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Hitting an emotional low

CathyN

CathyN

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248
Location
dorset
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
prejudice, racism, complacency, ignorance
Hello

I am relatively lucky. Type 2 , diet controlled, not overweight ..... Blood Glucose levels coming down. I'm trying very hard, as I know loads of us are, to monitor what I eat, when I eat it, how much I exercise etc ..... and I'm reading, and I'm looking at endless recipes. I've been doing it for nearly a month now.

Suddenly I feel over loaded with information I can't process, confused about what to expect long term, a bit confused about what to eat, a bit isolated, a bit worried and quite down. When I read on here what some people go through, i really don't think I should be feeling like this because I'm having a fairly easy time of it.

I just feel overwhelmed.

I expect this is normal?? And even when I get used to the whole thing, it might happen again occasionally??

CathyN
 
Hi Cathy,

You are perfectly normal....I'm sure everyone feels like this at some point. In an odd sort of way you are saying goodbye to the life you knew and that is hard. I don't think this is purely diabetes related - any person who is diagnosed with something that means a radical change in their lifestyle must go through a period of worry, stress and somethimes sorrow. I think it is the thought of the unknown but if you think about it logically, before you were diagnosed your future was an unknown quantity. Now that you know you can do something about it and by the sounds of it you are well on the way.

When you feel like this, accept that you feel like this.... then move on. Make a clear plan, plan your food and exerise for the whole week which then takes away the strain of thinking about it. Come to the forum for encouragement and hugs whenever you need it - most people here have felt the same way. :)
 
Hi Truffle

Thanks for that. Your suggestion about pre-planning is very useful, as I think that what is getting me down mostly is the non-stop diabetes related thinking that I'm doing!! As you suggest, a pre-planned week will take some of that away ... and will stop me making food mistakes when I'm hungry and have nothing planned.

Thanks xx
 
Hi CathyN, :( to :D

I think I am on the same Type 2 as you are, however I don't feel emotionally low just rather tired. (too much coffee I am told)

Yet it must be exactly what you do with your body that cures this so called diabetic problem is highlighted in these Forums.
On TV last night junk food was highlighted.
Early stages of Diabetes was also talked about.

Personally I think I had a diabetes problem many years ago yet never picked up. Just got told in June that I am diabetic type 2 and come back in 3 months for retest.
The doctor advised I look at DIABETES.Co.uk and this found so friendly and helpful.

Good luck and lets hope you find ways to cheer us all up. :lol: Roy
 
Hi Cathy

Yes, it's normal to feel like this, it can be very over-whelming.

Perhaps a day or two off will help - not from diabetes I'm afraid but from reading this forum, testing (eat what you know doesn't spike you), reading about diabetes.

It can become a bit all consuming.

Mary xx
 
I always keep a little section in my fridge which the kids (and husband) know they cannot touch. I keep it stocked with sugarfree jelly, babybells, olives etc... so if I am feeling hungry there is always something I can eat rather than looking longingly at the biscuit cupboard! Knowing what I will take to work for lunch and what I eat for supper takes the time consuming bit of thinking away. I even time my 1/2 hour on the treadmill to co-inside with, I am very ashamed to admit , Home and Away :oops: so that I don't really think about that either!
Exercise always makes me feel better even when I don't want to do it!

Cathy, you will find the strategy that helps you as most on the people here have their own way of coping. :D
 
CathyN, you expressed your feelings so clearly and I identify with everything you said even after all of this time. It have had type 2 for 8 years but it is only since finding this site in the last 3 weeks that I feel a little less isolated so, hopefully you will too. :wave:
 
It's lovely to get such reassurance and support. Thank you - I have had a better day!

Best wishes to everyone!!

CathyN x
 
I have just read your post cathy, and in a sort of convoluted way. I think it can be seen as a positive. In spite of the fact that you are doing well as diet conrolled and have no particular worries you are facing up to the reality of it all and accepting it.
Some people in your position would be in denial,
In someways i think it can be harder for those of us who are not overweight. We have no visible evidence of our success or otherwise in reducing our levels and we see no immediate difference in our insulin resistance.
It is very easy to tell yourself in these circumsances that you don't really have a problem and push it to the back of your mind.
You are totally acceping and coming to terms with it.
Give yourself a pat on the back!
Of course you will have days l when you feel down but it does get easier. You are doing so well it shouldn't take long.
 
Cathy, I am a 53 year Old roughy toughy contract Manager, been in the construction Industry all my life and been in some of the worst holes on the Planet. and sometimes I get overwhelmed by this and feel desolated, of course you will,,, it's a perfectly natural way to feel and if I am honest I imagine it will come and go even in a few years time. That's not weakness or failing, it's dealing with it the best way we know how it's our own mechanisms kicking in to get us through it. In a while when you have your diet sorted, you wont be overloaded it will be as natural to you as your life was before the Diabetes, the information you are reading will have sunk in and you will process it and take what's needed for your life style, as we are all learning this is not a one shoe fits all thing, but more a change and adapt situation. Maybe you need to switch off a bit, some of us are on here eager to learn; I know I am, and tend I to get involved a bit. But not all of us want to or like to, take a bit of just me time and forget it, do something you enjoy. I do that in work, so I am lucky that way I can go a whole day and not give Diabetes a second thought, just tootle off to Tescos at lunch and have a mooch get my BBQ chicken thighs, 5 for £2 and that's me happy as a pig in muck then back to the Job. and most of all ditch the guilt you deserve as much comfort and listening to as any other person on here. Life has a lot to offer go with it :D :D :D
 
Unbeliever said:
It is very easy to tell yourself in these circumsances that you don't really have a problem and push i to the back of your mind.
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I think that is so right. I want to push it to the back of my mind so much , but I know that that really isn't an option. What Roy says about switching off a bit, doing something that is enjoyable and not diabetes related ... and perhaps even as MaryJ suggests, having a day or two off from reading this forum ...as wonderful as it is, might be really useful. Just for a break.

I look forward to the day when I have reached a proper understanding of Type 2, and what works for me. When my levels are good and stay within a good range, and I don't feel like I have to monitor myself 24hrs a day!!! When I can really say that I 'manage' my type 2 !!

In many ways , it's a great challenge!
 
Well I can't offer any useful advice but I thank you Cathy for posting this as it's exactly how I feel. I was starting to worry if my feelings were normal or not, knowing others have the same emotions is strangely comforting. So thanks again Cathy and all the respondents I am so glad I just found this forum.
Best to all of you.
 
Hi Cathy, I think you are absolutely normal to feel the way you do. There is so much information out there. The NHS says do this, doctors say do that, nurses say you can't do that, researchers say this a new wonder cure/it causes complications. It's hard to know if you are coming or going. I think the only advise I can offer is to give the reading and research a rest for a while and give yourself time to work out what's right for you. Eventually you will get to a point where you know what you can and can't eat and get things under control. If you have a down day, that's ok tomorrow is another day and will be better (even if the rain is still hammering down!) Hope all you on the forum are managing to keep dry and not having any problems with all the water. :roll:
 
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