Hi, My name is Janet and I live in Virginia. I have had type 2
diabetes for about 20 years. I do not belong to any other diabetes
groups and am interested to see if being on group will be a positive
experience. Already I learned one new idea-about using nutritional
yeast with rice. My BS have not been well controlled for the past
couple of years but I am working on it. I look forward to reading
people’s posts.
this is a touchy subject.
I am a male diabetic type 1 ( dignosed 7 years now) 38 years old.
does it happen to anyone else that you need to have your blood sugars in the
HIGH range to get a good erection?
it can’t be in the 70-140 range usually, and certainly never below.
If so does anyone know WHY this might be?
one doctor told me that the opposite should be true.
confused and a little concerned about it.
Welcome to the list. I’m Jen, one of the moderators. I’ve had type 1
diabetes for 14 years. Want to tell us a bit about yourself? Do you have
diabetes yourself or does a family member or friend?
Jen
<< What you are saying is that all diabetics are clinically depressed. I
don’t believe that.
An association (read: correlation) does not mean that all diabetics are
depressed. It means there’s a higher incidence of depression among people
with diabetes, and/or a higher incidence of diabetes among people who are
depressed. It also says absolutely nothing and one causing the other or vice
versa, though it can have an influence.
It makes perfect sense that people with diabetes might have a higher
incidence of depression than the general population. Most people don’t have
to worry about the possibility of passing out due to a severe low, think of
every morsel of food they put in their mouth and every bit of exercise they
do, constantly adjust medication (for those of us with type 1, at least, I
don’t know as much about type 2), or the looming threat of complications
that even those of us who have no signs of still worry about. Even the cost
of medication for those who can’t afford it can be a contributor to causing
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Hello all,
Just a quick intro, I am from BC, Canada. For years and years I have been
reading about the “association” between diabetes and depression. So my
question is: What are your insights/instincts about the relationship
between diabetes and depression…
Does diabetes cause, or is diabetes a manifestation of, depression… ?
My intuition tells me (in my case at least) that depression was one of the
(many) causes of my diabetes. I guess this question is focussed mainly at
type 2’s… Of course I would delight in everyone’s opinions and
insights…
~* R . *~
Good for you for experimenting, Andrew! I often do the same thing, running
little experiments to figure out how my body reacts to certain things.
Instructions and guidelines in books are really good as a starting place,
but in the end everyone should figure out what works and doesn’t work for
them individually.
Jen
I still want to slay the dawn dragon, but for the moment we seem to be
co-existing
I ran two experiments this past week.
A) waiting to eat until my morning rise ended
B) seeing if I have a predictable sugar spike, depending on what I ate
Initial facts.
1) My fasting sugar, before the morning rise starts, was 100-115.
2) My morning spike, without eating, tops out at 135-145, and there
does not seem to be anything I can do to prevent or interupt this
rise.
3) If I sleep late, my morning rise starts while I am still asleep.
4) My morning rise ends between 10 and 11 AM, leaving me about where I
was when I went to bed.
Results
1) I cat eat only 2 meals per day without ill effect.
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Just got my latest A1c and it has dropped from 7.7 or so to 6.4. I
expect the next one to be even lower, because I think I have finally
figured out a menu that does not cause cause huge spikes, and I have
upped my metformin dose. And I guess losing 50 pounds since April
hasn’t hurt either.
Andrew
Hi John,
The only reason Dave was put on moderated status is because of his numerous
replies to Robby that were cluttering up the list almost as much as Robby’s
messages were (as much as I did agree with their content!). I wanted to
completely stop the insults and flame wars. I do let relevent posts through,
though. He’ll likely be put back on regular status in the next little while.
As for Robby, yes, so far on this list he’s shown up with four different
IDs, hence why he still manages to post every once in a while. Rest assured
as soon as he posts with a new ID he’s banned immediately when I or the
other moderator see it. Hopefully he’ll get bored soon and leave for good.
Unfortunately I think Robby’s managed to scare many people away, as the list
is extremely quiet lately.
Hope everyone in North America had a nice long weekend!
Jen
List moderator