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10/25/09 12:23 PM

"i am 13 years old and controlling your emotions is everything. this is hard with all the mood swings from diabetes. how do i cope with the mood swings"
Asked By: toml12  
Category: Coping And Emotional Issues

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10/30/09 12:40 AM

You are very courageous and “aware” to be asking questions that many adults never come around to asking. And, you are correct in your understanding that moods are affected by diabetes. Answers to your question will be different for everyone, but I am glad to share some of the things I have done to help maintain some level of control over my moods and improve my ability to cope with diabetes. First of all, I decided while quite young, that I would never use diabetes as an excuse for ill behavior. I also decided to avoid making decisions about life at times when my blood sugar was high or low. Those commitments were easier said than done, but commitment to an “ideal” way of relating to the world is important. Mood swings are aggravated by rapid change in blood glucose levels, so anything you do to prevent high blood glucose will help prevent the rapid decline that occurs when you give a correction dosage of insulin. Preventing the “yoyo” effect also decreases the overall amount of insulin needed to maintain good control, and helps decrease the release of hormones which contribute to mood swings. Other things that help include the use of Mind Body Skills, such a Yoga, Ti Chi, Pilates, or Meditation, which help you become aware of what is happening in your body; staying active; and eating whole foods, prepared as close to their natural state as possible. Most of all, it is important to be true to yourself, and enjoy life. Diabetes can help make you a very strong person. Best to you in your quest for answers, and always believe in who you are!
Answered By: Claire Blum
Accreditations: MS Ed, RN, CDE, CPT
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11/12/09 07:23 PM

You ask an incrediblely good question!!! The short answer, you are 13 and also happen to be a diabetic as well! They are not ALWAYS one and the same thing... Nasty lows, evil highs can effect your body chemistry no question at all. But, your body is also that of a perfectly normal 13 year old. As such, there will be a lot of things that will make you totally nuts, very passionate, happy, sad, etceteria. Because you feel very strongly about something, have passionate emotions that DOES NOT automatically mean its caused by the diabetes making you feel that strongly......... You can be happy, sad, dopey, sleepy, frustrated or anything else for that matter. Does not mean (whatever the feeling might be) that its the "diabetes talking"....... We are ALL far, far more than our diabetes parts!!! You can be angry AND diabetic both at the exact same time. Intense about something and that have absolutely zero connection to the diabetes per se... Myself, I like the idea of martial arts for young people at your age. Won't stop your feelings about different things but might let you get some of them out, be physical, intense without any bad consequences. But I'm biased ; ) Stuart
Answered By: diabetic1966
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