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dsm23

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi, I have been a diabetic for 21 months. I am a male,64 years of age and take Metformin 500mg twice a day and Dapagliflozin 10mg once a day, Since Christmas when I started taking Dapagliflozin which has eased my symptoms considerably and have lost 5.5lbs ahead of a 3 month blood test at the end of March. My problem seems to be heighten emotions like feeling sad and empty, sad things and situations make me upset and cry Is this normal behaviour or something peculiar to me?
 
I can't say what is normal, but I'm not embarrassed to say that I regularly feel tearful when BG levels go low. I'm also a lot more emotional in general when, for example, hearing sad stories on the news etc.

I'm 71 and couldn't say if it's connected to age. I don't think so. Suspect purely down to diabetes.

Definitely not peculiar to you.

HTH
 
I don't think those feelings are diabetes related specifically. Maybe you used to eat to cover or hide them? Lots of us eat emotionally .
 
dsm23 said:
Hi, I have been a diabetic for 21 months. I am a male,64 years of age and take Metformin 500mg twice a day and Dapagliflozin 10mg once a day, Since Christmas when I started taking Dapagliflozin which has eased my symptoms considerably and have lost 5.5lbs ahead of a 3 month blood test at the end of March. My problem seems to be heighten emotions like feeling sad and empty, sad things and situations make me upset and cry Is this normal behaviour or something peculiar to me?
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I don't have diabetes (potentially some insulin resistance) but I do have thyroid disease.

I think that any disruption to the hormonal system will upset the emotions and diabetes is the other side of the thyroid coin, all the same endocrine system!

It makes sense to me that your emotions are impacted by your hormones.
 
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