Today I was told by my GP to stop testing myself as it causes anxiety. Is there any science behind this statement? Does anyone have links to science papers which indicate this or the reverse?
BTW I have never felt more in control of my own health than at the mo!!
I think it can cause anxiety in people that already have a neurotic control-need but to be in control in a sensible way how can that cause anxiety, I would think it would make people know that they are at a healthy level and don´t have to worry much anymore.. that of cause only work for people that do also control their foods almost all the time, if one is not ready to change lifestyle and eat to their meter and to their knowledge, I think it might create a feeling of eternal bad consiousness and a scary feeling of when all the bad adding conditions will hit and hurt the person.. so yes seen in that perspective it could make people even more scared on forehand instead of just embracing the adding condition one by one as they hit and hurt you..
so does it cause anxiety ?... well depends on how successful you are in controling foodstyle and lifestyle like using ones body as much as possible... hmm.. to some it might be a negative focus on an ever worsening déroute... going downhill all the time..
but telling every new patient that it will just cause anxiety , actually shows that health care haven´t even noticed that it is really possible to control this disease long term.. A scary lack of knowledge ..we ought go together writing a letter to top of all healthcare systems in the world , telling them that it is in fact possible to stop this condition progressing