I've looked everywhere. I don't know what it is called but I need this tiny plastic square/triangle thing to screw into wall so I can mount the magnetic base mount. Please advise where I could find one and or what it is called.
Obviously it's exaggerated for comedic effect, but I think a lot of people diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes have a shockingly similar experience to what he had. Getting diagnosed can be such a shock, very often accompanied by shame from the doctor, complete overwhelm and confusion, and asshole doctors who talk down to you and don't take the time to explain. When I first got diagnosed, my doctor REFUSED to write me a prescription for blood sugar meter. Then, when they prescribed insulin, they didn't explain how to use it, or even how to give myself an injection. Even though I'm not stupid and could research things on my own, they gave me so little info yet tried to scare and shame me.
Rewatching this episode and just really floored by how realistic it actually is. Like..... Extremely extremely realistic.
Female
42 , USA, height 5'7, weight 275 lbs
Diagnosed: T2 Diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, PCOS, FVL, anxiety, depression, binge eating disorder, obese
Meds: maunjaro 12.5, metformin 2000, Prozac 40, Vyvanse 30, Lisinopril, statin, tresiba 40 units
Two years ago I had a very bad episode about 4 months into trying Ozempic. Constant vomiting, migraine, and vertigo. Lasted over 2 weeks. Urgent care gave me an anti nausea med and said to take Tylenol migraine or Benadryl. My primary doc said Ozempic could not be causing any of this and basically said she didn't even know if it was a migraine, but didn't ask any questions. I was so sick I didn't push it or try to get into any other doctors. Tried tracking things but couldn't figure it out. Stopped Ozempic and haven't had a bad incident until this week. I also went to gyno to see about perimenopause and she just berated my weight and said bc I was still menstruating that I am not in menopause.
Now I am in day 4 of a very similar incident. No vomiting. I've tried the epley maneuver twice. It helped a little. I really don't know what to do. I mainly just have vertigo and nausea. No headache ,just feel weird. Not sure if this is relevant, but I am in luteal phase.
Some triggers for me for migraines seem to be sunshine, barometric pressure changes, heat, etc. maybe hormonal stuff but I can't figure out when/where/what.
I'm open to any doctors I should try for or home remedies. I'm on month 6 of maunjaro and the last two doses have made me very nauseous. Also, my blood sugar has dropped a lot and very fast, and I'm worried that might be a trigger. My a1c was very high , so I'm trying to get it down. Not too fast bc I often feel very sick when it goes down too fast, but I feel like I'm going to die if I don't get it down. It was above 11 2 months ago.
It's between 95 and 100 F where I live, and I haven't been doing well in the heat. I work outside, but have been in AC for almost a full week prior to this incident. When I tilt my head forward or backward, the whole room spins and I fall down and feel like I will pass out. Right side also seems worse.
Thank you for any advice for where to start. Pretty debilitated right now and was already in a bad place physically before this started. Even open to what I should research. Google is giving me so many different things that cause vertigo. I think it might be maunjaro blood sugar related, or hormones. I don't know. I am lost.
Walking up and down the beauty aisles at Walmart, opening every product to get a whiff, sometimes multiple times, to see if this product might be tolerable or might give me a migraine. I know the security cameras are watching me and I feel like a weirdo smelling every shampoo and deodorant. Most recently I got foundation that has fragrance. Why would you put scent in makeup. So now I gotta smell the makeup too.
I even smell.the pad boxes just to make sure. Can't trust a fragrance free or fresh scent label anymore.
edited : I don't break seals on anything. I literally never have. thought I would find sisterhood here and have a laugh but apparently not. what a weird sub. some great comments in here are getting downvoted. don't understand why. y'all are.... yeah. holy shit.
Currently fixated on a sandwich from a sandwich shop and have been going almost every day for weeks. Sometimes I'll get two and have them for lunch and dinner. So expensive. So embarrassing. Cannot stop obsessing about this sandwich tho. It's the only food that I want. I need it. Why am I this way. Lol
I can't even imagine what the employees at this sandwich shop think of me.
what are y'all fixated on food wise right now? any tricks for this issue?
