Suggest remedy for anxiety when having diabetes
Patient: My husband, age 57 , has been recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He is working with an internal medicine doctor to slowly regulate his blood sugars. Since being on Glypizide/Metformim 5/500, his blood sugars are coming down nicely and he is not having to use humolog.  However, he is having severe mood swings with anger outbursts which are not characteristic of him.Should this moodiness be treated? He has a huge amount of anxiety about this diagnosis and he is struggling to understand how he became diabetic since he has always been thin his entire life.Any suggestions? Doctor: Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr. Kalpesh Kavar, MD.Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query. Many a times when a person is diagnosed for any chronic long term illness, there is psychological stress associated with it, which need to be cleared by proper counselling and patient education. The same thing happens with your husband as he fails to understand why he is suffering from such disease. I would like to assure your husband as Diabetes is not a rare disease and almost majority of patients live with diabetes like totally normal life by controlling blood sugar levels with medications and few lifestyle changes. As far as his anxiety and mood swings are concern, it needs psychological support and needs to be counselled  properly, can be cured without any medications. I hope this helps you. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided.Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)Take Care. DR. KALPESH S KAVAR, MDCONSULTANT DIABETOLOGIST