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anger

Yes. The stages generally follow thus:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

This is a widely accepted sequence of events for many chronic conditions as taught by the medical profession.


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Yes u get full range of emotions they should settle down soon I was put on insulin when I was first diagnosed and that realy upset my emotions I was crying a lot angry like a hormonal teen and I'm 33yro construction worker a few weeks I was in hospital and they put me on insulin pump for my stay it sent my mental state wild

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I also went through this, though not at the start, more so lately being around a year after full diagnosis. I'm feeling more positive in the past couple of weeks,but my levels aren't as High so I think that's helping me. It's a lot to take in, who wouldn't be angry/shocked/fed up with it at some point? We are all human, I've ranted alot on forums about my worries/issues with it and it helps knowing I'm not alone, my partner is understanding too but I don't like moaning to him about it all the time lol.

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I've had it for twelve years and I still get angry about it :P

I suppose you just get used to it, how your body responds to the treatment, and what you should and shouldn't eat. I can feel angry at myself because I feel that a bad blood glucose level is my fault (even when there are other mitigating factors, such as stress, a cold, etcetera). Diabetes is not your fault, it's a part of who you are. And it is very much treatable.

Izzy.
 
mo1905 said:
Yes. The stages generally follow thus:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

This is a widely accepted sequence of events for many chronic conditions as taught by the medical profession.


Haha, I thought it was
Denial
Anger
Acceptance
Depression
Anger
Denial
Acceptance
Depresion
More anger
Acceptance
Even more anger
More depression
Acceptance

Then, start all over again.

On a serious note though, anger/depression has been a common symptom for me since diagnosis. Currently in a good place but am fully conscious they could come back any time. What really helps me is good bs control as I find the less high/low swings I have, now very few, the better I am.
There is definitely a link between moods and big sugar swings.


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Full agreement with that list!!! I don't think, in the 14 months since I was diagnosed, that I have had a plateau of feeling about being diabetic. It changes all the time. For me, though, I think I was better when I first started to take control. When I felt that I could DO something about it, I felt great. A year later, I think I am resigned but resentful and much more tempted to eat things that I know are not great .... things that I would have totally refused a year ago.

It is difficult to keep pro-active. But it is part of being diabetic. The outcome is, to a certain extent, totally in your hands.

I expect I'll have another wave of enthusiasm and tighter control very soon!!
 
Hello everyone. I can certainly relate to what you are all saying. I think it's natural to go through those stages in a repeated cycle, as life does not stay static. I was diagnosed in September 2011, (type 2) and was doing really well until just before Christmas 2012. Since then, I have gone off the rails, partly because I became complacent, and my old eating habits crept back (well, galloped if I'm being honest!) and partly because I became resentful about having to think about what I was eating, and the more unhealthily I was eating, the less inclined I was to exercise. I think I was in a real downward spiral, while at the same time knowing deep down I had to do something about it. I have now made up my mind that for today I will stick to what I know is good for me, to try and reach a place where this will become second nature. I think I had thought I had accepted my diagnosis, but now realise I haven't fully. I have had a bit of a scare recently with the retinal photography finding changes in my right eye, and my prescription glasses being too out of kilter for me to drive. I am waiting for a new pair of distance glasses so I can drive, and need to go back to the optician in a couple of months to re-check my prescription and hopefully get some variofocals (I can't spell it!) So, I thought to myself 'If only your nose turned bright blue whenever you went of the rails you would soon get back on track girl!' But as that doesn't happen, I need to focus on the bad effects not keeping the bs down have on me that I can't always see, and remind myself I'm in it for the long haul. The upside for me is, I know I don't need all those extra carbs, and the weight does go fairly quickly when I am careful about what I eat. People have said I look well, and I do feel much much better when I have things under control. So focussing on that helps me too.
 
Yeah, I agree with Morgaine, you really do feel better in yourself when your sugars are lower and more stable. You just feel healthy. Less mucky, that's the best way I can describe it. I don't know what it is but even if I'm in the early teens I just feel off. Just not really myself. Same goes for a low blood sugar. You get what you put in :D
 
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