jb2008

i dont have a clue how to start dealing with this illness when i am so completely overwhelmed with depression and frustration and want to stay under the covers all day long. i dont want to eat, so supposedly my extra insulin is just going to fat...i dont want to move, so i'm getting no exercise at all...i cant smile. i can barely leave the house i'm so embarrassed of my weight. only go to my psychiatrist and therapist and all the other drs. i want to go to sleep so i dont have to even think about any of this. i dont have a clue how to lite a fire under my butt...and if i dont start soon i'm gonna be a lot sicker...what do i do now? i'm on anti depressants, mood stabalizers besides my pcos meds...and still i'm completely frozen and cant move forward. been this way few months now and even with adderoll for energy, nada...so so lost... any help appreciated..

Goddess Hectate Help

I'm in the same boat.. I know how it's hard not to feel depressed but if you don't take care of your symptoms now things will only get worse and you'll end up like me.. (I was diagnosed many years too late).. Trust me if you put in the work now, things will def get better.


Are you taking met for the insulin issues? Have you tried any natural alternatives like APC, gymena, NAC etc.? What's your diet like? Are you on the GI diet? that should help with the weight, insulin and energy issues..

Try starting out slowly.. graduallly replace junk food with healthy itiems, start taking vitamins, walks during the day or dancing.. find ways to get moving like doing housework.. don't focus on the negative, focus on what you can do about the problem not on the problem itself

jb2008

just reading ur reply has me crying. thanks for caring to answer.

it IS so very hard not to feel totally depressed. I also have chronic depression so its working against me here. I too have been diagnosed so late that now i am already pre-diabetic and have every possible symptom because my gyn didnt pay attention when i tried to tell her i thought i might have this many years ago. I have some time, not much, but a little window to keep from getting diabetes or cancer but even the thought of diet/exercise overwhelmes me (partly because i have had eating disorders most of my life) but mostly because i am so physically and mentally exhausted.

i was put on met, after finally convincing my endo, about 3 mos ago and anti-androgen about 6 mos ago but no effects from these that I can tell. I take three meds for depression and anxiety and another for thyroid, and two for cholestrol/tri. and one for liver disease that was starting, either from the years of medication or pcos. the dr is not sure. Seems the drs never have any answers. He literally told me to diet and exercise until a new drug comes out next year???

I dont cook, which makes it so frustrating to think about eating and a lot of the time lately i have no appetite at all. I take adderoll for energy and it works some days but really steals my appetite. I am a very picky eater and it seems those days are over. I feel the days of ever tasting anything I will enjoy are over. I'm supposed to be on a high protein diet for insulin resistance.

Housework is prob the only activity that i do get moving lately. when i was first diagnosed i was very motivated and walking on the treadmill and eating stuff I hated but it was good for me and somewhere i lost the motivation and got so overwhelmed and it has turned into a huge black cloud all around me and I cant make myself move.

I totally agree i have to find a way to get going before it gets any worse. I appreciate your suggestions. Hopefully tomorrow i can get out of the bed and move a little. Bless you for taking the time to reply.....jb