I have
been suffering depression for a long time
now. Today seems really bad. It is
taking everything I have not to get up
from this chair (at work), go home and
pull the covers over my head. Today, my
grandmother (nana) is on my mind. She
passed in march '99, I spent a week with
her while she was in hospital before god
called her home (even now I have to take
time to control my tears before I go on).
I think it was those most painful time of
my life. She had diabetes and near the
end suffered a multitude of complications
that left her unable to breathe on her
own, see clearly or communicate. The
whole family went to florida to help my
grandfather and be with her. Since I was
the nightowl, I would stay at the hospital
at night with her by her bed. My nana
always seemed full of life, taking care of
her family, feeding us, loving us. The
hardest thing to me is to see someone you
love in pain and know there is nothing you
can do to help or take it away. I sat by
her side and watched this beautiful,
vibrant , loving woman deteriorate before
my eyes. I was reading up on depression
and read that one of the triggers can be
grief. I immediately started to think of
my nana and started bawling. I have
never been an overly active, outgoing
person, but my whole being seems to go
rock bottom at times. I was doing so
well for the last two years, became a
member at my church, got baptized, going
to bible study getting closer to god. I
had the gastric bypass surgery, was eating
well, going to the gym everyday (gym
junky) and walking differently
(strutting). I felt good, was looking
good, life was good. The only down-side
was my job, retail I hated it. I finally
got up the nerve to quit, and went to an
employment agency. Where they put me is
worse than where I was. I literally have
to force myself to get out of bed to go to
this place. I am sitting here right now
choking on my misery. I would love to
escape but first I have to have a
direction and right now I am clueless as
to where I can, want, need to go. I am
praying god will open a door, a window and
knock me over the head with it, because
the only thing I can see right now is how
unbelievably miserable I am. Please help
me!!
|
jurplesman
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Sydney Australia
Depression Related to Hypoglycemia Posted: 11-21-04 02:09am
Hello nickyhy,
well, from what you are writing you seem
to be suffering from some sort of
depression.
You are right that grief can cause us to
be depressed. What happens from a
biological point of view is that grief or
any trauma for that matter can cause the
body to produce stress hormones, such as
adrenaline and cortisol, that interfere
with the synthesis of serotonin, our feel
good hormone.
Most people recover after say six months
of time, and start producing serotonin
again.
But for some people depression does not
seem to disappear and depression
continues to rear its ugly head, and
especially when this is related to the
memory of the past trauma. (your nanny).
This would be classed as post traumatic
stress disorder (ptsd).
See:
“post traumatic stress disorder(ptsd and
hypoglycemia” at our web site
the reason is that the body continues to
produce excess stress hormones, especially
adrenaline, without any external cause of
danger or stress. The fact that you may
have changed jobs might have triggered a
stress reaction again, and we need to find
out why you are overproducing stress
hormones.
The most likely reason is that you may
have an unstable blood sugar levels.
Adrenaline functions to raise blood sugar
levels, when they are low, as in
hypoglycemia. You said that your nanny
was diabetic, and thus I gather that you
may have a diabetic gene in the family.
The prediabetic condition is marked by
unstable blood sugar levels causing
emotional upsets. This can be treated by
going on a hypoglycemic diet (similar to a
diabetic diet).
You can test yourself with a
paper-and-pencil test called the nbi at
our web site for hypoglycemia. You can
also be tested with a special glucose
tolerance test for hypoglycemia (gtth) and
this is described at our web site.
Please familiarize yourself with the
connection between emotional upsets and
hypoglycemia and once you understand the
underlying mechanism, you may be able to
solve your problems by a change in diet.
Please discuss with a therapist.
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Nickyshy
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 11 Location: Burlinton,New Jersey
Posted: 11-22-04 09:07am
thank you, I know I
don't have diabetes but I didn't know that
just carrying the gene could cause adverse
health effects as well. I'll try and
change my diet.
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I have
been suffering depression for a long time
now. Today seems really bad. It is
taking everything I have not to get up
from this chair (at work), go home and
pull the covers over my head. Today, my
grandmother (nana) is on my mind. She
passed in march '99, I spent a week with
her while she was in hospital before god
called her home (even now I have to take
time to control my tears before I go on).
I think it was those most painful time of
my life. She had diabetes and near the
end suffered a multitude of complications
that left her unable to breathe on her
own, see clearly or communicate. The
whole family went to florida to help my
grandfather and be with her. Since I was
the nightowl, I would stay at the hospital
at night with her by her bed. My nana
always seemed full of life, taking care of
her family, feeding us, loving us. The
hardest thing to me is to see someone you
love in pain and know there is nothing you
can do to help or take it away. I sat by
her side and watched this beautiful,
vibrant , loving woman deteriorate before
my eyes. I was reading up on depression
and read that one of the triggers can be
grief. I immediately started to think of
my nana and started bawling. I have
never been an overly active, outgoing
person, but my whole being seems to go
rock bottom at times. I was doing so
well for the last two years, became a
member at my church, got baptized, going
to bible study getting closer to god. I
had the gastric bypass surgery, was eating
well, going to the gym everyday (gym
junky) and walking differently
(strutting). I felt good, was looking
good, life was good. The only down-side
was my job, retail I hated it. I finally
got up the nerve to quit, and went to an
employment agency. Where they put me is
worse than where I was. I literally have
to force myself to get out of bed to go to
this place. I am sitting here right now
choking on my misery. I would love to
escape but first I have to have a
direction and right now I am clueless as
to where I can, want, need to go. I am
praying god will open a door, a window and
knock me over the head with it, because
the only thing I can see right now is how
unbelievably miserable I am. Please help
me!!
thank you, I know I
don't have diabetes but I didn't know that
just carrying the gene could cause adverse
health effects as well. I'll try and
change my diet.