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rosieposie6661
One problem is that high sugar levels actually gives us depressive symptoms -making us more likely to feel burnout.
I was in your position for a number of years.
Eventually -thanks to the forum here- I tried reducing down my carbs.
Taking that step, of cutting my carbs down and having more fat in my diet (more dairy, less carbs) made a huge difference and allowed me to take control of the condition for the first time in years.
The other thing that completed the change was to test my sugar levels more than I had been doing. I went from testing about 4 times a day to testing 6-7 times a day which helped me to better work out what my sugar levels were doing between meals -great for catching any hypos before they hit.
The great advantage was that despite testing more I felt better because the low carb, high fat diet was giving me much nicer blood sugar results.
I've found that it's not the lancets that hurt, it's the pain of seeing bad numbers. The bad results really cut inside and got me down. Seeing good numbers for the first time in years was an absolute breath of fresh air.
PS big thanks to
fergus for inspiring me to make the change to my diet