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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samael_Coughlan" data-source="post: 1206543" data-attributes="member: 315430">Well something about antipsychotics is that it slows your metabolism and makes your liver make more sugar. This is the first wold card, the second being that hyperthyroidism makes you burn more energy and use up your sugar. I first thought this would even each other out but instead they play havoc with me.I have tried to count carbs and still guestimate before I shoot myself up but, as my diabetic nurse loves to remind me, I'm really bad at it. I mean half the problem is that the hyperthyroidism which burns up all my fat also makes me hungry so I'm not sure how much I'll end up eating. If somebody comes to a study session and brought chips, lollies, fruit or such to share then all bets are off of how much I'll take on.I've tried actually sticking to meal plans but how busy I will be from day to day varies and I if I lose track of myself I commit that deadly sin that makes my doc want to slap me and that is miss a meal. I wish I could rely on work to give me timely breaks or lectures to end on time or other's to not change plans but I have tried a meal plan and, lest circumstances (and my boss who equated chronic illnesses to his hay fever) change, I'm not good at keeping them.I have thought about an insulin pump before, though I would have to talk to the healthcare team I've accumulated about it (heading cats seems to be easier than convincing a pharmacist, a psych, a diabetes nurse and an endocrinologist to have a lasting correspondence about the same topic) though I'm not sure how durable they are, how much care I would have and how I would have to change my eating habits. As a barista, my workplace oft has spills and thrills and I use swimming to destress. I'm sure Australian Medicare will take the bite off it but an $8,000 belt accessory doesn't seem like something I want to be flippant about.</blockquote>

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