The Emotional Side of Diabetes

[@mosaiceyes2020]

Living with several chronic health conditions along with diabetes, this lecture really hit home for me on so many levels. Managing all my illnesses is stressful, time-consuming, and exhausting. Thank you for explaining the complexity of it all, and helping me release the guilt I feel.

[@trevorl.4332]

Very grateful to have access to this. The mental health implications of my disease are becoming abundantly obvious at this point in my life.

[@jobrown8146]

Changing to a *low carb lifestyle* worked for me. My Hba1c went from 7.0 to 5.2 in only 3 months, with no medication and no fasting (3 meals a day). I didn't know if it was going to work but decided to try it. My blood test results are proof that it worked. My blood pressure reduced, my cholesterol numbers have improved and in 8 months without trying I've lost 17.5% of my body weight. My ALT liver function has gone from 45, 28 now 22. I've had fatty liver for about 20 years (I'm now 64).

[@suefisher4534]

As a mother of a type one diabetic who was diagnosed when she was eight years old and she is now 20 this brought tears to my eyes. My only wish and hope for her and all the other children and adults living with type one diabetes,which we really don’t know all your difficulty and your pain., is this works! this is a beautiful story and brings hope that within this decade she may be able to walk freely apart from her pump and feel more confident about her future and having children.

[@gurlinkaur5833]

Many mother's just don't give a fuck about their children's mental health having type 1 diabetes. You're better..cause u saw this lecture.

[@annikaukkonen]

@@gurlinkaur5833 , yes my mother used to insult me for high sugar levels. Like I'm her biggest disappointment

[@craftygirl17]

I’m on antidepressants and I figured out it wasn’t depression it was distress. When I found your video it matched exactly what I felt and was going through. It’s been 9 years since my diagnosis and no real emotional support. And now I have a eye problem that I’m really scared. I have to get injections in. I’m so scared and don’t know where to turn to. My husband has diabetes now to, and I’m so overwhelmed I’m losing faith in my doctor. A few weeks after my diagnosis I was feeling so overwhelmed with my new diagnosis I was told I could do this by diet which I am still, or go on Metformin and I chose diet. Anyways I cried in his office because of all the demands of this disease he started asking questions about my mood and I think I said I felt down but it was overwhelmed and stressed, I felt I had no life with this disease. He put me on antidepressants by the next time I saw him I was worse, and it’s been down hill ever since. My sugars are good. But these antidepressants are making me feel awful. And in between all this my mom passed away three years later after my diagnosis, it’s been a rollercoaster of one thing after another. I’m grieving her and missing her more, with all this added stuff. And no good support.

[@Juke582]

I find that my mood changes after fighting this 10 years. I get angry when my sugar fluxes even 10 points. I take ashwaganda for mood and it’s helping me a lot! You will need the metformin as I tried doing it with just diet and it’s a fail! Pri care docs are not going to help you at all. You can go to a endocrinologist, and should get some help there, but we are largely on our own to figure it out! I have bad neuropathy in my legs and take Nervive supplement that helps too! Go to a diabetes support group! Surely there’s one in your area! Google it near you! I am happy to help you cope some. It’s still hard for me. I get tired easy. I get low blood sugar in the am sometimes, and I still struggle to maintain a tight range so not to have symptoms. Emotionally it can really destroy you. Ditch the antidepressants! Get ashwaganda gummies! They really work to keep me calm! Less distress. Text me at 352-461-9863 and I will give you advice. 😁 🤗

[@vickikondylas555]

Thank you I've been dealing with family members with diabetes ,,,,Have noticed their emotional reactions re high and low depending on their sugar level ,,,,when it's high they seem more agitated anxious and sometimes very agressively ,when low no desire or motivation and weepy ,,,that's my observation

[@craftygirl17]

Could be depression, dealing with this disease is very difficult emotionally. It takes a toll on your life, you go through grief to with diabetes, it’s a major change in your life. And dealing with the ignorance of others who don’t have diabetes makes it even harder to deal with the disease. Managing this disease day in and day out, is not easy, there needs to be more support from doctors and family. When I was diagnosed there wasn’t much support, and I didn’t find anything with the fear of this disease, meaning the fear of getting a low, fear that you could get complications. Like the psychologist said in this video, people give up because it’s that daunting. Your sugars could be good one day and not good the next for no apparent reason you do the best you can. The stress of this disease has never been addressed. Like I said there needs more support, so you don’t feel so burnt out, and people without diabetes have no idea what we feel, it’s a complicating disease and not an easy thing to live with. And everyone’s body is different in what causes there sugars go up or low there is no two diabetics the same. When I was diagnosed, all I heard was all the bad stuff, and not a very understanding doctor, he didn’t listen to how diabetes is very trying. Everyday you have to check sugars, portion your meals, eat the right foods, eat every four hours, check sugars two hours after you eat, the cravings are enough to drive you crazy. You don’t have freedom, you are chained to this disease for the rest of your life. And let’s not forget the blame you get from others. Let’s get one thing straight diabetes is nobody’s fault, it’s very unfortunate that people blame the person who has it. It makes a person feel bullied. We try are best with this awful disease, and need patience, love , empathy, compassion, life is hard enough on the person with diabetes.

