Bloggers do tackle the topic of
depression and help educate all of us. Sometimes we write from our
personal experiences about depression, but we also read a lot as
well. The first blog I want to bring to your
attention is one by Will Ryan at the Joyful Diabetic. Will covers
some of the facts about depression and gives several good suggestions
to aid in combating and managing depression.
As people with diabetes, we need all
the help we can obtain and I always appreciate blogs like Will
Ryan's. While I agree with his suggestions, not everyone may. To
this I say, find what works for you and discard the rest. I seldom
discard things, but bookmark it for later reference in case something
changes for me. I also have the habit of having different topic word
processor pages, which I copy the URL to and often make notes to the
URL to refresh my mind later.
I will point out that Will Ryan and
David Mendosa work hard for us and do it in a positive fashion, which
makes the information more valuable. With this, here are two
previous blogs by David Mendosa that can help you with minor
depression and chronic sorrow. This first blog from November 2, 2008
discusses diabetes, depression, and the use of exercise as a possible
step in managing both.
In his second blog of January 4, 2010,
he lists some of the potential aids he uses to help him manage
depression. These can help break out of depression for me and I
blogged about using them here and how they have or have not helped
me. I do need to make one change about Omega 3. It has given me some
help and then I did add vitamin B12 to my supplements about six
months later and the two of them seemed to really help in leveling my
mood swings and I avoided having depression for the rest of 2010 and
well into 2011. I did have a mild bout of sadness or mild
depression last September, but it only lasted for a couple of days.
One thing that keeps me going is
working for the positive attitude and I really think the power of
positive thinking keeps depression out of most of my life, even when
I have periods of wondering what I have done wrong in my diabetes
management. My blood glucose levels in the first six hours after I
wake are right on target. Then in the late PM, they seem to rise
more than they should. I have used the same vials of insulin and
even rotate the injection locations, but they still rise.
Sometimes they level out in the upper
100's, but I am having some readings over 200 in the late PM. I know
the insulin is good and still the readings are climbing. I have been
reducing my carbohydrates and still they climb in the late PM. I
think I have stopped this for now. Maybe not the best of solutions,
but high fat and the rest protein with zero carbs other than what is
in fresh lettuce and spinach. Blood glucose has remained under 130
mg/dl for three evenings now.
Dr. R. Centor has something to say that
we all need to know. He has two questions for his patients that he
uses to see how patients are actually doing. He uses them to detect
depression and for some of the underlying issues such as sleep apnea,
systolic dysfunction, and other diseases. There are some comments,
but nothing as definitive as his two questions. More doctors should
use these questions, but many just enter the exam room, check the lab
reports and discuss any changes to be made and leave. They have no interest in checking for
anything else and are thinking about the time they will save.
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