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Diabetes Burnout is Real

Diabetes Burnout Is Real

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By Editorial Team

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Managing type 2 diabetes is not an easy thing to do. It often requires a complete lifestyle change and constant focus and dedication to ensure that good health is maintained in order to avoid complications and manage blood glucose levels. Because of all of this daily hard work, one of the common speed bumps to managing blood glucose levels is diabetes burnout.

What is diabetes burnout?

Diabetes burnout is the feeling of being overwhelmed and extremely frustrated by the continuous tasks related to diabetes self-care.

Shelley Hlymbicky, type 2 diabetes advocate and contributor on Type2Diabetes.com, shares her experience of having to cope with diabetes burnout.

Have you experienced diabetes burnout? How did you cope?

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