Comments on: Which Came First – Depression or Diabetes? http://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil Hoskinshttp://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/#comment-407595 Neil Hoskins Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:00:10 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1084#comment-407595 Many moons ago, my intermittent acute anxiety was treated with beta blockers, which caused hypoglycaemia and made things worse, because the anxiety was depression-based. Now I'm on prozac, which helps considerably, but I still find that depressive episodes feel remarkably like hypoglycaemia. I often feel better after I've eaten something, too: is to do with mood improvement as a result of sitting down to a meal and relaxing, or related to blood sugar? Then there's the role of alcohol: prolonged periods of moderate alcohol intake (eg Christmas / New Year) can result in several days' depression and sometimes huge, sudden, acute anxiety attacks.These things are clearly all inter-related. The trick is going to be for some clever person to find out how.PS: I came here via the BadScience blog which was reporting on the plagiarism by detox-in-a-box. Convoluted or what? Many moons ago, my intermittent acute anxiety was treated with beta blockers, which caused hypoglycaemia and made things worse, because the anxiety was depression-based. Now I’m on prozac, which helps considerably, but I still find that depressive episodes feel remarkably like hypoglycaemia. I often feel better after I’ve eaten something, too: is to do with mood improvement as a result of sitting down to a meal and relaxing, or related to blood sugar? Then there’s the role of alcohol: prolonged periods of moderate alcohol intake (eg Christmas / New Year) can result in several days’ depression and sometimes huge, sudden, acute anxiety attacks.

These things are clearly all inter-related. The trick is going to be for some clever person to find out how.

PS: I came here via the BadScience blog which was reporting on the plagiarism by detox-in-a-box. Convoluted or what?

]]> By: Shaheen E Lakhan, MS, MEd, PhDhttp://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/#comment-398954 Shaheen E Lakhan, MS, MEd, PhD Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:37:36 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1084#comment-398954 Hi Simes,Thanks for bringing this to my attention. These <strong>thieves</strong> do not realize that Brain Blogger is sponsored by an international charity -- GNIF. We've published scholarly articles on <a href="http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/The_State_of_Intellectual_Property_Education_Worldwide.shtml" rel="nofollow">intellectual property</a> and <a href="http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/289.shtml" rel="nofollow">copyright</a>. In other words, they are messing with the wrong people.From this site alone, we have availed ourselves of our rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with over 40 official notices filled. I urge others to do the same when they discover intellectual property theft. Thank you.Sincerely, Shaheen<strong>Further Reading</strong>Lakhan SE, Khurana MK. Intellectual property, copyright, and fair use in education. <em>Journal of Academic Leadership</em>. 2008;(6)4. [<a href="http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/289.shtml" rel="nofollow">HTML</a>] [<a href="http://cogprints.org/6251/1/IP_Copyright_Fair_Use_Education.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF</a>]Lakhan SE; Khurana MK. The state of intellectual property education worldwide. <em>Journal of Academic Leadership</em>. 2007;5(2). [<a href="http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/The_State_of_Intellectual_Property_Education_Worldwide.shtml" rel="nofollow">HTML</a>] [<a href="http://cogprints.org/5640/01/IP_Education.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF</a>] Hi Simes,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. These thieves do not realize that Brain Blogger is sponsored by an international charity — GNIF. We’ve published scholarly articles on intellectual property and copyright. In other words, they are messing with the wrong people.

From this site alone, we have availed ourselves of our rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with over 40 official notices filled. I urge others to do the same when they discover intellectual property theft. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Shaheen

Further Reading

Lakhan SE, Khurana MK. Intellectual property, copyright, and fair use in education. Journal of Academic Leadership. 2008;(6)4. [HTML] [PDF]

Lakhan SE; Khurana MK. The state of intellectual property education worldwide. Journal of Academic Leadership. 2007;5(2). [HTML] [PDF]

]]> By: Simeshttp://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/#comment-398846 Simes Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:24:10 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1084#comment-398846 Do you know you've been plagiarised at www.detoxinabox.com/blog/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetesI'd write and complain if I were you! Do you know you’ve been plagiarised at http://www.detoxinabox.com/blog/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes

I’d write and complain if I were you!

]]> By: Encephalon 52: Q&A « Ouroboroshttp://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/#comment-288942 Encephalon 52: Q&A « Ouroboros Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:08 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1084#comment-288942 [...] Q: For that matter, is there a relationship between depression and diabetes? A: The correlation between the two diseases is described at BrainBlogger. [...] [...] Q: For that matter, is there a relationship between depression and diabetes? A: The correlation between the two diseases is described at BrainBlogger. [...]

]]> By: Dr. Naseem Qureshihttp://brainblogger.com/2008/07/23/which-came-first-depression-or-diabetes/#comment-281379 Dr. Naseem Qureshi Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:05:52 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1084#comment-281379 Diabetes (type 2) and depression have bidirectional relationship and both are devastating disorders, however which comes first is not very important but their comorbidty expedites the onset of serious medical concerns including most importantly therapeutic and outcome implications, which are unfortunately coupled with additional risk of causing diabetes anew and poorer outcome when compared with either of the disorder. Evaluation of diabetes among depressed patients and vise versa is a good clinical pearl and as physicians we should not shirk this responsibilty. Diabetes (type 2) and depression have bidirectional relationship and both are devastating disorders, however which comes first is not very important but their comorbidty expedites the onset of serious medical concerns including most importantly therapeutic and outcome implications, which are unfortunately coupled with additional risk of causing diabetes anew and poorer outcome when compared with either of the disorder. Evaluation of diabetes among depressed patients and vise versa is a good clinical pearl and as physicians we should not shirk this responsibilty.

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