@Shaz51 Yes, Type 2 Diabetic here, diagnosed approx 10 years ago, and controlled by diligence with my food intake.
2nd pregnancy developed gestational diabetes. Weight loss, lifestyle changes and sheer bloodymindedness brought it under control for a long time.
The main influence of my decline from insulin resistance to T2 was improperly diagnosed and treated stress overload for too many years. My trauma reactions were incorrectly diagnosed as epilepsy and that was what I was heavily medicated for almost 40 years ago.
Then when the PTSD was diagnosed, the anti-anxiety meds and anti-depressants followed, another devastating viral infection meant over a year of daily cortisone as well. The weight gain began then and for the last 15 years nothing has altered my weight more than within a 2 to 8kg fluctuation.
While I can blame the meds for a number of my current health issues, I can also thank them for (literally) saving my life. All the neglected stress issues left me with exhausted adrenals, so I do what I can for that.
In the end I have chosen to use the meds to get the problematic issues under control, researched up to date info in the area of diabetes (keeping carb content of each meal / snack under 50 carbs keeps my hba1c in normal levels), and put it into practice so I at least feel like I have some control over my own health.
I hope this might help is some small way. I agree with Sherry too.
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