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Behavior

I have had diabetes for two years, and some times I get mad at anything for no good reason. Is it part of low or high sugar? Is there anything I can do to help it?

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Can the blood sugar level be controlled in a school-age child who does not want to do work in class and uses sickness to get out of doing work?

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My 13 year old daughter has recently been put on an insulin pump, with remarkably good results, but since she started, she has been refusing to do blood tests and to read anything that has any connection to food management.

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I am having trouble getting my 14 year old son to go to school. He sometimes takes his injection at irregular times and is generally acting like a teenager, but the school wants to expel him because of his behaviour. I am thinking of getting him tested for something along the lines of attention deficit disorder (whatever it is). Would that be a good place to start?

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My 14 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes approximately one year ago. He has been wetting the bed and hiding this from everyone. He has had months of very high blood sugars. Is bedwetting a common problem when blood sugars are high? How can I best approach this without embarrassing him?

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Can a 17 year old young lady who does not take of herself relative to her diabetes cause enough changes in brain chemistry to present symptoms of depression?

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My 9 year old son was diagnosed with diabetes one year ago. He goes through a lot of mood swings, even when his blood sugar is good (100-200). Is this normal?

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I am the mother of a teenager with type 1 diabetes. How can I get her to see that I’m not the bad guy for making sure she isn’t late taking her insulin?

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My cousin, who is really active and has a past history of anorexia, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about nine months ago, but now doctors do not really know. Her body mass index is 22, and she is eating about 500-600 calories per day. I am afraid she will end up in coma as when she was diagnosed, and now she is dealing with eating disorder. What can I do?

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Our 12 year old son has had type 1 diabetes for two and a half years, and before he was hit with this, he was very motivated, always happy and loved school, but school has been a problem lately. He has not yet accepted that he has diabetes even though we visit a counselor together.

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