due to the fear of hypos. It happened in the past where I needed an ambulance. From there, I wasn’t sleeping and I was testing more than 8 times a day. My GP said to call this service’s numbers to self refer myself for therapy. I called, I received a telephone interview a week later, then I waited over 2 months to see a clinical psychologist about diabetes. Which was a department upstairs from my diabetes centre at the hospital. Your diabetes team can refer you as well because they know long term health conditions like diabetes does play a role mentally. My therapist so far has told me to write down the bad events, rated my mood, write the assumptions in that situation and behaviour changes, then used the question “was this thought helpful or benefitted me in any way?” Or “what would my best friend say?/ “what advice would you give to your best friend if she or he was in this situation?” - this is to look at things in a different perspective. Lastly write down things that you are grateful each day, I did find this difficult to do, especially I was so fixated on the negative situation or my feelings. I would double up on being kind to yourself. We aren’t perfect, diabetes is unpredictable and we won’t let it take over. I eat my hypo treatments or do my corrections and get on with my day.</blockquote>

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