Diabetes gets old.

Pricking my finger, taking insulin, filling my pump, going to the doctors, counting carbs, and all the rest of the stuff we have to do to manage this stupid disease gets old. Fast!

So with that Diabetes Burnout happens.

I know for myself I get burned out every few months. I just get to that point where I want to give up and take a little vacation from it all. Not necessarily throwing in the towel or forgetting all about it, since we all know where that will lead, but maybe a few less tests or not worrying so much for a particular day.

The reason for the burnout is like anything. When you are expected and must do something all the time and manage all the time it gets trying. And especially because the things we have to do are not only physical, like exercise and taking medicine, but also mental like figuring out how many carbs I am going to eat and how much insulin to take and how much insulin is already on board. Not to mention if I am sick, stressed, or on any particular medication that may elevate my blood glucose level.

There’s a lot to think about.

So when I am feeling like I am just done with this whole diabetes thing, I find that reading helps me avoid the burnout. Here at dLife, across the internet, and even Twitter provides for some great reading to get you focused. Chances are, when you are feeling a certain way, someone else is too. Reading about how they deal with there disease sometimes makes your situation seem not as bad. Or at the very least may give you something different to think about.

When sitting in front of a computer is not helping, I will go outside, put on my headphones and water the plants. It’s something I need to do anyway but not sending the kids out to do it and just enjoying some “alone” time while nurturing the yard calms me down and refocuses my priorities.

So how do you do it? Or are you a victim of D-burnout? If you are someone may have an idea to help you get going again. We are all here together on this very long, very rocky, very annoying road.