When my blood glucose level gets too high, I get depressed. His doctor had cautioned him about the many complications of diabetes, but depression wasn't on the list. He wondered if surging levels of glucose also had been responsible for those pre-diagnosis emotional lows. Talking with other diabetics, Warren found that depression was a common experience. Daily exercise seemed to keep his blues at bay and his glucose level near normal, but he was concerned about his treatment options if he became severely depressed.
Diabetics go to the eye doctor, the heart doctor, the foot doctor.
But emotional problems don't always go away. She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 13. When you're depressed, you have little energy and things hurt more. People with high blood glucose levels don't feel like dragging out of bed in the morning. Some studies indicate depressed people with diabetes have worse blood glucose control than diabetics who aren't depressive.