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I'm not eating 3 times a day and I'm a newly diagnosed about a month ish and I can't do my bed time injection without having a pannic attack
 
Hi kade welcome
Where you not given a tutorial on how to inject etc when you first got diagnosed. It's only natural to have nerves I was the same and I still have this ritual where I turn the pen 3 times before i inject.i was given a pretend patch of skin to practice on to give me confidence
 
Steff said:
Hi kade welcome
Where you not given a tutorial on how to inject etc when you first got diagnosed. It's only natural to have nerves I was the same and I still have this ritual where I turn the pen 3 times before i inject.i was given a pretend patch of skin to practice on to give me confidence
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I was given a tutorial bit I told them to leave me alone and walked off Iv already had a bad ilness I don't want this one
 
Welcome to the forum Kade. Sorry you've had to join us.
Diabetes and insulin is tough, but it is manageable. I'm assuming you are on 1 long acting insulin injection at bedtime and one short acting with each meal. It doesn't matter if you don't eat 3 meals a day, as long as you inject with each meal. What don't you like about your long acting injection at bedtime? We might be able to suggest some things that would make it less anxiety inducing.

Please get in touch with whoever started you on insulin. Don't give up until you speak to someone, by 5pm today.
 
Kade said:
I was given a tutorial bit I told them to leave me alone and walked off Iv already had a bad ilness I don't want this one
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Well unfortunately @Kade you have this one :( so you need to make a few adjustments so you can live a normal happy life. You don't have to eat 3 meals a day so don't worry about that. If you are not eating a meal you simply don't inject for the non existent meal 🙂

Many people go through stages of fear/frustration and denial when first diagnosed. Ask for help and don't be afraid to accept the help offered. As a teenager things are twice as bad due to hormones raging so acceptance will be a struggle. It takes a lot of guts and maturity to ask for that help but as you have reached out to us this is your first stage and we can help and encourage you all the way if you want us to.
Wishing you well.
 
So sorry to hear this, @Kade. I don't inject so I can't help with that, but I do understand your frustration. Please try and get help as others have said, and let us know how you get on. We are all here to support you xx
 
Kade we all have really been through this i know you can , it does get easier i know you dont think like thst at the moment good luck kade
 
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