Type 2 Diabetes - A Good Night's Sleep Can Help With Diabetes Control!

Getting a good night's sleep is important for maintaining a healthy weight and for preventing or controlling Type 2 diabetes. It also helps in maintaining alertness throughout the day. An article published in the Brazilian Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism in August 2013, reports a study on excessive daytime sleepiness in people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Compared with the non-diabetic participants, 110 diabetics had more excessive sleepiness during the day, and more depressive symptoms. Depression was also associated with excessive daytime sleepiness.
Among diabetics...

• 55.5 percent suffered excessive daytime sleepiness and
• 53.3 percent complained of poor quality sleep.

Almost 41 percent of the diabetics suffered obstructive sleep apnea and 14.5 percent had restless legs syndrome.
From these results it was concluded anti-depressant therapy should be tested to determine whether it could be helpful in preventing excessive daytime sleepiness.
BioMedCentral reported in August 2013 on a study comparing the antidepressant sertraline, formerly reported as being effective in diabetics, with behavioral therapy. Two hundred and fifty-one patients in 70 clinics across Germany are included in the study. Results are pending.
The Mayo Clinic in the United States lists six main categories of antidepressants:

1. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),
2. serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs),
3. norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs),
4. atypical antidepressants,
5. tricyclics, and
6. monamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

In 2004 the Archives of General Psychiatry reported that 14 depressed participants given cognitive behavioral therapy not only showed improvements in their mood, but had measurable changes in their brain scans. In 1997 the American Psychological Association's Psych Net reported improvement in 107 adolescents with major depressive disorder when they were treated with cognitive behavioral therapy.
Cognitive therapy consists of changing patients' thoughts that can lead to depressed moods. A patient who feels he cannot succeed at anything and that his life is over, can learn to elevate his mood by thinking of successes he has had and things he is still able to do well.
Cognitive behavioral therapy involves scheduling positive activities, especially involving other people, that will give patients pleasure and positive reinforcement. Patients are sometimes given "homework" in the form of fun activities and then need to report back to their doctors on their progress. While discussing their activities, patients can learn to change to positive thoughts that lead to positive moods.
Whichever therapy patients and their doctors decide on, getting over depression is helpful for controlling their Type 2 diabetes and getting the right amount and quality of sleep.

Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. By making simple changes to your daily routine, its possible to protect your heart, kidneys, eyes and limbs from the damage often caused by diabetes, and eliminate many of the complications you may already experience.
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