In the initial phases of a sickness, in most cases, the body will give subtle hints signaling that something may be not quite right with it. One of the first symptoms of diabetes is a constant feeling of being tired and listless. You might find yourself easily becoming tired while doing tasks that formerly took you no effort in the least.
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Though even when you see your medical doctor because you suspect something is wrong, it can still be a shock to be told by your doctor that you have type 2 diabetes. You may go through a phase of denial and a period of anger, but ultimately you will come to acceptance of the reality that you do have diabetes.
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Besides its numerous physical symptoms, diabetes has some possible emotional one as well. The majority upon finding out that they have a grave illness will go through one or more preliminary bouts of depression. But with diabetes, there appears to be some additional psychological and physical link to depression. And, over time researchers have documented a strong link between diabetes and depression.
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An individual identified as having type 2 diabetes increases the chance that he or she will develop depression by a 100 %. There've been many peer group studies that show that. Even taking into consideration that the psychological stress of learning that someone has diabetes will account for a small amount of the depression, a two fold rise is a huge number.
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Current studies have not been able to identify the reason why there should be a linkage between diabetes and depression, but there are a couple of theories that may provide us with a clue.
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One explanation is merely that individuals with depression are more likely to develop diabetes. Put simply, there's some common metabolic tendency in the bodies of people with depression that puts them at risk for diabetes and vice versa. But there may be a direct dietary causal reason as well. A depressed person, especially one failing to take medication for his depression, is not taking care of himself normally. He has a propensity to eat more poorly, especially carbohydrate laden junk foods that have been shown to increase blood sugar levels. A depressed person will also generally exercise less. Combined, these two factors can lead to obesity which can lead to him being diagnosed as a type-2 diabetic person.
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A second hypothesis is that diabetes itself is the ignition. Studies have established that diabetes causes the body's sugar levels to vary wildly. Researchers of depression also know that depressive disorders is directly related to the body having poor and unpredictable blood sugar control. Recognizing this connection, it would come as no great surprise that a high number of diabetes sufferers could also experience depression.
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The very important thing to keep in mind, nevertheless, is that there are successful therapies readily available for both diabetes and depression. Several doctors observe that when treating depressed people with psychotherapy and/or medication, that their blood glucose levels are improved additionally. Although, yet to be shown, it's most likely true that successfully treating diabetic people will all at once help with their depression.
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With any luck, recognizing that depression is a possible side effect of diabetic issues will aid diabetics to better comprehend why they're feeling the way they do and encourage them to pursue assistance for their possible depression symptoms also.
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