A diabetes diagnosis can change much more than a person's blood sugar routine. Suddenly, meals may need more planning, medicines may become part of everyday life and questions about the future can become difficult to ignore. For some women, this emotional burden can be especially challenging.
Research has found an important connection between diabetes and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. A study of women with type 2 diabetes in New Delhi found that anxiety symptoms were particularly common among women who had been diagnosed more recently.
