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i know two pepole who has diabetes and they always be moody i want to know if this myth is ture. i want serious anwsers

2006-08-02 13:06:05 · 18 answers · asked by starprincess292003 4 in Health Diseases & Conditions Diabetes

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Absolutely, though there are multiple potential causes. My personal experience is that I get irritable and snappy when my blood sugar is low; if it is VERY low, I get absent-minded and vacant-looking. If it is high, I am lethargic and thick-headed and maybe slightly grouchy.

The DM healthcare professional who posted here should understand that variations in blood glucose most DEFINITELY can produce mood effects. This is well documented in the literature and is known personally by millions of diabetics.

2006-08-02 15:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by Don M 7 · 0 0

YES.

I have been told I have "bad behavior" but nobody knows or understands! I am so glad you asked this question. Please let me explain to you.

I don't have diabetes, but rather a condition that may lead to it called "reactive hypoglycemia." If you eat too many carbs or too much sugar, your sugar can go waay up and then waaay down.

I don't eat much but when I do, I eat things like that. Then I get an adrenaline rush b/c my body is trying to lower the blood sugar. Well, adrenaline makes a person angry. If I am in public, I can control it, but people have chided me for being "frustrated." Well, how would you feel if your heart was racing and you could not breathe well and you were very, very anxious? One has no time to react.

If I am at home, sometimes I go completely bananas and bang on the wall and get all bruised up. I can't help it. It is a BIOLOGICAL reaction.

Other times, I have no such reaction, but when my sugar drops, I fall asleep. I can't talk, think or open my eyes.

Good thing I knew all this, b/c somebody I knew was moody w/ me the other day. I did not get upset b/c I knew that person was diabetic and it was probably related. Next thing I knew I heard that person talking about having blood sugar problems.

We once knew somebody who lived nearby who used to cuss and scream b/c he needed to drink orange juice but couldn't say it. I totally understand him now.

It is TRUE. I can't help how I react. Different foods cause different reactions. Different amounts of carbs cause the reactions sometimes and not other times. It is not predictable. In my case, it is not diabetes so there is no medication for it. I have to just be careful what I eat.

I find it easier, therefore, not to eat for most of the day. Not good.

2006-08-02 15:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by kristen 5 · 0 0

I know that I get moody with my diabetes. I hate being diabetic and sometimes that really gets to me. Sometimes I'm depressed about it and sometimes I'm angry. Either way my mood is not great. I try not to take it out on other people. However when I start physically feeling bad because my sugar is too high or too low I don't control my emotions as well. My mood tends to be worse in the morning because I physically feel sick most mornings.
It seems there are physical and emotional reasons for the moodiness I experience.

2006-08-04 11:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Just-A-Bevy 3 · 0 0

Well there is no definite medical answer and most people with diabetes won't admit it but I see a definite connection.
My mother has the same thing your describing. It is probably due to the stress related with it and the way it affects the chemicals and hormones with the body. But most of the time people with Diabetes live normal lives no different from ours besides the whole blood sugar thing so don't look at them as any different. They will probably be more moody as if I were a diabetic I would be wanted to be seen as the same as anyone else.

2006-08-02 15:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by lecarz 3 · 0 0

When a person has any type of disease, diabetes included; you are dealing with a person who is having a massive amount of changes going on in their body. The chemical changes which occur because of what is happening can lead to a lot of depression and the person can begin to feel as if their life is over. First, they have been diagnosed with a disease which can be difficult to control. Secondly they begin to have some type of medical treatments which may include daily shots and monitoring. Thirdly they most likely will have to be on a restricted diet in order to further adjust their blood sugar levels. If you had these type of things happen to you, would your mood and outlook on life change? Sometimes a person will be able to get everything adjusted fairly quickly, but the majority of people will find that it is a daily journey and be constantly readjusting their meds and their food intake. If someone walked into your house and told you that you had to begin giving yourself shots every day for the rest of your life, and you could rarely, if ever eat some of your favorite foods from tonight on....what would you be thinking and feeling???? I pray that it never happens to you, I know several friends who struggle with this disease daily and would not wish it on anyone. Hope this helps you to be more understanding of the people you know who deal with this every day. Have a good night!!

2006-08-02 13:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0 0

Diabetics can definantly seem more moody than others. Iwould say it is caused for the most part due to flucuation in blood sugars. When a person's blood sugar is low..they may seem non interested, not paying attention, ignoring you, etc. If there blood sugar is high... they can be nauseated, sweating, thirsty, hyper with activity, etc. Diabetics can swing either way, pretty quickly. It isnt a personality trait but more of an effect caused by flucuations in blood glucose level.

2006-08-08 17:23:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

absolutely sugars directly relate to a persons moods and the Inability to naturaly control insulin makes the sugars work or just build up, this effects metabolism making people moody, lethargic, irratable. In extreme Diabetic shock one can lose all sense of reality, doing things we would never do, often just complicating the current condition till permenant brain/endochine system damage occurs, after wich even under proper control, character can be damaged

2006-08-08 01:36:45 · answer #7 · answered by pains_boot 2 · 0 0

Yes, I have diabetes, and I have found for myself when my blood sugar is low i am sort of moody. I have a friend that goes through changes when her sugar is low. I think we only need to eat. At least when I eat I began to come out of the bad mood.

2006-08-02 16:50:33 · answer #8 · answered by missthang1 2 · 0 0

I have a 15 yr old daughter who has diabetes and yes she can get moody. Not just your typical teenager she usually is very sweet and quiet but let her BS get too high or too low (mostly low) and she can turn into a total butt!! So in my opinion yes. I also have a grandmother with the same and she can get pretty moody herself! Good Luck!

2006-08-02 13:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by Daisymay3 2 · 0 0

Sometimes it's difficult to cope with something like diabetes. I don't know what type your friends are, or if they've been diabetic for a long time or not. It takes some getting used to. It's something you have to maintain for your whole life, and sometimes it's inconvenient. My mother's been diabetic for 37 years, and had many health problems because of it.
It may be your friends are having difficulty regulating their blood sugar... Ask them about it, and to explain diabetes. Maybe they need to learn more too...

2006-08-02 15:41:41 · answer #10 · answered by ray of sunshine 4 · 0 0

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