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In reply to the discussion: Need some advice from DUers my brother cant afford his insulin [View all]Robyn66
(1,675 posts)He told me today he stopped taking them a year ago because he couldn't afford THAT prescription. He improved his diet for a while and was doing better and then got depressed and just ate everything in site. He watches things like Man Vs Food and tries to find places where he can get 2lb hamburgers. He hates vegetables. He told me that he and a friend invented a burger with bacon, pulled pork, pastrami, onions and a fried egg, all on top of a 1/3lb burger. This is how he eats. He drinks 1 2 liter bottle of mountain dew a day. His eating is ATROCIOUS! But he refuses to change his habits. i think it is also part of the Aspergers, and the OCD that goes along with it. I talk to him and he yeses me to death but then doesn't change anything. He is headed for major trouble which is why I am desperate to get him at LEAST on the insulin now that it has gotten this bad! I dint know what else I will be able to do. I have only just gotten a job after 7months being unemployed, I have a 17 year old daughter with Aspergers who is a hand full too. Plus I live in NH and he lives in MA. So its all crazy, that is why I am so grateful for the many different suggestions so I have a lot of different things to try.
Thank you!