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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 1208461" data-attributes="member: 148713">Hi samael, I'm going to come at this problem from a different angle. I have Type 1 and hypothyroidism. My son has schizophrenia and is on Abilify, which is causing some weight gain for him. You've got lots of good advice here, but it all requires quite a lot of motivation, which is one of the first things to go when you are symptomatic with schizophrenia (and you said your symptoms are starting up again). Another thing that strikes is disorganization. Now, obviously, you work, you study, you have a girlfriend and you're expecting a baby. That's quite a lot to manage at 21 even without diabetes and a serious mental health problem. So, I'm going to suggest that you ask for more social support from your loved ones rather than simple medical assistance.You do need to have a regular diet. It sounds like 90% of your roller coaster would be eliminated by a more regular routine. Can you ask your girlfriend and/or other family members to help you more with that regularity?It would be a good habit to get into right now before your baby comes.Once you have regular mealtimes, carb counting becomes really easy. Without regular mealtimes interpreting blood sugar results is pretty impossible.On the thyroid issue, I have been on thyroxine for forty years. I honestly don't know what people are talking about when they complain about it. I have a blood test every now and then, the doctor adjusts my dose if necessary, and life goes on. I'm not and never have been overweight. If you keep an eye on it (and remember to take it), you shouldn't have any problems. If your father slowed down, it means his dose was not right, or perhaps he was attributing his problems to the thyroid problem when they came from something else (more likely the diabetes IME), or the depression associated with schizophrenia.These days it is much easier to get control of all these conditions. It was much harder in the past. But with trial and error, medical assistance and treatment, family support, and a bit of education we can do it.Can I suggest you read Think Like A Pancreas? That book helped me a lot.Also, there is another useful website schizophrenia.com, like this one but for people with sz or bpd etc. It's very useful. It has a good Medications board. There's a lot of stuff on there about an amino acid called sarcosine, which people on APs find useful. It has helped my son quite a lot with motivation, concentration, organization, etc.Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app</blockquote>

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