Late sleep-wake time preference linked to depression in individuals with diabetes

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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 Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.

"These findings are important because depression is common in patients with type 2 diabetes," said lead investigator Sirimon Reutrakul, M.D., an associate professor at Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand. "Also, previous studies show that untreated depression is related to worse patient outcomes, including diabetes self-care, blood glucose control and diabetes complications."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403140602.htm
 
In my case that is a load of twaddle , I have suffered depression on and off for the last 20plus years, I am definitely not a night owl.
 
being a night owl plays havoc with taking my insulin- but the night owl is not by choice i have restless leg syndrome so 2/3 night a week i am up with pain related symptoms. my pain meds keep me awake too. yesterday for example I took my insulin at 8.30 a.m today i have just got up after getting to bed at 4.30. As for depression because of lack of sleep. not an issue but it does result in low mood because of triredness.
 
They seem to miss the most basic explanations too. People who are early to bed, early to rise are more likely to have meaningful work and structure to get up to. It's well recognised that many unemployed/unoccupied people find their days becoming topsy turvy and becoming night owls (and I'm talking about people unhappy about this arrangement not the retired or early retired through ill-health).

For many people, insomnia is the consequence of health conditions as described by others. I've been up most of the night (as usual) with agonising night cramps!

There's something to it I'm sure but it's maybe a pretty obvious conclusion for more reasons than circadian rhythms.
 
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It seems that a lot of these studies start with the conclusion they are aiming to prove
 
Since one of the primary symptoms of a reactive depression is difficulty getting off to sleep, I think they may have got cause and effect muxed ip.
 
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