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Behavior

Since his recent diagnosis with diabetes, my son’s personality has changed. He seems angry a lot and his mean. How can I help him relax and be happy?

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I work in a child and adolescent mental health service and have a patient with type 1 who has behavioral issues. How can I determine how much his diabetes is affecting his behavior?

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I have an unspecified eating disorder and mild gastroparesis. I end up purging or bolusing too much insulin to get my stomach to feel empty, but the latter can cause a low. What else can I do?

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Six years after diagnosis, my teen daughter refuses to discuss her diabetes. She’s had poor control for the last two years and wants no help determining the cause of overnight highs. How can she be persuaded to accept help?

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Recently diagnosed, my daughter has been locking herself in her room and making a mess when she does not get her way. How can I discipline her without causing stress induced hypoglycemia?

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How does type 1 diabetes affect a child’s ability to learn and schoolwork? ? I’m interested about the high blood sugars especially, as well as the lows.

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My grandson, age 16, has had diabetes for 4 years. Now he has an eating disorder (bulimea) which is throwing his blood sugar level way off. Recently, his behavior has really been thrown off. There does not seem to be answers out there for this combination.

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I have a friend who has been diabetic for about 6 years. He takes two diabetes pills twice a day. He frequently has high blood sugars. His doctor has referred him to an endocrinologist. How will I, his doctor and the endocrinologist get my friend to understand that he has to stick to a strict regimen with his blood testing?

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My 48 year old wife has diabetes and a stressful job. I have noticed that her arms and legs have lost most of their muscle tone, and she seems to go off at the slightest thing. She has quit taking medication and will not monitor her condition. Are these problems related to her diabetes? What can I do to help her?

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A year ago, I married a woman who has a 14 year old son diagnosed with diabetes about seven years ago, and I’m trying to be understanding and learn as much about diabetes as I can. He lies about his blood sugars, but my wife says that we cannot discipline him for his deception. My major concern is: if we don’t teach him to manage his diabetes on his own, what happens in four short years when he’s on his own?

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