Together you can come up with solutions. Tell your friends and family how they can help. Let them know that encouraging you to go off your plan is not a kindness. Depression Feeling down once in a while is normal. But some people feel a sadness that just won't go away.
Life seems hopeless.
Feeling this way most of the day for two weeks or more is a sign of serious depression. At any given time, most people with diabetes do not have depression. But studies show that people with diabetes have a greater risk of depression than people without diabetes. There are no easy answers about why this is true. The stress of daily diabetes management can build.