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<blockquote data-quote="Tippiandmidge" data-source="post: 1572647" data-attributes="member: 437943"><p>I literally felt sick at the thought of going back to the clinic. I missed a couple of appointments & they sent me a really stroppy letter, discharging me! I was so upset & completely blamed myself. When I began to feel better, I started to research diabetes & depression, (I was a qualified nurse in a previous life!) so I could explain to them how it affected me. What I found has completely changed my view of the clinic. There's loads of current research available which says that diabetics are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from depression. If you have had 1 episode of depression, then you are more likely to develop it again. Diabetics with depression have major problems self managing their diabetes and are at risk of developing all the problems associated with that. (I won't go into them because that is just too depressing! ) Raised blood sugars can contribute to depressive symptoms, anxiety make can feel like you are having a hypo, stress can alter your blood glucose levels and missing diabetes appointments is common! So taking all that into account I think we are flaming marvellous to survive all that without any support from the clinic!!! All this costs the NHS more money, so a lot of clinics have started to provide psychologists that are knowledgeable in diabetes and Health professionals have to be more aware of your current psychological state. My feeling is that they know more about mild depression than they do major. (probably most people with major depression don't attend diabetic clinics for fear of being judged!) I am pretty sure that the majority of staff will completely understand and will happily sort things out. But now we are totally prepared for the one that doesn't! Have a search for this excellent blog post </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>MY JOURNEY TO HELL: HOW DEPRESSION HIJACKED MY SOUL, AND HOW I FINALLY WRENCHED IT BACK. (Wolves wit and wisdom) </strong>(I'm not allowed to post a link to it as I'm new here) It's written by a type 1 diabetic, the description of what it feels like to be depressed is spot on. I may take a copy to the clinic in case my voice dries up with anxiety, I can just hand them it! Take care, happy for you to private message me if you want xxx</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tippiandmidge, post: 1572647, member: 437943"] I literally felt sick at the thought of going back to the clinic. I missed a couple of appointments & they sent me a really stroppy letter, discharging me! I was so upset & completely blamed myself. When I began to feel better, I started to research diabetes & depression, (I was a qualified nurse in a previous life!) so I could explain to them how it affected me. What I found has completely changed my view of the clinic. There's loads of current research available which says that diabetics are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from depression. If you have had 1 episode of depression, then you are more likely to develop it again. Diabetics with depression have major problems self managing their diabetes and are at risk of developing all the problems associated with that. (I won't go into them because that is just too depressing! ) Raised blood sugars can contribute to depressive symptoms, anxiety make can feel like you are having a hypo, stress can alter your blood glucose levels and missing diabetes appointments is common! So taking all that into account I think we are flaming marvellous to survive all that without any support from the clinic!!! All this costs the NHS more money, so a lot of clinics have started to provide psychologists that are knowledgeable in diabetes and Health professionals have to be more aware of your current psychological state. My feeling is that they know more about mild depression than they do major. (probably most people with major depression don't attend diabetic clinics for fear of being judged!) I am pretty sure that the majority of staff will completely understand and will happily sort things out. But now we are totally prepared for the one that doesn't! Have a search for this excellent blog post [SIZE=4][B]MY JOURNEY TO HELL: HOW DEPRESSION HIJACKED MY SOUL, AND HOW I FINALLY WRENCHED IT BACK. (Wolves wit and wisdom) [/B](I'm not allowed to post a link to it as I'm new here) It's written by a type 1 diabetic, the description of what it feels like to be depressed is spot on. I may take a copy to the clinic in case my voice dries up with anxiety, I can just hand them it! Take care, happy for you to private message me if you want xxx [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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