Hi everyone. A little background. I'm 28, been T1 for 17 years. I always had pretty solid control of my sugars with A1C around 6.7 most of the time until about a year ago. I was finishing my PhD and put my diabetes care on the back burner. I developed lots of stress and anxiety during this time, but it seemed to fade once I finished and relaxed. Until recently.
I've always had issues with nocturnal hypos, especially as I usually exercise later in the day. But a recent crash the morning after a workout left me on edge and after another crash a few days later it feels like my anxiety is back full force.
Seeing downward trend arrows can worry me and I get afraid to eat because then I have to bolus and I fear the bolus will make me crash. Normally I enjoy exercising and the mood lift it brings but again the fear of dropping afterwards or overnight makes me hesitant. I've been trying very hard to keep my numbers level, and it will work for a few days. Then one kink or mistake and it feels like I ruined or wasted the hard work. I'm feeling exhausted and tired from trying so hard to treat my sugars well but still having highs and lows. I know there will always be variability, but it gets so draining to constantly be trying to adjust for every variable.
This post was mainly venting, but as many on this sub have mentioned before, it can be hard to find people who really understand the struggle it can be sometimes. As a side note, if anyone has any tips for making Enlite sensors be more accurate and last longer, I'd love to hear them.
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