Quick vent, feeling a bit out of control

[Beck S]

Just need to vent a bit really.

Since diagnosis and then up to Christmas I'd been doing really well, I was getting my head around all of this and my BG levels were happily within the 5-7 range most of the time; my 3 month HbA1c was great, and my DN and I talked about trying to ditch my gliclazide tablet after Christmas. Christmas came and went and was for the most part ok, I have a couple of weeks and then tried life without the gliclazide. Since then, I feel like I'm losing my handle on this whole thing. My BG is now generally in the 6-8 range, which while not being too much higher than before, has annoyed me because I was doing so well. I'm also getting high readings when I'm really not expecting them (yesterday morning, before breakfast when I walked from the station to work and even ran down the platform for the train, where I'd usually be around 6.5, I was up to 8.4 and I had no idea why, or what to do about it.) and some of the foods I consider safe have been having an adverse effect. I've upped my exercise, my weight is coming down slowly. I know it's down to me not having the support from the tablet, and ultimately I don't want to be using them at all, but a small part of me kind of wants to go back onto them, even though I know that's not at all the best thing.

To be honest I know I'm worrying over nothing, my friends have been good with being level headed about it, but I'm just having a wobble because I can't get to where I want to be and its frustrating me.

Anyway, I just wanted to have a bit of a rant. Thanks 🙂

 

[mikeyB]

If you weren’t getting ill effects from the Gliclazide, and your were doing just fine, then get back on it. There is absolutely no shame in doing that. It’s your diabetes. Some folk can manage without tablets if they do their best, and some folk can’t even if they do their best. Everyone is different.

No one will criticise you, don’t worry, and as I said, it’s not a failure on your part.

 

[Beck S]

If you weren’t getting ill effects from the Gliclazide, and your were doing just fine, then get back on it. There is absolutely no shame in doing that. It’s your diabetes. Some folk can manage without tablets if they do their best, and some folk can’t even if they do their best. Everyone is different.

No one will criticise you, don’t worry, and as I said, it’s not a failure on your part.

I've definitely thought about it - in the meantime, I had a GP review last week and the doctor was so confident he removed them from my repeat prescription. I've yet to check in with the Unit, although I plan to this week, and I'm really leaning more on their sayso than my GP. If they do put me back on then they'll have to write to the doctors again for me!

 

[HOBIE]

Good luck 🙂

 

[Bloden]

Sorry to hear you’re going thru a difficult patch, Beck S. It sounds like you’re doing everything you can to look after yourself, which is excellent - good for you.🙂 Any changes we make to our treatment can be stressful so it’s normal to have a ‘wobble’ and, if you’re not happy, you know you can go back to your doctor for a reassessment of the situation. 🙂

 

[AceFace]

Just a wobble Becks i wish i had your figures dont put too much pressure on yourself just makes matter worse, just ask for your drugs back if you feel more comfortable and it works.