Paul Saladino· MD
at any given time about 25 percent of people with diabetes have clinical depression
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at any given time about 25 percent of people with diabetes have clinical depression
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diabetics are at least twice as likely to have depression compared to people who don't have diabetes but but here's the interesting thing is that when the diabetics get depressed it lasts four times longer than it does and people who don't have diabetes
the person who is depressed is much much more likely to have out-of-control blood sugars to have an elevated hemoglobin a1c and to develop vascular complications of their diabetes
just looking at depression alone diabetics are at least twice as likely to have depression compared to people who don't have diabetes
but here's the interesting thing is that when the diabetics get depressed it lasts four times longer than it does and people who don't have diabetes
those negative thoughts in their head are actually causing their blood sugar to go up they're actually causing their blood vessels to get damaged