It is normal for a person who diagnosed a serious illness of any kind experience some depression, but diabetics are much more likely.
The reasons are very simple, when you’re diagnosed with diabetes will automatically change your life, exercise, diet, medical examinations. The fact of having to control every aspect of your life is stressful, what you eat, the hours, how the exercise you should do, travel, what to do when you’re dining out, etc.. Also, you should check your calendar the dates for your visits with your doctor. The words diet, blood sugar, glucose, carbohydrates, complications, weight, make a permanent echo in your head. That, not counting the times you’ll wonder why. Definitely, having diabetes is not easy to assimilate.
But remember that the shock of diagnosis, is normal. Later, when you informed and understand what it’s about having diabetes and the important role you play you in control, you will feel more relieved or alleviated. But this does not mean that you have factors that increase your risk for depression. Between diabetes and depression is a great relationship, yet no studies to define it for sure, but there are ways of understanding why you feel sad:
* The daily management of diabetes can stress you (what you eat, what time, measuring glucose levels, the need to lose weight, having to be visiting the doctor, etc.).
* Diabetes, when not carefully monitored, causes complications that may create tension and trigger symptoms of depression.
* Depression can cause you to make decisions that are not good for your diabetes and lead an unhealthy diet, exercise less, gain weight, smoking … these are all factors that increase the risk of complications of diabetes.
* If you’re depressed, you lose the ability to communicate and think clearly. This can interfere with your disease management.
Diabetes and depression are not a good combination. But the good thing is that no solution. Changes in lifestyle and medications may benefit you to treat the two conditions. The exercises are great for both diabetes and for depression.
How to identify depression:
* You wake up earlier than normal and you can not back to sleep (changes in sleep patterns or sleeping problems).
* Feeling tired all the time.
* Loss of interest in things previously enjoyed doing.
* Sadness and hopelessness, especially when you wake in the morning.
* Difficulty concentrating and making decisions.
* Changes in appetite that can lead to rapid weight loss or gain.
* Headaches and backaches that have no apparent explanation.
* In extreme cases, suicidal thoughts.
If you notice any of these symptoms, do not stay silent. Remember that there may be physical causes for your depression and poor management of diabetes affects your mood. During the day, increased blood sugar can make you feel tired and anxious. The low glucose can give you very hungry and makes you eat too much. At night, if you have high glucose levels, you may get up to urinate frequently and feel very tired the next day.
If you feel some of these symptoms, please talk with your loved ones and your doctor.
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