Chris Scully-Brown

Chris Scully-Brown, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2002, and Celiac shortly thereafter. She’s an athlete with interests primarily in cycling, running and rock climbing. She struggles with generalized anxiety disorder and sensory processing sensitivities. You can read more of her musings and adventures on her blog Canadian D-Gal.

Life with Diabetes and Anxiety, Part Two

Worry in itself is anxiety-inducing, and with diabetes I am constantly worried and feeling guilty for every high and low reading that I get. The apprehension I get from the numbers make it hard for me to not regret decisions I’ve made. I get a lot of nausea with my high and low readings, and those trigger anxiety attacks.

Life with Diabetes and Anxiety

I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression issues for as long as I can remember. When I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes twelve years ago at the age of 22, I began to experience prominent physical symptoms of anxiety and depression, which often manifested as uncomfortable GI and stomach upset. Some months ago I had a colonoscopy and a gastric endoscopy. There was nothing clinically wrong with me, except the one place nobody looked. My mind.