Depression is a huge problem for people with diabetes, occurring at least twice as often as for people who do not have diabetes, and can in turn make the diabetes worse and make it harder to follow all the complicated treatments.  So treating it is very important.  It may be that medications will help, or you may need to see someone for counseling.  Some antidepressants have side effects, even including weight gain (but others seem to help a bit with weight loss!), so it is certainly very important to go over all of this with your physicians in deciding on what’s right for you.

Dr. Bloomgarden has a national reputation for writing and lecturing nationally and internationally on diabetes, and has authored some 300 publications in this field. He is Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as participating in teaching rounds in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine. He is a member of the Board of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and served on the Journals Managing Subcommittee of the Endocrine Society. He has worked in the American Diabetes Association as a member of the Editorial Board, and subsequently as an Associate Editor of the clinical journal, Diabetes Care, Read full bio |