Re: Stress was question-bs to high

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I really need to work on controlling my stress and not letting it control

me. Im a total worry wart. I have alot Im responsible for. Im a single mom

with 2 girls and my mom lives with me sinse 1992 when my dad died and she

does not work due to heart and other health problems. We are trying to get

her on disability. I love my mom but she pokes her nose into everything. She

never leaves the house so her whole world is just me and the kids. Mostly we

get along fine. But she makes little remarks about everything that makes me

nuts. I just try to egnore them. But sometimes its hard...lol I have to take

care of all her business and mine also, plus the kids. I have learned I have

to control everything or it falls apart. I have kinda taken on the roll of

being my mothers parent. Sinse being diagnosed with diabetes, I feel I dont

take it well alot because it threatens my control. I also found when I have

days my sugars are not good I have like mood swings and get more upset when

I cant control whats going on around me. In other words I snap and get

bitchy. And then I hate myself for it. Im normally real laid back and not

snap to much. Ya I worry but I normally handle it. Its just got a whole lot

harder sinse I found out Im diabetic. I know alot is mental and I need to

learn to stop getting worked up over stuff I cant fix right now or at all.

Its a bad habit and I need to stop it. But I have worried about everything

for as long as I can remember and its hard to just stop. I try to push it

away and not think of it and next thing I know Im thinking about it again.

fran

Ps. sorry I wrote a book...lol

> Stress is a really fickle thing. In some stress does cause the " Fight or

> Flight " response to kick in and then liver does dump glucose for the

> expected energy need. Stress really plays hell on my BGL and thankfully

> being on an insulin pump (a Cozmos) has really helped. > Vern Catron

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Thats a good saying. I need to work on that:) fran

>

> My Dad had a good saying about stress:

>

> " Don't sweat the small s_ _ t....you get the picture. Easier said then

done.

>

> Fawnee

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Fran, it is one thing you can count on: if you tell yourself not to think

about this thing or that, you usuallly *will* think about it.

When you are in the position of having to help everyone, take care of

everyone or everything 'so it won't fall apart', you set yourself up for

waiting for everything to fall apart, see?

One of the only ways to ease it, is to relax a bit on the control...if you

can't give it over to anyone else, you have to give yourself time and

permission to escape for a bit, even if it is into a book, hiding in the

bathroom...which I have done....watching a movie,

or just sitting with a cup of tea and a notebook to write how you feel,

cause it helps get it out so you have a clearer head, not full of

negativity, self-doubt and all the anger you have you don't even know you

have.

My teen is driving me outta my gourd lately! When she went to a friend's

house for a couple days, did I do anything exciting? No I slept and rejoiced

in the calmness. My blood sugar came down.

Anyway, I best stop or will write forever on this.

Take care...be kind to yourself. You are only human, and I know of the mood

swings too when bgs are weird. It is very hard to think clearly when your

fuel is ' flooding the engine' or not getting through.

tam

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[Guest guest]

I believe that stress was a big part of why my sugars were so high. In the past

couple months they have been getting better. My doctor has made changes in my

medication and I am watching my diet better, but I think the biggest help was

finally getting on an antidepressant I can tolerate. The sources of my stress

are not going anywhere but with the medication I just don't care as much.

Kitty =^:^+