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Overcoming Decision Fatigue in Diabetes

Overcoming Decision Fatigue in Diabetes

Update: 2025-10-17
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In this episode of Diabetes Day by Day, Drs. Neil Skolnik and Sara Wettergreen talk with Aaron Sutton, LCSW, BCD, CAADC, and Casey Coffman about decision fatigue—what it means and ways to cope, especially as the holiday season approaches.

Living with diabetes means making countless decisions every day—from meal choices to medication timing. Over time, this can lead to decision fatigue, impacting both your mental health and diabetes management.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, PA

Sara Wettergreen, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, UCHealth Lone Tree Primary Care, Aurora, CO

Aaron Sutton, LCSW, BCD, CAADC, Director of the Sutton Institute for Psychotherapy

Casey Coffman, American Diabetes Association® volunteer and a person living with type 1 diabetes

Do you have questions or comments you'd like to share with Neil and Sara? Leave a message at (703) 755-7288. Thank you for listening, and don't forget to "follow" Diabetes Day by Day!

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