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<blockquote data-quote="type_1_girl" data-source="post: 911303" data-attributes="member: 198327"><p>Thank-you for posting this - sums up entirely my situation. </p><p></p><p>I was regularly binge eating junk food years before type 1 diagnosis. This to the extent that I would need to make myself vomit because it was physically too painful to hold the food in (i.e. bulimic not through wanting to be thin or to get rid of what I had eaten...more a serious binge eater who had to vomit as a consequence, if that makes sense). Very much an addiction.</p><p></p><p>8 years later and, despite trying daily to stop as I know it is extremely dangerous, it is all as bad as ever. Ironically, I am not overweight and my hba1c is always under 6 or just slightly over, as I cover the food appropriately with insulin. I get nothing but praise at the diabetes clinic and have no signs of any complications, which in a perverse way is unhelpful as I could do with some stark motivation to really kick this.</p><p></p><p>I've done counselling, self-help, you name it. No difference. I agree with one of the posters above that Brain Over Binge is a fantastic book, and I do honestly feel it is more a habit than anything emotional. I have nothing to be emotionally needy about, other than normal ups and downs which everyone experiences. But I struggle to implement any kind of strategy for longer than a few days. My last request to the NHS for help was humiliating and dismissed as 'not a problem deserving NHS resources as entirely self-inflicted'. While I do not entirely disagree with that , had I presented with diabetes coupled with alcohol or drug addiction - where the same argument could be used - I suspect I would have been able to access help. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I accept I'm on my own and that this is my responsibility ultimately, but any tips/suggestions from those of you who have faced similar difficulties and overcome them would be welcomed. I don't want to carry on this way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="type_1_girl, post: 911303, member: 198327"] Thank-you for posting this - sums up entirely my situation. I was regularly binge eating junk food years before type 1 diagnosis. This to the extent that I would need to make myself vomit because it was physically too painful to hold the food in (i.e. bulimic not through wanting to be thin or to get rid of what I had eaten...more a serious binge eater who had to vomit as a consequence, if that makes sense). Very much an addiction. 8 years later and, despite trying daily to stop as I know it is extremely dangerous, it is all as bad as ever. Ironically, I am not overweight and my hba1c is always under 6 or just slightly over, as I cover the food appropriately with insulin. I get nothing but praise at the diabetes clinic and have no signs of any complications, which in a perverse way is unhelpful as I could do with some stark motivation to really kick this. I've done counselling, self-help, you name it. No difference. I agree with one of the posters above that Brain Over Binge is a fantastic book, and I do honestly feel it is more a habit than anything emotional. I have nothing to be emotionally needy about, other than normal ups and downs which everyone experiences. But I struggle to implement any kind of strategy for longer than a few days. My last request to the NHS for help was humiliating and dismissed as 'not a problem deserving NHS resources as entirely self-inflicted'. While I do not entirely disagree with that , had I presented with diabetes coupled with alcohol or drug addiction - where the same argument could be used - I suspect I would have been able to access help. Anyway, I accept I'm on my own and that this is my responsibility ultimately, but any tips/suggestions from those of you who have faced similar difficulties and overcome them would be welcomed. I don't want to carry on this way. [/QUOTE]
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