scott.kat131
Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi there,
I don't normally post on any of these forums, much prefer to read rather than write for advise myself but just recently after 20 years of having type 1 diabetes I again find myself at quiet a low point. Feeling like the constant battle is really just to much. Don't worry I'm not about to go and do anything stupid! But I just wondered if any one gets like this. The diabetic clinic always tells me I'm well controlled. This baffles me as the constant struggle to regulate my blood sugars is a daily occurrence and it makes me wonder how other people get on. I myself have always been quiet attentive to my diabetes (perhaps during my teenage years not so much but hey we're all human right!) it seems as if there really is no science and even the diabetic specialist really have no idea due to the swaps and changes in the do's and don't's over the years.
I am a PSCO which means I walk constantly for 10 hour shifts. The impact this is having on my health feels quiet detrimental. I'm either low then high then back to low again or I deal with the lows and end up high a lot!!
I get it all worked out then something else comes into the mix and its back to the drawing board again. I am on Nova rapid and Lantus.
I have read some of the threads here on the forum and there is some really useful stuff.
I am and always have been an active person. I love going to the Gym and going for runs but I daren't do either at the moment until I get on top of these highs and lows I am getting simple by going to work everyday...The constant worrying about the damage being done to my body scares me everyday.
Not really sure any one can help me just wondering if anyone else experiences the same..Although the diabetic clinic say I am a well controlled diabetic I really do not think so and it is starting to impact on my mental health I am sure..Not that I would let anyone outside the Diabetic world know that, they do not understand.
If you have read this thanks for your patience I appreciated it is quite a long post!
I don't normally post on any of these forums, much prefer to read rather than write for advise myself but just recently after 20 years of having type 1 diabetes I again find myself at quiet a low point. Feeling like the constant battle is really just to much. Don't worry I'm not about to go and do anything stupid! But I just wondered if any one gets like this. The diabetic clinic always tells me I'm well controlled. This baffles me as the constant struggle to regulate my blood sugars is a daily occurrence and it makes me wonder how other people get on. I myself have always been quiet attentive to my diabetes (perhaps during my teenage years not so much but hey we're all human right!) it seems as if there really is no science and even the diabetic specialist really have no idea due to the swaps and changes in the do's and don't's over the years.
I am a PSCO which means I walk constantly for 10 hour shifts. The impact this is having on my health feels quiet detrimental. I'm either low then high then back to low again or I deal with the lows and end up high a lot!!
I get it all worked out then something else comes into the mix and its back to the drawing board again. I am on Nova rapid and Lantus.
I have read some of the threads here on the forum and there is some really useful stuff.
I am and always have been an active person. I love going to the Gym and going for runs but I daren't do either at the moment until I get on top of these highs and lows I am getting simple by going to work everyday...The constant worrying about the damage being done to my body scares me everyday.
Not really sure any one can help me just wondering if anyone else experiences the same..Although the diabetic clinic say I am a well controlled diabetic I really do not think so and it is starting to impact on my mental health I am sure..Not that I would let anyone outside the Diabetic world know that, they do not understand.
If you have read this thanks for your patience I appreciated it is quite a long post!
It might be worth doing some basal testing if you haven't done so recently, to see if your lantus dose is set correctly. Have a look at the following: