If you have diabetes and you think you may have an eating disorder, it is important to seek help and treatment from professionals who understand both diabetes and eating disorders. Talk with the doctor who is working with you to manage your diabetes. He or she can refer you to professionals and services that can help with the eating disorder while also keeping watch on your diabetes.
There are many warning signs of an eating disorder. They can include going to the bathroom to vomit after meals, wanting to eat alone, excessive exercise, feeling out of control with food and binging and purging.
Some additional warning signs of an eating disorder in a person with diabetes include extreme fluctuations in blood-glucose levels; frequent high or low blood-glucose levels and/or diabetic ketoacidosis, possibly resulting in hospital admission; and consistent, extremely high HbA1c levels (a blood test that measures the overall blood-glucose levels over a two-to-three-month period).
Source: Diabetes Australia
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, July 2013
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