Daily Tips

Depression can be treated with therapy and/or antidepressant medication, so there is no reason to suffer needlessly. Here are a few other strategies that may help you deal with depression:

• Knowledge is power. Fear of the unknown can feed your depression. If you haven’t already, start educating yourself about your disease.
  
  
• Seek support. Draw on the experience and emotional support of your family, friends, spiritual community, health care team and others with diabetes.
  
  
• Keep perfection in perspective. Reward your successes, big or small and try to see your stumbles as learning experiences rather than failures.
  
  
• Keep moving. Try to push yourself to at least take a brisk walk daily. Exercise raises your endorphin levels, a natural mood booster.

Reviewed by Francine Kaufman, MD. 4/08