I could not believe how horrible I felt a lot of the time during my first year. Rage-a-holic to the max! I was done with the steps around six months, but I still struggled with depression, blood sugar ups and downs, sleep disturbances, fatigue. During those times I tried to give myself a break, not beat myself up if I needed a little extra sleep or to take a walk at 2pm in the afternoon during the work day, or leave to go to a noon meeting to get my head on straight. I found I was making it ten times worse with my, "I SHOULDN'T BE FEELING THIS WAY!!!" mental loop.
Today I cannot believe that I DON'T feel that way anymore. It just keeps getting better and better.