Doctors recommend screening for prediabetes for all people over 45, as well as for people who are overweight, especially if there is a family history of diabetes or if the person has hypertension. A hallmark of prediabetes is a fasting blood sugar level of 100-125 mg / dL. The good news is that exercise and diet can delay or even prevent the onset of diabetes in many prediabetes patients.
Doctors recommend screening for prediabetes for all people over 45, as well as for people who are overweight.
The first reaction to being diagnosed with diabetes is shock. And most often there is a defensive reaction-denial of the diagnosis. “It couldn’t have happened to me” “There is a mistake in the lab tests.” Such a reaction is sometimes involuntary, but it is promoted by doctors who, wishing to soften the blow, inform the patient that he has only “a mild form of diabetes.” Very often, rejection of the diagnosis “diabetes” leads a person to be angry with himself, or others, on the whole world for the fact that this “terrible” diagnosis piled on him. At this stage, the patient is inclined to change doctors (accusing them of “incompetence”), to turn to alternative medicine.
The exercise and diet can delay or even prevent the onset of diabetes.
But as long as a person spends his energy on anger, he is not able to effectively solve his problems. It is better to direct your energy immediately into a positive channel — to master creative methods that allow you to successfully achieve normal blood sugar and control your condition. Newly diagnosed diabetics re-read mountains of literature, becoming real experts in blood tests, pills or insulin. And this is often in the confidence that it will be possible to get rid of the disease. And, seeing that their desperate attempts do not lead to this, they fall into depression.
And then this condition leads the diabetic to bitter thoughts that he will no longer be able to make new friends, that he will not be able, as before, to work, have fun, etc. Of course, such thoughts are understandable, and the way out is to overcome them. To do this, you need to mobilize your will (it’s easy to say) and set realistic goals for yourself: learn more about diabetes, consulting with doctors, get used to an individual diet, walk more in the fresh air and do physical exercise (while effectively “burning sugar”, acting as medicine), try to remember all your hobbies before diabetes and return to them. Any activity relieves depression with confidence.
If you notice symptoms that indicate that you are not coping with diabetes on your own and experiencing depression, you need to consult a psychologist.
There are a number of symptoms that indicate that you are not coping with diabetes on your own and that is probably why you are experiencing depression. Here are some of them: you have disturbed sleep, you cannot think clearly, you have a poor appetite, no activity can interest or amuse you. It is possible that in this case you need to consult a psychologist. You can also get help from a diabetes support group. It is very important to visit a diabetes school (if available in your area). There you can learn a lot from the lectures of doctors. Meeting, the participants talk about themselves, share their difficulties, support each other. This allows diabetics not only to get rid of feelings of loneliness and depression, but also to live a healthy life with diabetes.
As an experienced diabetic, I can say that with a measured attitude to yourself, you can forget the difficulties of this initial period.