{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Endocrine Matters","title":"Diabetes Distress Is Real. And It's Not Depression.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":694,"description":"A rising A1C is not proof you stopped trying.\nIf you live with type 1 diabetes and have walked out of an appointment feeling like you failed, this episode is for you. The exhaustion you cannot quite explain has a name, and it is not weakness.Dr. Arti Thangudu, board-certified endocrinologist and founder of Complete Medicine and Hey Healthy, breaks down diabetes distress: what it is, why it is not depression, why clinicians miss it, and why people living with type 1, and the people who love them, deserve to understand it.She has been pulling on this thread since a fellowship project on CGM access and distress over a decade ago.---## 🔍 This episode explores:• 🧩 What diabetes distress actually is, and how it differs from clinical depression• 🧩 Why a rising A1C is often distress, not noncompliance• 🧩 The minute-to-minute mental load type 1 demands, all day, every day• 🧩 How CGM access can reduce the burden of constant guessing• 🧩 The well-meaning comments that land like a punch, and what to say instead• 🧩 Screening tools that take about five minutes, and why they should be routine• 🧩 What to do if you love someone with type 1---## 👩 This episode is for you if:• You live with type 1 diabetes and feel a bone-deep exhaustion that is hard to explain• Your A1C went up and you were made to feel it was a measure of your effort• You love someone with type 1 and want to support them better• You are a clinician who wants to do more than a rushed visit allows• You want evidence-based clarity, not platitudes---## ⚖ The bottom lineDiabetes distress is real, documented, and common. It is not weakness or failure. It is the rational response to an irrational daily demand: the constant decisions, the vigilance, the disease that never takes a day off. The distress often comes first, and the A1C follows. People living with type 1 deserve care that sees the whole of them, not just their glucose curve.---## 🎙 About the Host**Dr. Arti Thangudu** is a board-certified endocrinologist...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LA3-Z5npWAfURN2OcbeyEztCIcEpLMnD4wEPWOmRhWE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjJl/MDMyMzEzMTRiNDAz/NzI3NDYwYjIyNWQ3/N2M5MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}