Sorry to read you are struggling at the moment.
Unfortunately, diabetes and depression are common bed buddies. They seem to feed off each other as stress increases BG.
It is possible to live a "normal lifestyle" with diabetes although you need to plan a little more.
There are techniques for reducing stress from changing diet to meditation. I guess you have to find out what works best for you.
One thing which seems odd is you description of going from "Type 2 to Type 1 full bore". These are very very different conditions (I often wish they had very very different names to avoid the confusion) and you cannot go from one to the other.
Some people are misdiagnosed and some people with type 2 take insulin to manage their BG but do not have type 1.
Perhaps understanding what has happened with you will help to control the mood swings.
hi there this is something i have been thinking about lately. A few weeks ago i was struggling with high levels and my mood was very low and had bad insomnia. I was on a mixed insulin and it was not helping me. I recently changed to a basel/bolus regime and my levels have started to come down and i feel alot better and my sleep is better. So i wonder if there is a link.
Hello @Australia 1 Have you ever looked at the stages of grief in relation to your diagnosis ? I know from when I was diagnosed that I became very depressed and although this was temporary the feeling was over whelming, maintaining stable blood glucose levels helped to even out my moods as well as other things such as walking, meditation and talking, do you have anyone close who you can talk to ?
I have suffered with depression for many years but since being diagnosed with T2 my mood swings have got worse, I get anxious about the smallest tasks and angry with my self if things do not go right, its possible that metformin combined with my blood pressure medication are causing this but the quacks deny this could be the cause????
I am 71 and even my grand children call me grumpy granddad I used to be silly granddad most of the time making them laugh and fixing their broken toys etc.
When I feel a "down" moment come on, I take myself to my man cave and sod about with my model railway, that sometimes helps. I know its not for everyone but taking yourself out of a bout of depression sometimes helps. (Just putting it out there)
My pancrease doesn't produce enough anymore... so it's 3c for me. Brought about by prednesalone use over 20 yrs. So, much like your situation it's basal/bolus to deal with it. The whole more frequent testing is a pain. Low carbing is something I have done for the past 7 or 8 yrs, so the amount I use isn't a lot. I don't know if you drink water during the night, but dehydration over night could be raising your FBG. And a high bg level really does drive up stress and can be depressing. Not a good way to start the day.
Hi Sam@oldsparky. I have been holding off on writing to you because we are closer in age. It is no secret here That I have had Cancer 2 Times and I have had Chemotherapy big time with hair loss and the whole story of the Cancer Treatment horrors.
Then wouldn’t ya know I became a diabetic Type 2 with no insulin and then Metformin and then Lantus with no real direction as this was a GP. Then Chemotherapy came along again. Prednisone a Steroid used in my Lymphoma Protocol was introduced. After going through radiation to prove that two Cancers are in remission I then was told that my new Endocrinologist said that my pancreas was getting stuffed and not making enough insulin, I was then told that Insulin production was going down to Type 1. So that is now a 4 Month Type 1 Protocol to follow. So now I am taken off all pills and just Novorapid and Lantus.
So I asked everybody here about this Mood Swing issue. Well, well it turns out Sparky that I have met at least 9 people that are younger than us and there lives have kept me from Suicide and as a Christian I would not commit Suicide as I know that God and Jesus Christ is as real as me writing this. @oldsparky I am going to peruse this Forum for People like us. There is Hope Sparks!!!!!! Trust me.
Your Mate, Sam.
Sam; First of all the depression issue. I lost my wife to Cancer a few years ago: Have Crohns Disease and a lot of my large and small bowel removed, loss of lung function due to asbestos damage and type 2 diabetes, so the body is not always in a good pain-free state and full of energy, in fact just the opposite most days. I did suffer from depression for a while. That said I myself are doing really well emotionally now.
You have to learn to disassociate your emotional state from what is happing to the body. You are not your body. I need to stress that fact "YOU ARE NOT YOUR BODY"; you are far more than that. It is the body that has the problems not you at the core of your being.
