Diabetes and Depression
Hello Everyone,
Im very new to this site. But I wonder if anyone here has any issues with depression in relation to their diabetes and life in general. I will be honest with all of you, I am a 24 year old non compliant type 1 diabetic. I have been non compliant for 6 years, I have been a diabetic for 12 years. I think that if I dont take blood sugars or insulin then I will eventually die slowly.......which takes longer than I expected. Anyway I am in graduate school (one more year before completion), I live alone, I have no friends where I live, and no family lives where I live. All I do is go to work and go to school. I dont know what my future plans are. Im not passionate about anything......I have no boyfriend, no career, no children.....I having nothing to look forward to anymore. All of you seem to be so positive.....I wish you all the best.
Until next time......
Im very new to this site. But I wonder if anyone here has any issues with depression in relation to their diabetes and life in general. I will be honest with all of you, I am a 24 year old non compliant type 1 diabetic. I have been non compliant for 6 years, I have been a diabetic for 12 years. I think that if I dont take blood sugars or insulin then I will eventually die slowly.......which takes longer than I expected. Anyway I am in graduate school (one more year before completion), I live alone, I have no friends where I live, and no family lives where I live. All I do is go to work and go to school. I dont know what my future plans are. Im not passionate about anything......I have no boyfriend, no career, no children.....I having nothing to look forward to anymore. All of you seem to be so positive.....I wish you all the best.
Until next time......
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Permalink Reply by Melitta on
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Hi Annette: Welcome to TuD. I am so sorry for what you are going through. There have been many, many discussions here on TuD about depression and diabetes and how to stay motivated or get back on track. Thankfully this is a place that you can share the "not positive" and get support from people who know that diabetes really sucks. If you do a search here on TuD on Diabetes and Depression, you'll see it is a hot topic. Again, I am so sorry for what you are going through right now.
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on -
I am sorry to hear your plight in life. Life is hard and then we die. That's how it works. Nevertheless most people seem to be somewhat happy. My brother had diabetes and horribly gangrened feet and was dieing but somehow he was still happy. He used to study the power of positive thinking. Try to find little things that make you happy and build on them like a low carb diet it will take some time to adjust to being happy. the more so if one has been miserable for a long time. Would getting your diabetes under control make you happy. I does make me happy. I also have kidney stones, gout, high blood pressure, obesity and insomnia but I am chipping away at all of the problems in additions to life's nitty gritties. Hope you feel better soon.
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Permalink Reply by Annette on
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No offense but I have been trying for three years to find out what makes me happy, ans nothing seems to be sticking. Good diabetes management means nothing to me, that doesnt make me happy. Yes i know that happiness will take time, but I have given up on happiness already.......I wish you the best.
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Permalink Reply by CarlaM on -
Hello Annette, I have been a diabetic for 28 years, since I was 10. I have battled depression for many years. Chronic illness causes you to sometimes have an imbalance that leads to depression. Chronic pain does also. Many chronic diseases do this. Then you add the lack of control and the planning it takes to just leave the house and the stress from daily life that causes ups and downs or heaven forbid your hormones come into play... Well I have tried a few low dose antidepressants over the years of and on. I started to recognize the symptoms when I was not on anything. I take cymbalta now it helps my pain from a car accident and my depression. I now feel like doing more things that I like and that I can say make me happy. It just builds from there. Everyday is better now. I have a little constipation, lovely that word, but I can deal. My son likes me again too! I wish you luck and hope that you find that joy you are missing. It is great to find again.
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Permalink Reply by Robyn on -
I am sorry you are feeling this way and what you are going through. As Melitta mentioned, TuD Diabetes and Depression may be a place that you can go and find support and "Friends" that understand. A good start. I wish you the best.
I know that many times when I have had some very hard times, I have reached out to members and my friends here on TuD and they have helped me through the darkness of my life and feelings. You are never alone here. Don't give up on yourself and have Hope.
xo
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I dont mean to be negative but i do velive that I have reached the point where encouraging words are not enough. I wish you the best
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Permalink Reply by Robyn on
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Have you thought about Meds? They help. Maybe look into taking an anti-depressant.
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I prefer not to become dependent on anti-depressants to make me happy or balance me out. My mother would like me to consider it, but I take enough medications as it is....
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Permalink Reply by Jim on -
What your describing doesn't seem to be diabetes relates, seems to be just a general depression issue. So don't try to link it to diabetes. Even though your considered an adult at 24, there is a lot about life that you still do not know. I think you might want to rethink your mother advice and get some help.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on -
Anti-depressants are NOT "happy pills". They don't actually make you "happy", they just lift the dark cloud and allow you to think more clearly to find ways to improve your life by your own efforts. For me, they suppress the suicidal thoughts that occupy me 24/7. When all you can think of is suicide, there is no room for anything else. All the other meds in the world won't help you if you can't even summon up the will to take them, ESPECIALLY insulin. And anti-depressants DON'T make you dependent. You can always stop them if 1) they're not working, or 2) you don't need them any more. The second alternative is better!
Second, I found a really GOOD therapist. He has helped me in more ways than I can count. But I don't think I could have benefited from him if not for the anti-depressants.
Your rejections of people's suggestions sounds like classic depression -- you don't believe anything can help, so you refuse everything, but that's a mistake. Give it a chance. You might eventually come out of the depression by yourself, but it can take a long time, or maybe never. Why not accept the hands of help that are being offered, even if you don't believe it. Maybe you will find that you were wrong!
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Permalink Reply by Shecat on -
Firstly to get help you have to hold out your hand and take another hand or you can't be held above water so to speak! I am on anti depressants which help me and are not happy pills. If you don't try to manage your Diabetes then the high sugar levels soaking your brain will make you depressed in themselves. A hug to you! Please don't give up?!
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