Day 2 of Diabetes Blog Week- The Other Half of Diabetes - Tuesday 5/17 (AKA mental health!!) We think a lot about the physical component of diabetes, but the mental component is just as significant. How does diabetes affect you or your loved one mentally or emotionally? How have you learned to deal with the mental aspect … Continue reading Day 2- The Other Half of Diabetes #dBlogWeek
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Day 1- Message Monday
Message Monday - Monday 5/16 Lets kick off the week by talking about why we are here, in the diabetes blog space. What is the most important diabetes awareness message to you? Why is that message important for you, and what are you trying to accomplish by sharing it on your blog? (Thank you, Heather Gabel, … Continue reading Day 1- Message Monday
Anxiety Medication
A few months ago, I went on medication for my anxiety for the first time. I was more against it than I had been about medication for my ADHD. “So you’re taking medication for your ADHD on the weekends so that you don’t get as anxious. Is that really what the ADHD medication is for?” … Continue reading Anxiety Medication
Getting “Officially” Diagnosed at 22 with ADHD, Anxiety, and OCD
A little over a year ago right before graduation, I started the (pretty) grueling and long process of getting screened for ADHD. Finding a place that my insurance "kind of" covered, would fit me in, and had at least a basic understanding of (or willingness to learn about) diabetes was definitely an adventure. Which led … Continue reading Getting “Officially” Diagnosed at 22 with ADHD, Anxiety, and OCD
#MentalHealth & #Diabetes- how “taboo”
Diabetes. It's taboo. Mental health. It's taboo. Put it all together… and what do we have? Our current situation in diabetes, healthcare, (and society in general). And maybe- well probably- my situation. We have a world where when asked “how are you?” you are supposed to say “fine” or “well” or “great.” You aren’t … Continue reading #MentalHealth & #Diabetes- how “taboo”
My reaction to “Many Schools Failing on Type 1 Diabetes Care”
Here I am, with a long post. I'm supposed to be asleep, and I can't. So I'm gonna get my thoughts out and go to bed, hopefully. I couldn't fit them all into the character limit of a tweet. So I'm calling this a reaction- my feelings on the subject as well as some mini … Continue reading My reaction to “Many Schools Failing on Type 1 Diabetes Care”
I just forget.
I understand that I really have to take my ADHD medication between 5:30PM and 6:30PM. If I take it before 5:30, there’s a little too much in my system at that time, and it wears off way before I go to bed. If I take it after 6:30, it will keep me up after I … Continue reading I just forget.
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