How side effects of diabetes type 1 are related to mood changes?
by Mira
(Australia)
QUESTION: What happens when someone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, suffer from mood changes :sometimes happy, then other times very angry?
What happens that make the mood to change so often? Is there anything to do to help?
ANSWER: Hi Mira,
Type 1 diabetics have imbalanced blood glucose levels, which make our body cells thrive for energy, especially when it comes to brain cells that utilize only glucose for normal living.
At this point, we can address the mood swings to these imbalance blood sugar levels (sometimes low, other times high, or because of ketoacidosis, a really serious condition; or even diabetes drugs).
Another aspect is related to the psychological and emotional changes of one person just being diagnosed with diabetes.
As type i diabetes mostly occurs in youngsters (particularly children); they will start losing their self-estimation, or will think that they are being punished for not to listen or doing "bad" "childish" things.
Therefore, it is very important that parents or close relatives must "sweetly" work with them in order to make them understand they are not the culprit for their disease. Please try to make them feel that this is a big "exam" for them to learn and fight with all their strength.
The same comfort approaches should be applied to adult just diagnosed diabetics; so, they won't be discouraged to fight and do the right things. You are giving them hope (that really exist) although the huge challenges they would have to face.
