Question from Centreville, Virginia, USA:

I am a 46 year old female, just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and while I am not overweight at all, I have a history of eating a lot of sweets from childhood on up so I guess it finally caught up to me. Nobody in my family has had this with the exception of two sisters having gestational diabetes.

I am not able to see a dietitian or an endocrinologist for a few weeks so I have been “winging” it as far as my eating habits — eating on a schedule, eating so many carbs per meal/snack, and I hope this will help bring my levels down to near normal along with using the treadmill every day for 30 minutes. I also developed slight depression upon learning about this disease, along with a sinus infection and the onset of menopause setting in. Wow — lots to deal with. For the diabetes, my doctor put me on glyburide, then my gynecologist gave me Prozac (to help alleviate the depression) and a hormone replacement pill. In addition I am taking an antibiotic for the sinus infection.

With all that said, I really don’t know how I’m supposed to feel physically, much less mentally. I realize two of these medications are temporary, thank goodness, but my concern is how is all of this is affecting my blood glucose levels. Is there anything I should be concerned with? I know Prozac is for depression, but now I’m wondering if I should be on something like Paxil instead, for anxiety. Any thoughts, information would be greatly appreciated.