[@latinainwpb]

I suffered from depression most of my adult life, but I also was diagnosed with a reactive hypoglycemia when I was 32 and I could see the relationship between eating sugar and mood. Whenever I was able to remain sugar-free, I felt better. I did not over in general and I was pretty health conscious, I also exercised regularly by the way. What I believe is that my body had a problem processing glucose, perhaps due to i B vitamin deficiency. What I recall is me having poor tolerance of stress, which consumes the vitamins at a high rate and stress always made me crave sugar, which I learned was actually, let’s say, a normal response because sugar blunts response in the body. I had read many many years ago that glycemia could lead to developing diabetes due to insulin resistance. I am 71 now and was formally diagnosed just 3years ago, but I suspected I had diabetes 3 years before. My current doctor says I have probably developed diabetes 10 years ago as there are no symptoms at first. I’m thankful that I didn’t develop it much earlier like I could have considering also that I’ve been sleeping during the day for over 20 years, something that I learned disrupts our hormones and increases our risk of developing chronic diseases. P.S. i believe that hypothyroidism, which I also suffer from, may have a lot to do with all the above.

[@craighorner4607]

the largest problem people with type 1 diabetes face is the ignorance of others. the National Highway Safety Administration wants to remove our ability to get to work, the grocery store, the pharmacy, and the freedom to go where we want when we want. this is a situation that urgently needs to be dealt with by filing criminal and civil charges against government organizations that treat us as though we are completely incapable of driving safely. i have been driving since i was 19 and i am now 50. i have only had 5 insulin reactions behind the wheel, 3 of which resulted in wrecks, only one of those wrecks involved someone else.i have encountered far more dangerous people on the road than me. i am tired of the harassment from the government. i want freedom from their ignorance and hostility towards all people with physical illnesses

[@craftygirl17]

I was very emotional when I found out I had Diabetes, it’s very demanding and stressful. I cried a lot because it takes so much of your time. Not getting the right support on how your emotions come into play. I get frustrated, overwhelmed.

[@teresasanchez756]

family n ppl in ur circle r not mental support as we need, instead tell me u can eat, u eat alot, or don't be shy I know u can eat, we. Could use more support in Bible it say love is kind love is patient

[@sioxz8435]

i have had type 1 since i was 10 years old and when people ask me about diabetes advice i say it's like having a extra job on atleast 25% if not more

[@christinechambers8133]

My diabetic sister who is frighteningly underweight gets into an irritable funk and has gotten violent. Very scary.

[@pinsolomons]

Emotions generate cortico steroids which affect the vasculature and blood pressure. Easing that eases the chemical load in the body.

[@Sepantamino]

Next chapter, please.

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[@CindySutter]

is everyone feeling okay? if you aren’t feeling well, you can chat with me. even if you just want to talk about the problems you are having. it’s so important. i’m a good listener i hope to see you online again.

[@craftygirl17]

So what do you do when your not sleeping because of the worry of my diabetes.

[@imagineslowed1099]

Exactly

[@heikehollas1828]

Very personal but very true ❤️❤️❤️

[@dannythomas6865]

I was rushed to the hospital because my blood sugar was 1495 and went into Diabetic Rage and the hospital because of Diabetic almost killed me.

[@briank437]

Thanks

[@CindySutter]

i don’t know much about diabetes but the are many guideiines to follow and they keep changing the treatments and guidelines. driving me crazy! i have had hypoglicimemia, and gestational diabetes.gestational when i was a kid. i was diagnosed again with diabetes in 1994, i am now im 66. my diabetes had gone crazy on me sincei was 65. i can donothing to stop it! i get urgent notices forsuper highs and lows my g7 tells me about them. i’m so glad that finally could get the g7 with my insurance. even though i get super highs and lows my a1c is finally 5.7! but these highs and lows are scary . i’m always scared to have ketoacidosis again! almost died, and was in a coma😢😢. my eyes are practically shot from diabetic retnopathy, i have nueropathy in my stomach of all things. high blood pressure and high choleserol. i know, it could be worse. i have had bipolar1 all my life. i had shingles when i was 2 . unsual i rarelyhearshinges in kids! it’s supposed to bean old person. i still remember the pain getting the i treatment! i still have the scars from it. my two front teeth got bashed to pieces when i was 9 . that was very tramatic! i’ve n ever hada good friend in my whole life. i also hada few traumaticthings happen to me. it’s ery lonely and i can’t trust anymore! i try every tool atmy disposal but in an episode, nothing works. wow, here i am talking too much. sorry please please write back to me even if it’s just you that to talk! i think that talking is extremlyimportant! diabetes IS aNIGHTMARE! so is having amental issue.

[@CindySutter]

i got something wrong. i meant i had hypoglycemia as a kid.

[@가든-d8m]

t1d for 27yrs. I usually spend about more than 20%of my wake timeThis makes me stressed out, I wonder that is normal.

[@CindySutter]

to anyone who helped bring this vtdeo to life. very interesting!

[@hulking_presence]

Daym, that, my sir, is a one cool stache!!

[@julliethomas8191]

Thanks for this presentation. I use Blucon device and freestyle Libre sensor to check my diabetes also, I share my blood glucose values with my doctor through Ambrosia Followblucon app which really helps me alot when my glucose values goes out of range.

[@shreyarastogi7303]

one of my friend suggested me for Ambrosia device, now I am using it for last 6 months which always track me the glucose, insulin, exercise on one platform and I am able to extend the life of my sensor with the help of Blucon for another 14 days.

[@pookahchu]

It could be that dopamine deficient people tend to self medicate with sweets.

[@Juke582]

Yes! I think so! It created cravings and a addiction I think.

[@truthseek3017]

Fat people fill their faces with dead animal flesh and cow secretion juice.

[@CindySutter]

@@truthseek3017only being fat causes diabetes. not true ive met those who have been practically skinny and never bee faat in thier life. they have diabetes two.