Anxiety with diabetes anyone?

[Injecto]

Has anyone here had to deal with severe anxiety with their diagnosis of Diabetes? If so, how long did you anxiety last? What kind of symptoms? Are you better? How did you get better (if you know)?

I think my diagnosis has kicked in some severely dangerous anxiety in me and it's more likely to drive me down the wrong road than the diabetes will at the moment. PM me if you don't want to share in public.

[belyro]

Hey Injecto,

You're not the only one with diabetes and anxiety. Check out this link.....

http://www.diabetesforums.com/diabetes/13638-diabetes-and-anxiety.html

[BriOnH]

Has anyone here had to deal with severe anxiety with their diagnosis of Diabetes? If so, how long did you anxiety last? What kind of symptoms? Are you better? How did you get better (if you know)?

I think my diagnosis has kicked in some severely dangerous anxiety in me and it's more likely to drive me down the wrong road than the diabetes will at the moment. PM me if you don't want to share in public.

Yes. This is very, very common amongst diabetics and people with chronic conditions. There could be a whole section dedicated to anxiety.

[Injecto]

Sorry, I didn't know that thread existed. I should have searched.

I'll post in that thread.

[belyro]

Sorry, I didn't know that thread existed. I should have searched.

I'll post in that thread.

No worries. I've done the same thing before too. :)

[mageerobin]

Just don't let the anxiety control you. A few years ago my brother-in-law had congestive heart failure. When the family arrives from 600+ miles away, they asked him what the doctor had to say about what caused the collection of the fluid... Charles, my brother-in-law responded, "Well you know for the past ten years, I have been borderline diabetic. Now it has progressed." We all said that none of us knew this. Not even his wife knew. Come to find out, he had a great fear of needles. He talked his doctor into treating him like he was a type 2 with oral meds and he truly a 1.5 and needed both. A few years later he died from kidney failure. His anxiety and denial killed him actually, so control it. Get help if you need to. The DF folks will listen.

[xMenace]

We all have to accept our fate.

I told myself it could have been worse - quad, MS, CF, cancer, deadness. It took me all of about one sleepless night to do this at age 14. I only recently committed myself to be in control, but overcoming anxiety was easy for me.

[sugarfree76]

got a quote, but don't remember who said it.

''if you live each day thinking that it's going to be the last, one day you will be correct''

I used to get these attacks when I got anxious or mad. My chest would tighten up and ****.
Boy, that didn't last long. Cool as the other side of the pillow. We have to choose our battles wisely :boxing:

[duck]

Injecto, for some, "anxiety" can be dealt with by "coping" or whatever term suits the person who was affected. For others, professional counseling is needed. It can become a snowball effect, with people actually becoming more anxious because they don't want to have anxiety which causes them even more anxiety because they must be crazy to be letting this affect their lives and if you're crazy well **** no wonder you have anxiety because it will never go away and OMG anxiety...

It happens.

For what its worth, "anxiety" is a growing problem in western societies. There are many theories, ****, there was even an X-Files episode about it where I think Mulder even refers to it as an epidemic or something. But it is treatable, so decide if you can deal with this on your own or if you need assistance, but don't let it get out of hand either way before you decide.