Type 1 Burnout

[Juicyj]

Lol - glad to hear, it's like giving yourself permission to look after yourself, I started out just doing it under a table, now I do it on the high street, in shops, whenever I need to I do it. So far no one has commented but I am verbally braced for the moment when someone does.. It's quite liberating when you do !!

 

[smc4761]

I am still the same as the OP, in that I will rarely give myself an injection in public, eg on a train at work, restaurant etc. I nearly always excuse myself and do this in the toilet. Maybe its an age thing as when I was first diagnosed it was ll large glass syringes

 

[kevinfitzgerald]

I think I need some help.

I’m not one for writing on forums, sharing out loud or asking for help but yet again I woke up this morning with a feeling of total dread towards yet another day with type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed on 3rd November 1975, nearly 40 years ago, and to be honest I’ve had enough of it! It hasn’t caused me too many other health problems apart from a short period of neuropathy that caused me to have double vision in one eye, and that should have motivated me but the feeling only lasted for a brief time. I take tablets to control blood pressure and cholesterol but have never suffered ill health from either of the conditions they are supposedly controlling.

The problem is I am exhausted. I feel tired every second of every day. For nearly 40 years either consciously or sub-consciously I have been thinking about what I eat, what I drink, how I exercise, when I exercise, working, driving, walking the dog, partying, sitting on my backside watching TV, going to the pub, sitting on a train, flying, when to do a jab, when not to do a jab, where to do a jab (both on my body and in what location when out and about), how to do a jab (deep in the skin, only slightly in the skin), carb counting, blood tests, hypos, hypers, HbA1c results, etc. etc. etc. It just goes on and on and on and on.

I’ve never really followed any of the rules and I really can’t motivate myself to do regular blood test as you can imagine how sore my fingers would be by now. I guess I’ve been lucky so far, but because I really can’t be bothered any more my long-term bloods are creeping up (the latest was 10.7).

There are times when I used to think I’d beaten it and I had control but for the last few years I’ve realised that this bl**dy disease is always going to have control over me! I don’t have the energy to keep fighting it so it seems to me that my only option is to give into it, live me life without worrying about, and let it consume me.

That’s why I think I need some help.

Hi there,

Like you I've had Type 1 for a good few years now. Knocking 34 years and was diagnosed when 13 years old.

Also thankfully I have not had too many major health issues caused by complications though I do have neuropathy.

I'm sure there may be a few out there that may read this with some disdain but I can only speak from my experience.

I have never been a carb counter and do not over think my illness. I use my 34 years experience as my guide and I am sensible.

I inject what I think I will need for whatever it is I am about to eat (I'm a good guesstimator) and I allow myself treats a couple of times a week. I rarely do blood tests. My HbA1c at my last clinic appointment was 50 (granted a little lower would have been better but it is not bad) and they have been around and below that mark for the last ten years or so.

You speak about constantly thinking about the illness in absolutely every detail and it's exhausted you. You have 40 years experience you can use so maybe you could cut down on some of the analysis and just trust yourself.
Allow yourself to live with the illness instead of allowing the illness to be your life.

This attitude might help. A change in your own practice. I have read a few posts from others that seem to manage the illness well without the constant thinking and analysis and it has worked for me for many years now.

I follow the rules but I am very liberal in doing so. I watch what I eat (but do not obsess about it) , keep busy and do a little exercise and use my years experience of having diabetes to keep my management of it fairly good.

What is the point in having perfect management if you have to waste your life and soul, every second of every day to achieve this !

I honestly do not believe that we have to run our lives like a military operation just because we have Type 1 diabetes !

Be positive and confident and use the wealth of experience you have to your advantage. Treat yourself every now and then also and enjoy a little "normal living" Your mental well being is equally as important as your physical.

This might help, it might not but I do hope there's something here that might.

Kev

 

[donnellysdogs]

Hi there,

Like you I've had Type 1 for a good few years now. Knocking 34 years and was diagnosed when 13 years old.

Also thankfully I have not had too many major health issues caused by complications though I do have neuropathy.

I'm sure there may be a few out there that may read this with some disdain but I can only speak from my experience.

I have never been a carb counter and do not over think my illness. I use my 34 years experience as my guide and I am sensible.

I inject what I think I will need for whatever it is I am about to eat (I'm a good guesstimator) and I allow myself treats a couple of times a week. I rarely do blood tests. My HbA1c at my last clinic appointment was 50 (granted a little lower would have been better but it is not bad) and they have been around and below that mark for the last ten years or so.

You speak about constantly thinking about the illness in absolutely every detail and it's exhausted you. You have 40 years experience you can use so maybe you could cut down on some of the analysis and just trust yourself.
Allow yourself to live with the illness instead of allowing the illness to be your life.

This attitude might help. A change in your own practice. I have read a few posts from others that seem to manage the illness well without the constant thinking and analysis and it has worked for me for many years now.

I follow the rules but I am very liberal in doing so. I watch what I eat (but do not obsess about it) , keep busy and do a little exercise and use my years experience of having diabetes to keep my management of it fairly good.

What is the point in having perfect management if you have to waste your life and soul, every second of every day to achieve this !

I honestly do not believe that we have to run our lives like a military operation just because we have Type 1 diabetes !

Be positive and confident and use the wealth of experience you have to your advantage. Treat yourself every now and then also and enjoy a little "normal living" Your mental well being is equally as important as your physical.

This might help, it might not but I do hope there's something here that might.

Kev

Agree.. Totally.