Depression??

My next step would be an experiment in eliminating grains, specifically those containing gluten, from your diet for 3 weeks and see how that affects your health.

If you're interested in learning more, there is the book "Wheat Belly" by Dr William Davis. Also this link about how common gluten sensitivity is:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-comm ... z2DNc9Q1do

The content of the article is really eye-opening, but even more so are the comments by readers about their experiences with eliminating grain from their diet.

Best wishes,

Hi Zoecrean,

I would definitely check thyroid, as others pointed out - the symptoms are fairly similar to depression. And then - depression is a possibility. It is more common in diabetics, both because we have an additional burden, especially not easy if someone is prone to feeling guilty, but also because swinging/extreme blood sugars also influence mood. And then the vicious circle starts, diabetes feeds depression, when depressed you make your diabetes worse etc...Your symptoms look depression-like for me.

Also, you mentioned your not great numbers - for me every prolonged period of not-so-good-control ends up with a longer time of feeling exhausted and tired and sleepy in general, my body needs few weeks to regenerate.
I'm new to UK so I'm not sure what is the best way to tackle depression in this system, but when I met my diabetic consultant at the hospital, he mentioned that they have someone to help depressed diabetics.
I went through a cognitive-behavioral therapy, plus meds, plus physical exercise. The difference before/after is so huge, that you regret every wasted day before you decided for treatment. If you decide for therapy, you have to find a therapist who will suit you, it might be tricky.

Take care,

Ania

Hi, I had a prob with a receptionist. My doctor sorted her out I think, cos I have bi pilot as well as diabetes and my doctor got back to me. When I have the probs of such lethargy that I could fall asleep standing up it is generally the need for my anti depressants to be tweeked. My doc will check my thyroid first but its always fine. I thought I was mad as a march hare until u found this site and found its a common prob with diabetics.

Hi, I've had had type 1 since Jan now and on 5 injections a day, taking nova rapid and lantus, I have a pretty stressful job and a 4 year old to look after, just last night had a nighttime hypo at 3.4 and today feel drained so taken the day off. For a while now maybe 3-4 months I've been feeling down but just putting on a happy face, inside I feel like I'm so alone and struggling so much with keeping good blood sugars and some days they can be all over the place, then have to hold down a job etc. Also last week had a team meeting and because I'd had wine the night before sugars were running around 16 in the morning so took extra novarapid and crashed in my meeting to 2.9. I couldn't tell anyone as felt so embarrassed and took glycugel in the loo and sat there for 10 minutes trying to gain my composure, then left shortly afterwards. I think the point I'm trying to get across us that I feel quite alone, haven't seen my DSN for months haven't done DAFNE and won't do until around May next year and in some respects feel like I'm climbing a mountain I knowni'll never get up, I tried talking to the doctor last week and couldn't quite verbalise how I feel so just asked if there were any courses in meditation I could join as I've heard that can help manage my bloods and moods. He suggested that because they are high and low a lot that would affect my mood so hoping he can get me on something but don't want medication for depression. I also know that after Dafne will be able to carb count better but thats atill a way off. Has anyone else felt so low for so long and what helped you ?

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Hi - I'm not sure how old you are but I became T1 when I was 36. I was a veggie triathlete with no risk factors. I felt it unfair and unjust. As had been commented on and research has shown feelings of low mood and depression/anxiety are common post diagnosis, more so if you have suffered this pre-diagnosis. The changes you feel are very common as I know and have also experienced. Trying to balance a "normal life", control your diabetes, cope with how dreadful hypo's make you feel sometimes initially for days afterwards, and feeling you can't do things that you used to do foster feelings of grief, loss, anger and loneliness. But on reflection before then it felt like it was a roller coaster of hell. I had a stint of depression for 6 months after I had been diagnosed with T1 and feel with correct management this could have been if not avoided the symptoms could have been less severe. On reflection now I would have pushed for DAFNE harder, insisted on a pump (if you look at the NICE guidelines mental health issues are an indicator for one if you GP/consultant is not wanting to put you on one). If you need to speak to someone every GP should have a primary mental health worker attached to them and they can offer you confidential counselling, and once through the DAFNE course and/or on a pump and you are struggling with the turmoil and lack of structure in coping with everything which results in you feeling low/anxious ask the nurse to refer you to the local cognitive behaviour therapist usually attached to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) team who can help in changing your behaviour to cope with your feelings, structure you life, and reach your goals.

On a positive note I am on a pump (the best thing ever!) following DAPHNE having the support from my DNS (who I had contact weekly to begin with as I hassled them). I am now back running half marathons, getting up at 6am to go to the gym and do you yoga for an hour before work and most importantly am not this crazy hypo/hyper monster for my wife and daughter!