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Permalink Reply by Baby Peanut on February 13, 2013 at 3:38pm

hi greg, welcome to the madhouse! just kidding :) i have corresponding stats to yours, diabetic 48 years, depression close to that, sober 18. i also very recently went crawling to an endocrinologist having had bad experiences with them in the past, & have found that listening to a professional beats the heck out of listening to what rattles around my head. anyway, i'm glad you're here, i'm sure you'll meet many interesting people, liz

Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on February 13, 2013 at 6:05pm

Congratulations to both of you on your sobriety! That's really a toughie, and making that commitment for that long says something about your strength!

Let me tell you about the 4 D's: diabetes and depression: the deadly duo. I know when I'm depressed, my control goes out the window. And it can last a long time. So I need to get a handle on the depression quickly whenever it rears its ugly head. When I'm depressed, I can't even listen to an endo or CDE or anyone else. When I'm not depressed, I'm pretty conscientious, and I do a pretty good job at diabetes. So I know which one is my major illness. And it ain't the diabetes!

Permalink Reply by Baby Peanut on February 14, 2013 at 7:07am

that's very true for me too natalie, although for me the addiction comes before both of those. luckily i consider that under control at this point, i had gotten to the point of real hopelessness & 'i don't care anymore' with the depression over the last couple of years although i've been on anti-depressants. my boyfriend got tired of watching me miss days & having seizures from low blood sugar, my doctor finally said why don't you go to an endocrinologist, so i said ok. taking a little over a quarter of the levemir i was taking seems to make a big difference :) thanks for you support & thoughts, hope we can all stay on top of it all.