depression

Many thanks to everyone who helped me! Survey is closed and I can start the next step - statistics ;) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello! :) My name is Wiktoria and I am a second-year master’s degree student in psychology at...

Hi all! I’m 29 and have been diagnosed T1 nearly four years (after a couple years of tests and doc visits where I wasn’t listened and made to feel dramatic, and ended up with a dead pancreas.. fun). Still winging it, still hate it, still feeling like I have no life from constant exhaustion. Been...

Hi! I like to be called Marcel. I am 17, and have lived with T1D for about 9 years. I struggle a lot with mental illnesses and other physical illness issues. That makes staying on top of my diabetes even more difficult. I feel like such a failure when I have highs or lows, because I’ve had it...

Naturally, having a diabetes diagnosis shakes your world. I have known I am T2 for 7.5 weeks. I have rather overdone the 'learn a little everyday' and instead threw myself full pelt into research. It is no wonder I exhausted myself with overloaded information, some more accurate than others...

If you have Type II Diabetes, we want YOUR help this festive season! Our research explores the effects of Self-compassion as a treatment for depression/anxiety in Type II Diabetes. To take part simply complete our 15-20min survey via this link: http://bit.ly/2PkfTnk Thank you!

We are a research group exploring the effects of self-compassion and mindfulness on the lives of people with Type II Diabetes. As part of our research we are looking for individuals who have type 2 diabetes to take part in an online survey that explores this proposal. It is less known that many...

My eldest daughter was diagnosed with type 1 earlier this year (January). She is twenty years old this year. Initially she seemed to handle the diagnosis well, taking a pragmatic approach to it. My ex wife, her new partner and me went to the initial meeting with consultant and diabetic nurse...

Hey to anyone reading this! First thanks for taking the time to read this.. I am newly diagnosed Type 1 but not new to the world of diabetes. I also suffer with depression and I'm worried once I leave hospital I won't manage myself well. Does anyone have any tips or advice for me? Thanks in...

i was diagnosed with type 2 in March which I found overwhelming to comprehend. Shortly after try GP diagnosed I had depression in tandem with my diabetes and I’m still suffering the symptoms after 10 weeks. I have been signed off as unfit for work now for the last 10 weeks. Just wondering if...

If you’ve tried holistic and allopathic treatments to remedy your depression, but still feel as if you’re at the end of your rope… psychedelic toad milk could be the answer. According to a new study published in the journal Psychopharmacology, smoking the milky, psychoactive secretion of the...

A flagship NHS mental health service is failing patients in one in seven areas of England, research by the BBC shows. People with conditions like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are entitled to psychological therapies, such as counselling. The NHS is meant to...

Hey All, I became type 2 diabetic over 2 years ago, it's been a journey of different medication, diet and exercise. I started as diet controlled with no advice as to what to eat, in fact no support at all, I practically begged for a dietician appointment to help which eventually I got after a...

Like everyone, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity suffer from depression and anxiety, but even more so. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have demonstrated a surprising potential contributor to these negative feelings -- and that is the bacteria in the gut or gut microbiome, as it...

Hi all, I got diagnosed with type 1 back in April 2016, since then I have got 'lost' in the system and never really had a good support group. I have struggled with it ever since and every kind of help I have reached out to, just faded out. I still don't know how insulin works and how to carb...

Hi I’m type 1 on a pump, 16 weeks pregnant and feeling really low. I have history of anxiety but worked really hard with the preconception team for 5 years to become healthy enough with a good hba1c. It happened relatively quickly since we started trying but since finding out I have been feeling...

A hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms can "reset" the brains of people with untreatable depression, raising hopes of a future treatment, scans suggest. The small study gave 19 patients a single dose of the psychedelic ingredient psilocybin. Half of patients ceased to be depressed and...

Hi, As this is the first time I've posted, please excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong place but I hope someone could assist in some way. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes around 4 years ago and, in hindsight, I have been plodding along with it ever since. I have also suffered from...

Even though I've only had type 1 diabetes for a month my mental health has dramatically lowered and it's been harder to stay positive about the subject. I feel more panicky when I take my injections even though I'm used to taking them. Any advice to stay optimistic?

Doctors trialling the use of ketamine to treat depression are calling for the treatment to be rolled out. Ketamine is licensed to be used as an anaesthetic but has a reputation as an illegal party drug. Writing in The Lancet Psychiatry, Dr Rupert McShane, who has led a trial in Oxford, since...

People with type 2 diabetes who are "night owls" and prefer the evening for activity report having more symptoms of depression than those who are early to bed and early to rise, regardless of the quality of their sleep, a new study finds. Study results are being presented Saturday at the...