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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alison54321" data-source="post: 1782484" data-attributes="member: 472744">My blood sugars go up when I get anxious or stressed. The best solution is to try not to get too stressed about the diabetes.Fearing needles is a bit of a problem, but you are going to have to suffer with the fear of that, as it's an unavoidable part of the treatment.It's a difficult problem, and some people can be well controlled but have complications, so it's not a virtue thing. But we do have friends to help our bodies, other than controlling blood glucose. One of those friends is food.Endothelial dysfunction is the cause of complications, so we can eat food that is kind to endothelial cells, there are certain vitamins that they particularly like. Like folates, and vitamins C, A, B6. So you can google and change your diet to please your endothelial cells, that gives you more power.Also you can reduce endothelial dysfunction by physical activity. So you have control over diabetes, beyond just controlling blood sugar, which is quite hard to do. You can't control luck, but if the anxiety comes from a feeling of  lack of control, you can change that a bit.</blockquote>

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