Diabetes and Depression

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on May 8, 2009 at 8:19pm

Dear Corey.

I can really sympathize. It is like Marechal Foch said in the first war. Boche is bad. Mud is bad. but Boche and mud, ahhh. The same I live much closer to the artic circle in our corner of siberia called Calgary. Diabetes is bad and winter is bad and the combo is a deadly synergy. Next winter pop some vitamin D most of us living in siberia definitely need it.

Forget the psycho drugs( the only ones I found of some use is zopiclone and diazapam, all the rest extremely harmful) , they dont really work and you gain weight which is a disaster in diabetes. Bicycling there is something that used make me happy.

One of the problems with diabetes is that there is no short term payoff for keeping the BG in the normal range. Actually I "feel " better when it is around 200 I don't leave it there of course. still have a vivid picture in my mind of my brother's feet rotting off with diabetically induced gangrene. His old folks home considered 200 fine..

Weight loss has got me very depressed. Gained another 5 lb in 2 weks because of reduced activity due to cataract operation in both eyes. Went to the gym and did pump some iron. You can loose the same amount of muscle in 2 weeks as it takes 2 months to build up.

That is a thought. I can take dog and go bicycling into the mountains. Spectacular scenery about 40 miles from home.

Try fly fishing it is a bit like sleep you are too busy to think about diabetes.

Chin up for now it is summer and we have survived another winter time to enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Corey on May 11, 2009 at 7:32pm

Thanks Anthony for the words of encouragement. Appreciate it very much.

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Permalink Reply by Lucile K. on May 8, 2009 at 8:41pm

Corey & Anthony & everyone, Wishing you sunny days, mild winds...and a nice bike trail--or what ever your trail is...everyday. Best regards, Lucy .

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Permalink Reply by Corey on May 11, 2009 at 7:32pm

Thank you Lucile. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on May 8, 2009 at 8:34pm

Dear Cheryl.

I can really sympathize since our son was severely injured in a car crash. so I can see clearly that him having diabetes would be much much harder than having the disease yourself. It is of capital importance that you support him as much as you can. I wonder if you can get a trained dog to wake him up when he goes low. Mine sleeps with me and mostly I end up patting him when he has a nightmare. But once he woke me up when I was going low. In my case I am very insulin resistant so the even is not very spectacular compared to some one insulin sensitive.

Best of luck.

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Permalink Reply by Betty J on May 9, 2009 at 7:06pm

Cheryl I've lived with T1 for a lifetime and besides prayer what has gotten me through all these years. Is to know that it could be worse. That has been my anthem since I was a child. Although I'm the one who lives with this disease I can only imagine how my mother felt when I was dxed. Technology and education will help to lengthen your son's life, try to think positive.

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Permalink Reply by Delaney Mawson on May 11, 2009 at 8:25pm

I have not been a diabetic long, only a couple of months, but I definltly feel you. I have been struggling with severe depression since I was 10 and I had just gotten control of it when I was diagnosed. It defineltey brought the depression back, but I am doing suprislingly well for some one with my history. Mmy pets really help me. In fact my ccat is sitting on my arms right now, making it vrey hard to typei this! hayng in their everyone!

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