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> This also scares me in terms of inpatient mental health facilities. They often don't even give you access to your own insulin and testing supplies. Which is a
by 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
> This also scares me in terms of inpatient mental health facilities. They often don't even give you access to your own insulin and testing supplies. Which is a recipe for feeling much worse after leaving then entering.
Also, many antipsychotic medications fuck with blood sugar regulation (to the point that "antipsychotic-induced weight gain and metabolic disturbances" have been an active area of research for 20+ years [1]), and "low appetite" is routinely interpreted as a mental illness symptom.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546772/
- Trasmatta 3y agoI've had a few really low points over the last couple years, where I almost checked myself into a mental health facility, but chose not to because of my T1D. It sort of forced me to come up with alternative coping mechanisms, which I'm kind of grateful for honestly.