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<blockquote data-quote="Jade-1990" data-source="post: 1702201" data-attributes="member: 468371"><p>Hi, I was diagnosed at the beginning of this year after being ill over Christmas. I had all the classic symptoms yet I was oblivious to the fact that they all pointed to one thing. If work colleagues hadn’t forced me into going to the doctors I don’t know how long I would have left it before bothering to get checked (I never like to go to the doctors for anything unless I’m forced). I’m 27 years old and was definitely not expecting to get diabetes, I didn’t know too much about it and so it’s all been quite overwhelming. So far I’m being told that I’m coping well and getting used to it all. The last week or so though I feel as though I’ve been really struggling and stupid as it sounds ‘feeling sorry for myself’, I’ve been on antidepressants for nearly a year now and it’s not uncommon for me to go through really low patches and I’m really trying to be positive about things but I’m just feeling a bit rubbish about everything. It’s all so overwhelming and I think I just need some reassurance that it’s not the end of the world, i’m aware that it’s a big change to my life but I’m struggling to think about the long term (and I know I shouldn’t be thinking so far ahead). I just wonder how other people deal with it, whether you’ve had it for 6months or 60 years..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jade-1990, post: 1702201, member: 468371"] Hi, I was diagnosed at the beginning of this year after being ill over Christmas. I had all the classic symptoms yet I was oblivious to the fact that they all pointed to one thing. If work colleagues hadn’t forced me into going to the doctors I don’t know how long I would have left it before bothering to get checked (I never like to go to the doctors for anything unless I’m forced). I’m 27 years old and was definitely not expecting to get diabetes, I didn’t know too much about it and so it’s all been quite overwhelming. So far I’m being told that I’m coping well and getting used to it all. The last week or so though I feel as though I’ve been really struggling and stupid as it sounds ‘feeling sorry for myself’, I’ve been on antidepressants for nearly a year now and it’s not uncommon for me to go through really low patches and I’m really trying to be positive about things but I’m just feeling a bit rubbish about everything. It’s all so overwhelming and I think I just need some reassurance that it’s not the end of the world, i’m aware that it’s a big change to my life but I’m struggling to think about the long term (and I know I shouldn’t be thinking so far ahead). I just wonder how other people deal with it, whether you’ve had it for 6months or 60 years.. [/QUOTE]
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