I would suggest you try getting in touch with your inner being/unstoppable unbounded spirit/ or whatever name you want to give it through mindfulness meditation. Just sit and concentrate on slow deep breathing, because unfounded fears of the future and memories of difficult past events vanish when you do this. You can not breathe in the future nor breathe in the past, so as you focus on your breath the only thing you can focus on is moment by moment is the now, the present moment.
With each fresh moment, we are at the cusp of new possibilities and new beginnings as we are experiencing an unbound void within us that is not defined by edges and is limitless When we can learn to spend some time each day not thinking about the difficulties we can all face on a daily bases this gives the emotional swings some respite.
Not only that but meditation has been proven to have a lot of health benefits both on a physical and mental level as it puts you in a calm relaxed state. Any natural healing response your body has will kick in much better when the body is not under stress.
That or get involved in charity work, it is difficult to become too despondent about your own situation when you are helping others that are in some ways a lot worse off then you are, and if active you do not have the time to think about yourself.
The other thing to consider is that any change in our health that is a change to us or effects how well we can do things can affect us all the same way. When we can no longer do the same things we could it feels like a loss of part of us, just like a death we have to go through a grieving period, as we are losing something a part of what we perceive ourselves to be.
In time we all come out the other side just because we are walking in shadow it just means the sun is shining behind us. In fact, there is light all around we just do not see it at times, just because the sky fills with clouds it does not mean that the sun is no longer there, as eventually in time the clouds aways disperse and allow joy back into our lives.
As for trying to resolve the problems through medical intervention the only thing that has helped me is a good quality ginseng supplement taken every four hours on a daily bases plus getting a lot more active. Emotions follow what is happening in the body a silent message from our nervous system affecting the emotional centres in the brain, so a good work out makes the body feel good which makes the mind and the emotions feel good.
Hang on in there Sam there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
Well my Dear Brother you have written well. I am so embarrassed about my life. I have interstitial Lung disease in both lobes. I hate big Pharmaceutical companies that live off people like me. This Lymphoma Cancer has attacked my eyesight and it was Radiation to the eyes only to get Cataracts later or Chemotherapy. I chose the Chemotherapy and it would take hours to read all of the fine print of Risks involved in that. Diabectic conditions are always a risk factor in many of diseases I get and every month I have to get Immuglobolin G 1000 ML infusions to keep me alive and my immune system up. I take a bus for that. It is twenty Kilometres away and the Diabetes Forum is the only place I can talk to real people about real problems. I joined this group too quick or so I thought.
I have volunteered to a Bible College in North Carolina to do there all night emergency suicide services. I get much pleasure from that stopping people from taking there life. But the College does not know my entire life. They think I am a Hero there. We all at this program have Control Operator Numbers and I have special down loaded programs to do this work, so sometimes I feel like calling my own Ministry group in incognito just to blow off steam.
This is the First and last time I am going to talk about my other health issues. But I am not a Christian because of all of this. I dedicated my life to Christ at age 19. And so every time I talk to a terminally ill person I try to prepare the whole Patient Family and Friend,s For what is coming. A new life is coming. My Endocrinologist thinks that 6 to 10 Mmol is good. It is too high for me. So I have to eat Jelly too sometimes to balance out this insulin course of action.
Also my thanks to an 18 year old girl who spoke to me Heart about things I understand with her for her dilemma is in my Family in America. I have to lie down and and be still.
Love to the Forum
Sam
I do not call myself a Christian, in fact, I follow no particular religion but call myself a spiritually aware person. All I know from personal experience is that the source that which we all come from or will eventually be returning to no matter how every everyone understands it due to their cultural upbringing and programming I just call Home. Coming from the same home makes us all brothers and sisters. We are all here for you Sam with our love and support even if it is only words. Please accept my love and keep as well as possible. Do not push yourself too much doing charity work, as you must look after yourself first to be well enough to look after others.
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