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- Type of diabetes
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Can I ask how many people with diabetes struggle with depression?
I have heard there is a link, but no one really knows why??? I'm asking because I've had diabetes for 30 years (diagnosed age 9) and as many teens, I struggled through my teen years with horrendous bg's. Having neuropathy at age 17, I lost a lot of weight and was seriously ill. It took a few years to recover, but I developed awful depression after this time. I struggled with this depression for years until the clinic changed my antidepressants.... and I have been fine ever since. (I haven't been on any meds for depression for 15 years). I also look back and suspect my neuropathy caused the depression.....
Life throws some tough challenges for all of us and I've been through them all without asking for anything..... but recently there has been a major change for me which has been devastating. I've struggled through it, but did have to ask the clinic for a note to my gp asking for support. I was really upset when my consultant told me I was prone to anxiety knowing my history.
To be fare.... my daughter, who has a disability has recently been excluded from school. Understandably, I have been very upset and feel school and the education department has let her down, they feel she can not cope with the pressures and structure of school.... The problem I have, is that I need to take care of her 24/7 without any respite. I love my daughter beyond belief, but I've had to give up work to take care of her.... which adds another pressure of finances. I asked for support so that I could get some respite (pediatrician says there is nothing they can offer my daughter, so I thought I would ask for my health). I'm exhausted which upsets my blood sugars..... I felt like such a failure as a mother by hearing 'but I am prone to anxieties....'
Am I being unreasonable? Has anyone else been dismissed because of a history of depression?????
Thanks
Sx
I have heard there is a link, but no one really knows why??? I'm asking because I've had diabetes for 30 years (diagnosed age 9) and as many teens, I struggled through my teen years with horrendous bg's. Having neuropathy at age 17, I lost a lot of weight and was seriously ill. It took a few years to recover, but I developed awful depression after this time. I struggled with this depression for years until the clinic changed my antidepressants.... and I have been fine ever since. (I haven't been on any meds for depression for 15 years). I also look back and suspect my neuropathy caused the depression.....
Life throws some tough challenges for all of us and I've been through them all without asking for anything..... but recently there has been a major change for me which has been devastating. I've struggled through it, but did have to ask the clinic for a note to my gp asking for support. I was really upset when my consultant told me I was prone to anxiety knowing my history.
To be fare.... my daughter, who has a disability has recently been excluded from school. Understandably, I have been very upset and feel school and the education department has let her down, they feel she can not cope with the pressures and structure of school.... The problem I have, is that I need to take care of her 24/7 without any respite. I love my daughter beyond belief, but I've had to give up work to take care of her.... which adds another pressure of finances. I asked for support so that I could get some respite (pediatrician says there is nothing they can offer my daughter, so I thought I would ask for my health). I'm exhausted which upsets my blood sugars..... I felt like such a failure as a mother by hearing 'but I am prone to anxieties....'
Am I being unreasonable? Has anyone else been dismissed because of a history of depression?????
Thanks
Sx