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Behavior

My 12 year old daughter, who has had type 1 diabetes for four years has a learning disability which the doctor thinks is ADHD, has been suicidal, and she was hospitalized because of it. I’ m having a lot of behavior problems with her so I’m searching for information that would help me cope and understand.

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I need to do something about my 14 year old son who has diabetes and is really finding a big problem with it. He hates being sick all the time. I believe a lot of it is emotional.

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Since I have been at school I engage in binge eating and don’t cover it with insulin, as well as sometimes forcing myself to throw up after eating inappropriate amount of food. I have in fact found that other girls on my floor are bulimic and I wonder if it’s a coincidence or if it’s a result of the kind of eating habits that are being encouraged.

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I have had type 1 diabetes and an eating disorder. I have been to three treatment clinics. Then, I reduced my insulin and went into DKA. Can someone help me? I feel I’m dying on the inside.

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My eight year old swears, yells for no reason and blames others for his own behavior. He is also disrespectful at school. With treatment, how long approximately can I expect my son to act and feel this way? Will his anger ever end?

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My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 last February. She witnessed a seizure at camp and panics every time her blood sugar is under 200 mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L], fearing a seizure. Do you have any advice?

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My young teen daughter has been having a lot of mood swings. Sometimes her blood sugars are fine, sometimes not. Is this common?

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My boyfriend is 20 pounds overweight, in partial diabetes denial, and he”sneaks” sweets too often. I am a new student to diabetes and I’d like to keep him around a long time. How can I encourage my boyfriend to change his eating habits or at least address nutrition?

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The other morning, I was very violent and uncooperative, in and out of consciousness. I was fighting with my husband and the paramedics. Why would a low cause this? Was this a “bad low” or a “seizure low?”

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When diagnosed about six years ago, I learned to do insulin injections in my stomach. Now, I can’t seem to do them anywhere else and I’m starting to have higher blood sugars. How can I start over and rotate my shots?

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