In an earlier post, we shared study findings linking diabetes to depression. As a result of this, the Washington University School of Medicine, in St Louis researchers recommended that diabetics would benefit from taking antidepressants in order to control depression.

In another post, we shared study results that University of Alberta researchers were able to establish that Type 2 diabetes patients tended to have a history of depression extending back before they were diagnosed with diabetes.

Most recently, during the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, study results were presented that suggest antidepressants actually appear to increase progression to diabetes in people who are already at risk for the disease. Not exactly in line with the previous two studies, is it. Keeping up with research can be exhausting at times. Stay with me. The ending of this post is priceless.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers collected information on 3,000 people who took part in the Diabetes Prevention Program. According to the researchers, those who took antidepressants regularly were two to three times more likely to develop diabetes. No increased risk was reported for those not taking antidepressants. However, the study participants who took the glucose-lowering drug metformin with antidepressants also had not increased risk of developing diabetes.

I am going to end this with a direct quote from study co-leader Richard Rubin, "We don't have a clue what's going on."