NatJS
Well-Known Member
Has anyone else had their depression more or less spontaneously resolve after getting blood sugar back to roughly normal levels?
About 2 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with fairly severe and crippling depression, specifically very low energy, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, constant tiredness and associated low mood, irritability. I was given some antidepressants and more recently regular group therapy. Part of the therapy involved regular assesment questionnaires, which had me scoring pretty high on their depression scale and the therapist quite concerned.
Then two months ago I was diagnosed with diabetes and within a very short period of starting the LCHF diet (with a few slip ups along the way) my blood sugar came right down and is usually 5.x in the mornings before breakfast.
Anyway, all the while I've been going to the therapy and filling out the little questionnaires, and having followup via telephone. My most recent phone conversation with the therapist was actually to tell me I am being discharged from the local NHS mental health care because my depression score is now so low that it's fallen below their clinical threshold for treatment.
I'm wondering if the symptoms of depression that I've been suffering from might actually be symptoms of the undiagnosed/untreated diabetes - has anyone else had a similar experience? Now that I'm on a low carb diet I've got so much more energy it's kind of unbelievable - it just shows how ill I was before. I used to struggle to get up in the morning, come down to have breakfast and then would almost immediately head straight back to bed, where I had little energy to get up again and would often spend most of the day there. I haven't had this problem since shortly after starting LCHF, although I'm still more tired than I'd ideally like to be.
Of course it may be that the depression has just spontaneously resolved itself, but the timing seems to make it much more than just a coincidence...
Curious to hear about other people's experiences!
About 2 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with fairly severe and crippling depression, specifically very low energy, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, constant tiredness and associated low mood, irritability. I was given some antidepressants and more recently regular group therapy. Part of the therapy involved regular assesment questionnaires, which had me scoring pretty high on their depression scale and the therapist quite concerned.
Then two months ago I was diagnosed with diabetes and within a very short period of starting the LCHF diet (with a few slip ups along the way) my blood sugar came right down and is usually 5.x in the mornings before breakfast.
Anyway, all the while I've been going to the therapy and filling out the little questionnaires, and having followup via telephone. My most recent phone conversation with the therapist was actually to tell me I am being discharged from the local NHS mental health care because my depression score is now so low that it's fallen below their clinical threshold for treatment.
I'm wondering if the symptoms of depression that I've been suffering from might actually be symptoms of the undiagnosed/untreated diabetes - has anyone else had a similar experience? Now that I'm on a low carb diet I've got so much more energy it's kind of unbelievable - it just shows how ill I was before. I used to struggle to get up in the morning, come down to have breakfast and then would almost immediately head straight back to bed, where I had little energy to get up again and would often spend most of the day there. I haven't had this problem since shortly after starting LCHF, although I'm still more tired than I'd ideally like to be.
Of course it may be that the depression has just spontaneously resolved itself, but the timing seems to make it much more than just a coincidence...
Curious to hear about other people's experiences!