Type1. Anxiety and Depression

[Mark-optimistic]

Hey guys an gals,

So the last few months have been really tough for me. It all started early July when I began to feel unwell at work. It was your tell tail aches and pains an general un wellness.

I shrugged it off and assumed I was coming down with something. That morning out of the blue I suddenly had a rush of adrenaline all over my body and felt like I was going to pass out. Needless to say this was terrifying. It has continued for months but now I feel out of it all the time, detached and have many panic/ anxiety attacks.

Recently my doctor diagnosed me with anxiety an depression and I just feel as if it has come out of nowhere. My true belief is that I may have had some sort of virus that caused the anxiety and things have spiralled out of control ever since.

I feel hopeless because I keep thinking it's something else and to be honest diabetes is already hard enough to deal with without this added miss fortune.

Any similar experiences/help or advice would be much appreciated. Keep smiling peeps

 

[lynn007]

Hey guys an gals,

So the last few months have been really tough for me. It all started early July when I began to feel unwell at work. It was your tell tail aches and pains an general un wellness.

I shrugged it off and assumed I was coming down with something. That morning out of the blue I suddenly had a rush of adrenaline all over my body and felt like I was going to pass out. Needless to say this was terrifying. It has continued for months but now I feel out of it all the time, detached and have many panic/ anxiety attacks.

Recently my doctor diagnosed me with anxiety an depression and I just feel as if it has come out of nowhere. My true belief is that I may have had some sort of virus that caused the anxiety and things have spiralled out of control ever since.

I feel hopeless because I keep thinking it's something else and to be honest diabetes is already hard enough to deal with without this added miss fortune.

Any similar experiences/help or advice would be much appreciated. Keep smiling peeps

Hi Mark I am feeling exactly the same and my dr won't give me anything for the anxiety hope you feel better soon and have good dr x

 

[ally1]

I am type2. For 13 years I was treated for depression, yet I was not getting any better.
Eventually I was diagnosed with bipolar and an anxiety disorder.
There is no shame in being depressed and hope you are being well looked after

 

[Juicyj]

Hi @Mark-optimistic It's fairly common to experience this so don't feel alone, I was diagnosed with depression 6 months after being diagnosed with type 1, for me it felt like relief as I knew what it was. Did your doctor offer any support or medication to help you ? My personal advice is to take things easy, one day at a time. Try doing some exercise if you can as it's will help release endorphins, I did a mindfulness course which helped me alot, try not to get down it will get better

 

[loafhead]

Hey guys an gals,

So the last few months have been really tough for me. It all started early July when I began to feel unwell at work. It was your tell tail aches and pains an general un wellness.

I shrugged it off and assumed I was coming down with something. That morning out of the blue I suddenly had a rush of adrenaline all over my body and felt like I was going to pass out. Needless to say this was terrifying. It has continued for months but now I feel out of it all the time, detached and have many panic/ anxiety attacks.

Recently my doctor diagnosed me with anxiety an depression and I just feel as if it has come out of nowhere. My true belief is that I may have had some sort of virus that caused the anxiety and things have spiralled out of control ever since.

I feel hopeless because I keep thinking it's something else and to be honest diabetes is already hard enough to deal with without this added miss fortune.

Any similar experiences/help or advice would be much appreciated. Keep smiling peeps ️

8 years ago I had a hypo with a group of friends (abroad in a tourist place) that needed me to go to hospital. Nothing in the short term and then two years ago what I would describe as panic attacks when waiting in queues like airport or supermarket which had me looking for where I could get lucazade and meant I developed a habit of taking lucazade when not needed or always spending more in supermarkets or public places and then have high BG. I found thinking about it and the place it was happening was a good thing to do. I do not know where you are based but see if you can get referred for cognitive behavioural theorpy (CBT) which is more like thought coaching and positive/negative thinking about things.
Good luck and try to stay positive.