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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2336060" data-attributes="member: 85785">Hi, it's good to talk.Bet you feel a little bit better for posting about your problems.I know I did.I have been recently diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety disorder because I was made redundant and several other things all to do with covid.I like many diabetics have to watch what I eat. But due to everything going on at that time, I fell off the wagon and my physical health suffered even though I knew that I shouldn't.I had a breakdown and I couldn't cope with the increasing number of stress related things in my brain.I made the decision with support from my wife and children (all in their thirties) to seek help, so I made a phone appointment with my doctor.She listened to me for about an hour, because it just tumbled out and after that she insisted that I attended the surgery to get a check up. Meanwhile my doctor got me an initial session with a counsellor.I have attended a number of sessions, I am on antidepressants and I have got my health back.The difference is talking to someone who understands what you are going through.I like the others would recommend that you get a referral to a specialist endocrinologist.I can't help with your diabetes control.But from my experience, you can't bottle it up. You need to talk and get help.My GP has been exceptionally brilliant. My counsellors are great.That is what they are there for.It is your health and responsibility to your family to get yourself sorted.I have had experience of someone within my family that thought he was indestructible and he obviously didn't. If you have had dark thoughts, you need help.Get it. It's good to talk!Keep safe</blockquote>

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