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Moodiness
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Northerner
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Hi Denise, welcome to the forum 🙂 Large blood sugar fluctuations can affect your moods, unfortunately. Has he been diagnosed long? Does he have problems keeping his blood sugars under control?
Lizzzie
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Hi Denise. Only your husband can tell you that, but for my part when I'm grumpy I often find I'm running higher than my normal. And big swings, especially those days when BSs seem to 'yo-yo' high to
Low to high, have definitely been known to put extra strain on my relationships.
My husband is extremely supportive of any diabetic-related grumpiness (whether 'why me syndrome' or sugar-induced) for the most part. However at the end of the day he is still a person not a real punch-bag, and every now and then I overstep the mark and he tells me. Thus is as important to me as his being supportive or else the relationship would become very one sided and I don't want to step outside what is fair to ask of him.
You will know the dynamics of your own relationship regards to: sugar-caused or other-things-caused, better than anyone. This is probably relationship advise rather than diabetic advice, but trust your instincts.
Low to high, have definitely been known to put extra strain on my relationships.
My husband is extremely supportive of any diabetic-related grumpiness (whether 'why me syndrome' or sugar-induced) for the most part. However at the end of the day he is still a person not a real punch-bag, and every now and then I overstep the mark and he tells me. Thus is as important to me as his being supportive or else the relationship would become very one sided and I don't want to step outside what is fair to ask of him.
You will know the dynamics of your own relationship regards to: sugar-caused or other-things-caused, better than anyone. This is probably relationship advise rather than diabetic advice, but trust your instincts.
DeusXM
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Blood sugar fluctuations can cause mood swings - high or low BGs can particularly cause bad moods.
However, there is no reason why your husband can't get his BG under control and prevent these extremes. He should not accept bad moods as being inevitable, and neither should you. He needs to take responsibility and control his diabetes.
However, there is no reason why your husband can't get his BG under control and prevent these extremes. He should not accept bad moods as being inevitable, and neither should you. He needs to take responsibility and control his diabetes.
He was diagnosed over ten years ago. Before we met. His bad moods are more likely after he's been drinking alcohol. Not necessarily that much. But he can get rather nasty. Very worrying actually.
Northerner
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Alternatively, it could be that his blood sugar levels are dropping low because his liver is busy processing the alcohol and not 'topping up' his levels with glucose. Perhaps, when you are both willing to discuss it, you could agree that he will test his blood to see if it is a factor in his bad moods? Does he talk about his diabetes much?
SOmetimes men find it more difficult to talk about these things, perhaps there is someone atthe doctors surgery who might help if your husband doesn't want to talk to you?
My dad who was type two aways said my mum interfered so wouldn't talk to her about it.
My dad who was type two aways said my mum interfered so wouldn't talk to her about it.
Alcohol alone can cause dramatic mood changes, let alone fluctuating sugar levels. My ex-husband's personality would change with the first half-pint, and he's not diabetic. If your OH is as concerned as you are about the moodiness, he could try an alcohol-free week and see if it makes a difference.
Lizzzie
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Hi again Denise.
Does your husband write down what his blood sugars are doing? Are they in fact moving out of range after alcohol? Has he advice on dealing with this?
Even so, I would be concerned that the blood sugar levels could be irrelevant to his moods because as people before me have said, I would have thought alcohol a much larger cause of 'nasty' moods. If you need to convince yourself, you could try to keep a diary of a) when BS control is becoming a problem b) when he has drunk and c) when the moods are, and see which ones match up. A Diabetic support nurse or DAPHNE course (talk to your local hospital) could help if BS control, especially after drinking, needs to be better.
On the other hand, I detect from your tone that you might already be convinced that the cause is alcohol rather than BS. If this is the case, seek
advice. There is no excuse for behaving badly towards someone and if this
has become a pattern, it is a most unfair one and needs to be confronted.
I dont know anything about your husband so please excuse the word alcohol here if it is nit appropriate, but perhaps, alcoholic or not, Alcoholics Anonymous could point you in the right direction for help with any drink-related behavioural issues?
Does your husband write down what his blood sugars are doing? Are they in fact moving out of range after alcohol? Has he advice on dealing with this?
Even so, I would be concerned that the blood sugar levels could be irrelevant to his moods because as people before me have said, I would have thought alcohol a much larger cause of 'nasty' moods. If you need to convince yourself, you could try to keep a diary of a) when BS control is becoming a problem b) when he has drunk and c) when the moods are, and see which ones match up. A Diabetic support nurse or DAPHNE course (talk to your local hospital) could help if BS control, especially after drinking, needs to be better.
On the other hand, I detect from your tone that you might already be convinced that the cause is alcohol rather than BS. If this is the case, seek
advice. There is no excuse for behaving badly towards someone and if this
has become a pattern, it is a most unfair one and needs to be confronted.
I dont know anything about your husband so please excuse the word alcohol here if it is nit appropriate, but perhaps, alcoholic or not, Alcoholics Anonymous could point you in the right direction for help with any drink-related behavioural issues?
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