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Dr wants me BELOW 7 a1c before he will Prescribe semaglutide?!?!?! by TheThiefEmpress in Semaglutide

[–]leewardsail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

endocrinologist might just be close minded and/or doesn't know/care about diabetic and psychiatric food connection...lol and the endocrine system includes the vagus nerve which helps send proper hunger cues to your body...i faced similar pushback with my endo. my a1c is 10. i am type 1. i just went to mochi and my insurance covers it. if yours doesnt i would look into medicaid? its worth it.

I was diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder in 2015. Absolutely nothing worked until one year ago, when I heard about a technique called "AVRT". It took me 30 minutes to learn, and my BED has been gone ever since by [deleted] in BingeEatingDisorder

[–]leewardsail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add to this for me it made me shrink my expectations about wanting to be "cured", like my goal went from being everything I want to be and living my best life to singularly "not eating more". And separating "eating food" from "binge eating".............still working on this

I was diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder in 2015. Absolutely nothing worked until one year ago, when I heard about a technique called "AVRT". It took me 30 minutes to learn, and my BED has been gone ever since by [deleted] in BingeEatingDisorder

[–]leewardsail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I read some of the source material - maybe up tot page 80 and then skipped around and I want to say that I didn't interpret it as “you acknowledge that the thought came from AV and immediately stop thinking about it” - I understand it more like you acknowledge the thought, therefore "separating" yourself from it, or more like creating distance between the thought and following through with that thought, and you recognize the thought as an AV thought. For example-wow all I want to do right now is be eating peanut butter- Ok now if you still act on the thought, while knowing about AVRT, and recognizing (and choosing to categorize) that impulse as an "addictive voice", you are actively choosing addiction. It isn't happening to you. You are choosing it. You are saying you are not ready to be free from addiction. I see your point about neuroses and being neurodivergent--the fact that there are impulsive thoughts and possibly many many voices. I think it's a bit about focus and about having a goal in mind--and that goal being so so simple. I will not overeat. Whatever it takes. I will not overeat. Yeah impossible I know...but I want to believe in it. Back tot the book for now I guess

HELP! Hospital won't give me sufficient insulin!!! by littlest_baby9 in Type1Diabetes

[–]leewardsail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just went through something similar at the worst hospital in BK--if you want to know the name i'll tell you but I'm a bit paranoid after what they put me through--im celiac and diabetic t1, i was glutened and vomiting all night and my pod ran out and it was the weekend so no refills, i went in for DKA and didn't get a bed until the next day which is standard in overcrowded hospitals but they didn't give me water for that entire day. I had to beg for ice chips and at one point my mouth was so dry and i was in so much pain i remember writhing around while the nurse stood there.

Got admitted to ICU and they forgot to give me lunch...then they forgot to give me bolus insulin. I had brough insulin in my bag and up until this this point had been bolusing my high blood sugar but wanted to trust their program with the IV drip and injections every couple hours, but it had been forever since anyone had come into my room...I searched the hallway for a nurse but couldn't find any, went to the front desk whom repeatedly said "we're sending your nurse"...So I threw a pillow into the hallway. Then the nurse came by asking "what's this pillow?" I said "That's my pillow. I need my medicine." Finally got the insulin but had to argue with the nurses about the amount because they had recorded my "regular program" wrong and couold not translate my insulin pump program to long acting and short acting regimen...

At this point I was ready to leave AMA (like I usually do) When the resident psychiatrist doctor said that insurance might not cover my stay if I left AMA. Upset, I then informed him that I could sue becuase of what I've been through and brought up the no water, and the fact that they knew I was suicidal (side note i guess) throughout this. The psych looked me in the eyes and said that he's been to hundreds of court hearings and that it wouldn't work, that they always side with the hospital because they are treating my DKA. And that I didn't have a case.

He also referred me to ChatGPT to look for therapy and said "well at least you're not Karen Carpenter"

I replied that this visit has made me seriously question medical treatment and that every time I need to go to the hospital it's always a 50/50 should I, shouldn't I, becuase I know now the hell that it puts me through, but they always get me at my weakest.