For many people living with type 1 diabetes, a continuous glucose monitor can provide something previous generations did not have: glucose information throughout the day and night.
A CGM can warn you when your glucose is going too high, dropping too low or changing quickly.
That information can be incredibly useful.
But it can also mean something else - alarms.
A high glucose alert while you're working.
A low glucose warning while you're eating dinner.
Another notification just as you're falling asleep.
And sometimes several alarms during the night.
Over time, some people describe experiencing CGM alarm fatigue, feeling overwhelmed, irritated or mentally drained by repeated diabetes alerts.
It creates an unusual situation.
The technology is there to help you feel safer, yet constantly being reminded about your glucose can make it difficult to ever mentally switch off from type 1 diabetes management.
Some people adjust their alert settings with their diabetes team. Others become so used to alarms that they occasionally ignore them, while some find that the reassurance of having the alerts outweighs the disruption.
With CGMs, insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery systems becoming increasingly central to type 1 diabetes care, the emotional side of living with diabetes technology deserves attention too.
💬 We'd love to hear from you:
Do CGM alarms make you feel safer, stressed, or a bit of both?
Have diabetes alerts ever disrupted your sleep, work or social life?
Have you changed your alert settings because you were receiving too many notifications?
Do you ever feel that diabetes technology makes it harder to take a mental break from your condition?
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Hi everyone 💙
For many people living with type 1 diabetes, a continuous glucose monitor can provide something previous generations did not have: glucose information throughout the day and night.
A CGM can warn you when your glucose is going too high, dropping too low or changing quickly.
That information can be incredibly useful.
But it can also mean something else - alarms.
A high glucose alert while you're working.
A low glucose warning while you're eating dinner.
Another notification just as you're falling asleep.
And sometimes several alarms during the night.
Over time, some people describe experiencing CGM alarm fatigue, feeling overwhelmed, irritated or mentally drained by repeated diabetes alerts.
It creates an unusual situation.
The technology is there to help you feel safer, yet constantly being reminded about your glucose can make it difficult to ever mentally switch off from type 1 diabetes management.
Some people adjust their alert settings with their diabetes team. Others become so used to alarms that they occasionally ignore them, while some find that the reassurance of having the alerts outweighs the disruption.
With CGMs, insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery systems becoming increasingly central to type 1 diabetes care, the emotional side of living with diabetes technology deserves attention too.
💬 We'd love to hear from you:
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Technology can make type 1 diabetes easier to manage without necessarily making it easier to think about.
If you use a CGM, how have you found the balance between useful alerts and too many alerts?
With care,
Razar from the Carenity team💖