Need Help

Submit your question to our team of health care professionals.

Current Question

See what's on the mind of the community right now.

Meet the Team

Learn more about our world-renowned team.

CWD Answers Archives

Review the entire archive according to the date it was posted.

Question from Honea Path, South Carolina, USA:

My seven year old daughter, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about eight months ago, has been making comments a lot lately about not wanting to live and that she just can’t take it anymore. I am becoming really concerned. Should I seek professional counseling for her?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

Any child who says that they don’t want to live should be taken seriously. It does not necessarily mean she wants to kill herself, but it does mean that she is feeling more stress than she can handle, and is completely overwhelmed. Counseling will help her learn strategies to help her more effectively cope with the stress of living with diabetes, and she should then begin to feel less overwhelmed. Please contact your diabetes team and/or pediatrician for a referral to a mental health counselor, and do it right away!

JWB

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_gat_gtag_UA_4658175_1	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gid	1 day	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
uid	2 months	This is a Google UserID cookie that tracks users across various website segments.
vuid	2 years	Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website.

Cookie	Duration	Description
NID	6 months	NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
OAID	1 year	Cookie set to record whether the user has opted out of the collection of information by the AdsWizz Service Cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	past	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

Cookie	Duration	Description
C	1 month	No description
gpoll-timezone	session	No description available.
TPC	7 days	No description

March 26, 2001

Behavior

Question from Honea Path, South Carolina, USA:

My seven year old daughter, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about eight months ago, has been making comments a lot lately about not wanting to live and that she just can’t take it anymore. I am becoming really concerned. Should I seek professional counseling for her?

Answer:

Help Us Understand You Better.

Type in Your Question Here.

March 26, 2001

Behavior

Question from Honea Path, South Carolina, USA:

My seven year old daughter, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about eight months ago, has been making comments a lot lately about not wanting to live and that she just can’t take it anymore. I am becoming really concerned. Should I seek professional counseling for her?

Answer:

Social