Recent Content by BigStew

I can empathise entirely with what you're going through. I'm Type 2 and only found out 6 months ago. I've often felt like crying but as I'm also diagnosed with depression (for a lot longer than my Diabetes) I've always just put it down to that. There does seem to be a strong correlation...

Citalopram was the one I couldn't remember, thanks :) to be fair to the doctors I tried each of the 2 others for 3 months before changing, Citalopram was very ineffective and the side effects were worse than how the depression felt. I think a talk with the doctor would be useful, as for weight...

I was prescribed the anti depressant before my diabetic diagnosis, its been the one that's worked, the previous couple seemed to have a limited shelf life in respect to leveling out my mood. They were Sertraline and I can't remember the other one! As for the sedation, no real change from my...

Thank you, just so confused about it all. Not stressing (no point) just trying to identify potential steps to move forward. :)

Hi there, Thanks for the information, still new to this. With regards to the medication, these are the 3rd ones I've tried and they seem to work, however I'm having fairly serious problems separating the side effects of the depression, medication and diabetes as all seem to produce the same...

Just had a rather interesting development this morning. After getting a blood monitor and undertaking fasting tests first thing in the morning I've noticed higher readings than should be there. 8.6, 8.2, 9.2 are the last three. As I (also?) suffer from depression I thought it might be...

Thank you, I'm ordering a meter now and will be fully prepared for my next meeting with the diabetic nurse :)

Many thanks :)

Thanks All, your info is a real help. I think my blood score is 7.8 (as far as I'm aware), I wasn't told on diagnosis, I went back after about 4 weeks, when I was feeling particularly unwell and I had another set of bloods which I was told was 7.8 and unchanged from the previous!!! My BMI is...

Good morning everyone, Relatively new to this and also to forums in general so please forgive any faux pa's :) I've been diagnosed with Type 2 for about 6-8 weeks now after a few years of feeling low (due to ongoing depression I thought). I went to the doc's due to some fairly severe weight...

good morning All, This is my first post so here is some info about me, How about including favorite Authors in with it? Mine would be Terry Pratchett, David Gemmell, Stephen King. - What is your name? Stew Southern - How old are you? 38 - Are you male or female? Male - Which...