Newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and honestly feeling completely overwhelmed

I was diagnosed with Type 1 recently and honestly I'm still trying to process everything.

I've been home for a few days now and I feel like my entire day revolves around my sugar. I'm constantly checking my CGM, worrying about what I'm eating and wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

Food is probably confusing me the most right now. I normally eat rice or roti pretty regularly and now I'm almost scared of eating anything with carbs because I keep thinking my sugar is going to shoot up.

I know I'll probably get used to all of this eventually, but right now it feels like a lot.

For those of you who've had Type 1 for a while, what were your first few weeks/months like? What helped you stop overthinking everything?

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@archana156 hr ago

The first few weeks were the worst for me because I was watching my CGM every 5 minutes 😂

Eventually you start seeing patterns. Don't expect yourself to understand everything immediately. One thing that helped me was keeping a rough note of what I ate and what happened afterwards. After some time you start knowing which meals are easy for you and which ones need more attention.

@sandeepnaik5 hr ago

This is literally me right now. I keep opening the CGM app even when I checked it like 2 mins ago lol.

Did you completely avoid rice in the beginning?

@archana153 hr ago

No, I still ate it, just smaller portions at first while I was figuring things out. Rice can hit me pretty fast, so I had to learn what works for me.

You'll probably notice your own patterns after a while too. I wouldn't change your insulin based on what random people online are doing though. That's something to work out with your diabetes team.

@abhaykumar58 min ago

I still eat rice too. It took some trial and error to understand how my body reacts to different portions.

I wish someone had told me earlier that Type 1 doesn't mean every food you used to enjoy is suddenly off limits.