Diabetes Distress: Taming Alarms & Alerts

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Your Best T1D Year

Neil Greathouse

116 episodes

3 days ago

Managing Type 1 Diabetes doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Each 5-minute episode of Your Best T1D Year is packed with practical strategies, mindset shifts, and a little humor to help you feel more in control and less frustrated by diabetes. Hosted by Neil Greathouse, this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday podcast delivers quick, relatable episodes that make learning about T1D effortless - so you can build small wins that lead to big changes. 📅 New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 🎧 Subscribe now and start making diabetes management feel easier - one small habit at a time.

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Diabetes Distress: Taming Alarms & Alerts

Your Best T1D Year

7 minutes

2 weeks ago

Diabetes Distress: Taming Alarms & Alerts

How to audit and adjust your CGM and pump alarms to reduce tech-related diabetes distress. Neil explores the research, shares practical insights, and provides tools for managing the mental load of T1D.

What You'll Learn

• Alarm fatigue - Why too many alerts increase stress and burnout
• Settings audit - How to review and adjust CGM/pump thresholds
• Alert zones - Different settings for day vs night
• Smart silence - Using snooze strategically to manage mental load

Tech Clean-Up Steps

Audit alarms - Do you really need all of them? | Adjust thresholds - Move alerts closer to reality | Create zones - Day vs night settings | Use silence wisely - Strategic snoozing

Take Action
Ready to assess your own diabetes distress? Both the T1-DDS-7 (quick) and 28-question (detailed) assessments are available at Neil's website.

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Books on Amazon: Type 1 Diabetes - One Day at a Time or Type 1 Diabetes - True Stories