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Radders said:
What a pain! Hope there is something similar north of the border.
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Its gotten that I'm that desperate for help I looked into private psychologists but there aren't even any of those in my area :( x
 
Kaylz said:
Yes and I googled for my area too, there is nothing anywhere near x
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Pretty expensive for private sessions anyway Kaylz. Certainly in excess of £40 @ hr and likely much more. Hope you get a NHS appointment soon.
 
Amigo said:
Pretty expensive for private sessions anyway Kaylz. Certainly in excess of £40 @ hr and likely much more. Hope you get a NHS appointment soon.
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At this moment in time I don't care about the cost, I have money from my last birthday and Christmas that I'd quite happily use to get the help, hopefully as I say though the consultant will see how bad things really are and get something done about it ASAP 🙂 x
 
Is the Diabetics with Eating Disorders (http://dwed.org.uk/) website any help?

For a low tech approach, have you tried the health section of your local library? Perhaps reading about anxiety and approaches to tackling it could help in the mean time. Sadly, mental health isn't as well resourced as physical health, and so I don't like to think of you holding out for an appointment that may be months away.

Did you see a programme on the TV on anorexia on Thursday night? Quite tough watching, I lost someone to an eating disorder and so I know it's not as easy as "just eat some food and you'll be better". The programme focussed on the daughter of a news reader who had anorexia as a teenager. She got some professional help in the end and got better, but she said the turning point was when the nurse said to her "you have 3 choices, you can die from anorexia, you can live the half life you're living now (painfully thin, eating the bare minimum, constantly rowing with her family about food) or you can try what we suggest and see how it goes", so she chose to give it a try. Quite thought provoking.
 
Pigeon said:
Is the Diabetics with Eating Disorders (http://dwed.org.uk/) website any help?

For a low tech approach, have you tried the health section of your local library? Perhaps reading about anxiety and approaches to tackling it could help in the mean time. Sadly, mental health isn't as well resourced as physical health, and so I don't like to think of you holding out for an appointment that may be months away.

Did you see a programme on the TV on anorexia on Thursday night? Quite tough watching, I lost someone to an eating disorder and so I know it's not as easy as "just eat some food and you'll be better". The programme focussed on the daughter of a news reader who had anorexia as a teenager. She got some professional help in the end and got better, but she said the turning point was when the nurse said to her "you have 3 choices, you can die from anorexia, you can live the half life you're living now (painfully thin, eating the bare minimum, constantly rowing with her family about food) or you can try what we suggest and see how it goes", so she chose to give it a try. Quite thought provoking.
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Thank you I will take a look at that too 🙂 and thank you for understanding and not just saying just go and eat as it really isn't that simple, no I didn't see that unfortunately, do you remember what channel it was on? just so I can have a check and see if its being repeated anywhere, sorry to bother you x
 
Is there a Diabetes UK group in your local area? I go to my local group, and I'm always surprised you kindly spirited people are and the support they offer their fellow diabetics.

We are super-fortunate in that our group is co-chaired by our local hospital DSN and our local Endocrinologist. At cup of tea time it's a bit like an extra Diabetes Clinic.
 
AndBreathe said:
Is there a Diabetes UK group in your local area? I go to my local group, and I'm always surprised you kindly spirited people are and the support they offer their fellow diabetics.

We are super-fortunate in that our group is co-chaired by our local hospital DSN and our local Endocrinologist. At cup of tea time it's a bit like an extra Diabetes Clinic.
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Unfortunately not there is only a group for type 2's around here none for type 1's I know two other type 1's but I can't talk to them as they haven't looked after themselves properly so they wouldn't be able to help much x
 
Kaylz said:
Unfortunately not there is only a group for type 2's around here none for type 1's I know two other type 1's but I can't talk to them as they haven't looked after themselves properly so they wouldn't be able to help much x
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Is it a Diabetes UK group? Have you asked at your clinic if there is a group there?
 
AndBreathe said:
Is it a Diabetes UK group? Have you asked at your clinic if there is a group there?
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I've asked the DSN's, googled it etc there is nothing in my area for Type 1's, the nearest there is is 27 miles away and it's at 7:30pm so not suitable for me x
 
Have you thought about starting a group in your area yourself? Someone has to start each of these groups after all. There are no doubt others in your area that would welcome such a group. 🙂
 
Lisa66 said:
Have you thought about starting a group in your area yourself? Someone has to start each of these groups after all. There are no doubt others in your area that would welcome such a group. 🙂
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I wouldn't know how to go about it, and I feel I don't know enough to start a group, I would just like to be able to go along to one and maybe the first one just sit and listen to others experiences x
 
Well if it's a matter of starting something to meet people to chat with, then a notice at the library, local gp surgeries, local shop, clinic maybe? Maybe Paul could help you, he sounds helpful. At your age I'm sure you're a lot more familiar with social media than me too. All groups must start of small to begin with and then you'd also have others to help you put the word out and organise something more, if that's what you want?

You don't have to know a lot to start a group, it doesn't have to be a medical advice group, sometimes it's just nice to have a coffee, chat and a giggle with some people that you share experiences with, even if it's just 2 or 3 others to begin with. It would be a start and who knows where it could go? You always sound like a very friendly young lady, I'm sure there are others locally who would love to meet up. It would also give you something to concentrate on maybe. 🙂
 
Meet Up website lists many groups - you state your area and interests, and will be told about groups. Then you decide whether or not to get invoved.
 
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