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<blockquote data-quote="crafteclaire" data-source="post: 25453" data-attributes="member: 11231"><p>Hi everyone.</p><p></p><p>I hadn't realised there was a link with diabetes and depression - and I've had diabetes for 31 years, and suffered on and off with depression since puberty. Stupid of me not to link the two really.</p><p></p><p>I'm low carbing and bms are getting under much better control - as demonstrated by the HbA1c of 7.6% taken on Monday - this is a massive improvement, but as I've only been low carbing since the beginning of this month, I'm expecting a big drop from this on my next test.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, I've been feeling REALLY down myself over the past few days, despite being over the moon with the low average bm (7.8 ) and the half stone weight loss in 3 weeks. Have I done too much too soon??</p><p></p><p>I'm averaging 40 - 50g cho per day and insulin intake is down by half of what it was before. I weigh 69kg, so if you multiply that by 0.5 (I think that is what a non diabetic will produce per kg of body weight), I should be on 34.5 units per day. I'm on approx 35 units so am bob on with that one.</p><p></p><p>Right now, I feel like crying and leaving the whole family to it and sodding off to Spain for a month, and my bm is 8.6 - believe me, this is NOT high for me. Has anyone got any ideas? Is it the big change in diet?? As I said before, I've been low carbing for over 3 weeks now, and haven't had this emotional down feeling until the past few days.</p><p></p><p>Claire x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crafteclaire, post: 25453, member: 11231"] Hi everyone. I hadn't realised there was a link with diabetes and depression - and I've had diabetes for 31 years, and suffered on and off with depression since puberty. Stupid of me not to link the two really. I'm low carbing and bms are getting under much better control - as demonstrated by the HbA1c of 7.6% taken on Monday - this is a massive improvement, but as I've only been low carbing since the beginning of this month, I'm expecting a big drop from this on my next test. The problem is, I've been feeling REALLY down myself over the past few days, despite being over the moon with the low average bm (7.8 ) and the half stone weight loss in 3 weeks. Have I done too much too soon?? I'm averaging 40 - 50g cho per day and insulin intake is down by half of what it was before. I weigh 69kg, so if you multiply that by 0.5 (I think that is what a non diabetic will produce per kg of body weight), I should be on 34.5 units per day. I'm on approx 35 units so am bob on with that one. Right now, I feel like crying and leaving the whole family to it and sodding off to Spain for a month, and my bm is 8.6 - believe me, this is NOT high for me. Has anyone got any ideas? Is it the big change in diet?? As I said before, I've been low carbing for over 3 weeks now, and haven't had this emotional down feeling until the past few days. Claire x [/QUOTE]
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