How dangerous is depression in diabetics?

If you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes then you are also at risk of depression. And on the contrary, if you have depression then you are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Currently, the treatment of diabetes and depression can be carried out together and when effectively treated either will positively impact the other.

In life, everyone has ever felt sad or frustrated but it is a normal part of life. But if you have long periods of sadness, anxiety and frustration then it can be a symptom of depression. If you have diabetes, there is a high risk of depression caused by diabetes that makes the body tired. Both diabetes and depression can be really difficult for the person to face the condition, but remember that you are not alone.

Depression and diabetes have the same number of symptoms as fatigue, sleeping a lot and difficulty focusing can occur when the person has either of the above problems. These symptoms can make it difficult for patients to know if they are caused by depression or diabetes or both.

Although diabetes does not directly cause depression, the nature of diabetes can be a factor that facilitates the development of depression. If you have depression before you have diabetes, then diabetes can make the symptoms of depression worse.

Depression is a serious mental health condition and it can take place in anyone, regardless of culture, health status and family history. Depression makes the person feel bad about themselves, life and social relationships.

If you experience one or more of the symptoms below longer than two weeks, then you need to talk to your doctor directly treating diabetes due to depression that can affect the course of treatment and the effectiveness of blood glucose control. Some depressive symptoms have a direct effect on the treatment of diabetes such as:

• Don't want to do anything or see anyone. You may not manage diabetes properly without medication or regular blood glucose checks, do not take care of yourself in terms of proper nutrition and exercise for diabetics, do not re-examine diabetes or ignore other health problems. All these actions lead to complications of diabetes.
• Feel frustrated often and for long periods of time.
• Or wake up at night or wake up but don't want to get out of bed.
• Feeling tired more often should prevent you from exercising.
• Overeing leads to increased blood sugar levels.
• Not enough to eat.
• Feel sad, frustrated about yourself and worried that you have let your friends and relatives down about you.
• Prone to being psychoalysed and having to try to stay focused.
• Feeling restless.
• Move slowly and don't want to talk.
• There is a thought that everything will be better if you die or have the thought of suicide. Depression can also cause you to self-destruct and if you feel like you're dying it's better, so you can stop taking care of yourself.

• Manage diabetics. Managing diabetics focused on behavioural changes has succeeded in helping patients improve their metabolism, increase exercise levels, manage weight, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors. When patients participate in diabetes management programs, they can also help patients improve emotionally to feel happy and improve their quality of life.
• Psycho-therapy. Diseases that should take psycho-therapy classes, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, have been studies that have proven to improve depression and in the mean leads to better diabetes control.
• Medications and lifestyle changes. Patients will use the drug for both diabetes and depression. In addition, in terms of lifestyle changes that include various types of therapy such as regular exercise, it is possible to improve both pathology.
• Collaborative care. New research suggests that treating diabetes if a patient is managed and supervised by nurses will help enhance the effectiveness of treatment, improving both depression and diabetes.

If you have diabetes, monitor for signs and symptoms of depression, such as loss of interest in normal activities, feelings of sadness or frustration, and unexplained physical problems such as back pain or headaches.

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Article reference source: mayoclinic.org, diabetes.org.uk

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