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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2533340" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>If you were omitting insulin due to your diabulimia, and are taking your insulin now, it may be a situation alike to newly diagnosed who gain weight after starting insulin because their body has been lacking nutrients for a while because of a lack of insulin.</p><p></p><p>Finding the right dose takes time. The dose needed between patients varies a lot (some need only a couple of units, others need a couple of 100) and the only way to find your dose is slowly upping it until you find the dose that works for you.</p><p>So your endo is right, you need to keep taking your insulin if you can.</p><p></p><p>Are you getting any help with your eating disorder (diabulimia is classed as an eating disorder even if you eat 'normally' but don't take the necessary insulin)?</p><p>Fighting an eating disorder is a very hard fight, and one you likely can use some help with. An endo telling you to 'just take your insulin' is not very helpful, even if it is what your body needs.</p><p></p><p>I'm tagging [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER] for you, she hasn't had diabulimia, being a T2 not on insulin, but she did overcome an eating disorder and knows much more about it than I do.</p><p></p><p>Wish you all the best!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2533340, member: 372207"] If you were omitting insulin due to your diabulimia, and are taking your insulin now, it may be a situation alike to newly diagnosed who gain weight after starting insulin because their body has been lacking nutrients for a while because of a lack of insulin. Finding the right dose takes time. The dose needed between patients varies a lot (some need only a couple of units, others need a couple of 100) and the only way to find your dose is slowly upping it until you find the dose that works for you. So your endo is right, you need to keep taking your insulin if you can. Are you getting any help with your eating disorder (diabulimia is classed as an eating disorder even if you eat 'normally' but don't take the necessary insulin)? Fighting an eating disorder is a very hard fight, and one you likely can use some help with. An endo telling you to 'just take your insulin' is not very helpful, even if it is what your body needs. I'm tagging [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER] for you, she hasn't had diabulimia, being a T2 not on insulin, but she did overcome an eating disorder and knows much more about it than I do. Wish you all the best! [/QUOTE]
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