diabulimia

Hi everyone, To take part please follow this link: https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9fJrj2VsT3s4m2 My name is Rebecca and I am a trainee clinical psychologist who is doing some research with individuals with Type 1 Diabetes and struggle with or have struggled with...

Diabetics who also have a rare and potentially fatal eating disorder are to start receiving specialist NHS help to reduce their risk of suffering its “devastating” consequences. About 55,000 people in England with type 1 diabetes also have diabulimia, which occurs when a person with the...

I'e been diagnosed for 25 years. I've been struggling for 25 years. I know what I'm supposed to do AND how to do it. I feel ashamed and anxious most of the time. I admit that I put my head in the sand and I'm rubbish with appintments. I use insulin, or rather I don't use insulin to help me...

Just noticed this is on tonight on BBC1 - originally shown on BBC3: More than 750,000 people in the UK are affected by an eating disorder - but what happens when you have type 1 diabetes and misuse insulin in order to dramatically lose weight? In this documentary, we meet three young people...

There's going to be a feature on BBC Breakfast this morning about diabulimia - story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40888659/the-suicide-note-that-told-megans-diabulimia-story

Ms Skye Simpson, 30, from Melbourne has type 1 diabetes She became 'diabulimic' and skipped injections so she could lose weight At her lowest, she weighed just 47kgs, and had to have her teeth removed Ms Simpson also has bald patches on her head and blurred vision During the injection-skipping...

A more extensive story about the problems of diabulimia: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/diabulimia-the-little-known-eating-disorder-thats-killing-diabet/

Relatives of an anorexic woman who died after missing insulin jabs to lose weight say sufferers only get help when it is too late. The lack of treatment on offer for diabetics who also suffer from eating disorders is a "national scandal", campaigners have warned. Research suggests women who...

Sara was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 11 years of age. She successfully managed the condition until age 15 years when, body conscious and worried that she was overweight, she discovered a secret after accidently skipping her insulin: She lost weight. So began her struggle with...

Kerri Hatch's life is run by alarms. They tell her when to eat, when to take her myriad of medicines, when to check her glucose and when to give herself insulin. Life wasn't always like this for the now 44-year-old. When Kerri was 29, she learned she had Type 1 Diabetes, the type usually...