u/AwakeningStar1968

So I have been on Metformin now for a couple of months.. I have had to readjust my diet. I had been trying to eat low carb and didn't eat breakfast but now I have to .

I have struggled with nausea and tweaking my diet. Its hard. I think stress is jacking my numbers.
I am 210lbs and my A1c when from like 6 - 7 up to I think 10 and so I broke down and took Metformin..

My Fasting was doing ok and was down to 176ish from 250 BUT I had to back off on the metformin again and am not taking the full dose until I get my diet right (serious nausea and I am eating with the Metformin)

I am not getting AS MUCH excercise (desk job)

but is there anything I can do to curb the nausea better? I have introduced more carbs into my diet etc.

I grew up in Cincinnati. I was always downtown shopping with my mother in the 70s and 80s. We went to events, etc. (on the Skywalk).

I hadn’t really been downtown in YEARS and had the opportunity recently because of a car repair. It was so nice to revisit and be a tourist in the city I grew up in.

The Streetcar was a dream. No cost, easy to navigate... such a treat!

It makes me want to try to get downtown more often. I went to the Contemporary Arts Center and Findlay Market. It really was a nice time, and I felt safe!

Are there any "free" materials that we can print out to post and distribute?

I have moments where I feel confident and like FU to the world and I don't care what people think etc...

and then I have days like today, where I am at work and I Feel like my co-workers are looking at me like I am a freak and avoiding talking to me.... It is so palpable.

I am so lonely. It is just me and my partner and the few friends I have are far away.

I watch as others just get along, hug, get excited when they see others.. but never me. They are distant and polite.

I feel like my face is on wrong or maybe I am not smiling right.

I grew up knowing I had ADHD (was literally diagnosed by 1980.. but was original diagnosed with Severe Anxiety Neurosis in the late 70s)

I am going to be 58 and I hate living and working around neurotypical folks. I am never going to belong anymore.

Makes it hard to want to go on.

I accidently stumbled upon those MALTOSE Sugar "slow rise" sensory stress balls at a Hospital gift shop. I am addicted.. but I have misplaced it and now I am trying to find more but it is iffy. they are NOT just regular rubber "Stress" balls.. they are the ones that are moldable ... it is a specific sensory experience.
I only paid 7 bucks for the one ball I had but on Amazon they run up to 27 dollars!!?? And often they are cubes or other shapes. I just want a ball.

I live in the states. Some reviews say there is a strong chemical smell but the brand I had didn't have any smell.

COuld someone point me in a good direction? The gift shop sold out and I Have no idea when I will get down there again and if they will ever carry them again.