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Richard Wilson***A Letter from Scotland***Hi guys,First of all, I want to say how much I love the show. It's great that you are taking the time to try and educate and inspire the diabetic community. Keep up the good work.My name is Richard. I'm 30, from Scotland & I've been type 1 for about 15 years. I'm currently on Lantus Long acting insulin and Novarapid short acting insulin.Over the years, I've kept my diabetes in pretty good check, having an average hb1c of around 6 or 7 most times, & have always felt pretty confident in managing my diabetes.Then in March this year, things went a bit wrong. After getting a really big scare with having a pretty bad hypo, the worst I've ever had, I began to suffer from panic attacks. I was really scared, as I kept thinking that I would hypo that bad again. I began checking my blood sugar a lot more, up to 20-30 times a day, maybe more. Then I lost all of my hypo warning signs, which made my mental state even worse, as how would I know when my sugars were becoming l