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Re: diabetes causing agitated depression??? » Spriggy

Posted by TamaraJ on March 20, 2005, at 11:50:18

In reply to diabetes causing agitated depression???, posted by Spriggy on March 20, 2005, at 11:02:50

Spriggy,

I don't know much about diabetes, but I did have to go through the Glucose Tolerance Test a while ago (there was some concern that I may have been hypoglycemic). The test was not bad at all (the liquid you are given after the fast tastes a bit like gatoraide). But, as you already know, it is important that you monitor your blood sugar over the course of the day over a period of a week or so because the GTT is just a snapshot at one period in time. For instance, you could test in the normal range after completing the GTT and then leave the lab and one hour later have a hypglycemic attack (I had read about a man who apparently tested in the normal range and then proceeded to totally trash the waiting room in an agitated outburst - he was having a hypoglycemic attack). So, keep the results of the monitoring you are doing on your own, if you are not already doing so. You no doubt know that diabetics can experience hypoglycemic attacks when their blood sugar drops. That would likely explain the agitation, anxiety and irritability you experience (at least as I understand it). Anyway, here are a couple of links that provide info, including info on symptoms, for both diabetes and hypoglycemia.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Diabetes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglycemia#Signs_and_symptoms_of_hypoglycemia


I hope you can get your blood sugar under control soon and that everything works out ok for you. My thoughts are with you. Take very good care of yourself.

All the best,

Tamara


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