There are sooooooooo many good ones right now. Route 66...... The peace crane..... The postcrossing ones .........
What books have been the most and Least helpful books to you in your binge eating recovery?
For me, the most useful book has been Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole. I think people who have only been exposed to intuitive eating through tiktok clips think it won't work for them bc it's just "eating whatever you want". It's not. It's so much more than that. I'm not saying this approach will work for everyone, but I truly feel that this is one of the few possible "cures" or "treatments " for food addiction if you work it, maybe in addition to other tools. Your goal has to actually bc to stop binge eating tho, not WL.
The worst book I've read was Jason Fung's Obesity Code. I think this book is so so so so so dangerous for those with eating disorders, especially binge eating disorders. Again, I'm happy if it works for some, but for most of us, fasting and restriction trigger binge eating. While his research regarding insulin resistance is sound, he completely ignores the foundational issue behind binge eating- emotions.
I have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes for over ten years. Various doctors have tried to get me to go to a Diabetes Educator for years. I have always resisted it bc of a very bad and fat shaming experience I had with one when I first got diagnosed.
I don't know about T2 Diabetes for others, but for me, Diabetes is a SYMPTOM of my binge eating disorder/food addiction. I have read many books on Diabetes, was fit for many years, tracked my calories , and have good general sense. I know my attitude would be annoying to a doctor, both bc I have an "I know everything" attitude and also bc I'm the kind of patient who appears to not follow instructions. But the Diabetes education ends up frustrating me bc it is so condescending and I truly know what they are teaching. My problem isn't knowing that a food will negatively affect me. My problem is being able to stick to an eating plan, any eating plan.
I believe that there are so many people with BED/food addiction and our society is not equipped to deal with it. I feel there are such limited resources. The eating disorder therapist I went to for over a year actually made my binge eating worse, and OA also triggers me. I wish Diabetes doctors weren't missing the fundamental piece that I'd many of us are our way to Diabetes, it's bc of a deeper issue.
I tried again this week just to show my doctor I was making an effort. While the diabetes educator wasn't outright fatphobic, I could tell she just didn't care about helping me. I told her over and over again that I have binge eating disorder. I told her I was open minded to what she could teach me, and I was, but it was the same shit. Restrict carbs, eat right, etc. I'm not saying she is wrong. But do these educators not have anything else in their toolbox? I wish she had acknowledged that restriction can lead to binge eating and talked more about adding in protein, making sure I am satiated, satisfying snacks, ways to curb cravings, etc etc. She said if I took one thing away from our meeting it is that I shouldn't drink soda. I'm so frustrated. Of course I know I shouldn't drink soda. I'm effing addicted to it. And when I tell her that (not in those words), she just said uh huh and nodded, felt very dismissive and judgemental. Do doctors even see food addiction as real? I felt like I was just giving excuses. "Yes- I want to cut sugar...BUT.... I have struggled to do so bc of xyz". I understand where it just sounds like I'm making excuses, but truly I am not, and I wish the medical community in general could see this isn't an excuse and help with tools. They also seem focused on the short term and not long term. They know that very few people can stick to keto. It is literally proven that an extremely small fraction of people can stick to that or other extreme diets.
Anyway. I know I am privileged to even have a doctor, have access to diabetes educator. But I'm just so frustrated. There was no encouragement or steps or intermediate goals. She wants me to go from a1c 11 to 7 in 3 months. I'm like I've tried before and got very sick doing that. She said yeah you're gonna feel sick. But gave no tools to reduce illness.
I swear to God if I ever master my food addiction I am going to help others and advocate for us. This is real and probably one of the biggest problems in society today. We need so much more research and education and access to care.
The majority of messages I receive on dating apps are just, "hey", "good morning", "hey beautiful".
What are some clever or engaging ways to respond to those? I hate saying hey back or hey how are you.
edit: everyone saying they unmatch those.... valid strategy, but I personally believe that someone who sucks at online dating could still be a great partner. online dating is hard. most of those messages I perceive as just being really bad at online dating, not low effort.