A friend of mine was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I wanted to know more about it, so I did some research. I was surprised to find that many of the early warning signs of diabetes applied to me, but they don’t apply to me everyday. The symptoms they describe are things that I experience from time to time, but they vary from day to day or even week to week. These are the symptoms I experience from time to time.
tingling in fingers accompanied by coldness in toes and fingertips – cold hands
slightly blurry vision accompanied with tired and irritable feelings (non motivated)
common instances of being excessivly thirsty followed by having to pee a lot
feeling constantly like my body needs more to eat even though I just ate
a history of weight gain and weight loss over and over again for years
some days i feel fine and full of energy, other days i feel tired, sluggish, and slow
some days I feel hungry after eating 2 hours ago, and other days I can go several hours without being hungry
recent weight loss…have lost 6 pounds in a month but Ive been eating less because Im just not hungry
migraines that happen at the same time as feeling irritable, tired, and fuzzy vision – usually these symptoms lead to migraine
Is it possible that I could be experiencing periodic episodes of diabetes? And if so, when I go to my doctor, what if there is no sugar in my pee? Does that mean I am definitively not diabetic, or is it possible that it simply means that my symptoms are not manifesting themselves that particular day?
Please help. I will be losing my insurance soon so I need to get this taken care of soon if it sounds like I am possibly diabetic at all. I would love to hear from diabetics that have had similar instances of “on and off again” symptoms.
Thank you in advance for your answers! It can literally change my life!
After receiving the first response, I would like to clarify my question. Is it possible that I am experiencing symptoms of diabetes that vary from day to day because of the way I eat? My fear is that I may be mildly diabetic (if such a thing exists) and I never found out because it didn’t effect me as seriously as other people. Can I be mildly diabetic and experience these symptoms that vary as a result? If “mild diabetic” doesn’t exist, could it be a problem with hypoglycemia? My friend that was diagnosed only found out because he lost a lot of weight. When he went to the doctor his blood pressure was very high. Those were the only intial indications of his diabetes.
Answer
Diabetes does not come and go, there is no such thing as periodic episodes of diabetes. It is a life-long disease. Diabetics have different symptoms if their blood sugar is too high or too low. It doesn’t sound like any of your issues are really pre-diabetic warning signs. Diabetes is not diagnosed with urine, you would need a blood test. If you were diabetic, the blood test results would show it, you’re not going to have it one day, and not have it the next day.
I keep finding questions from people on here who think they have diabetes after reading about it. If you’re truly concerned go to your dr. and ask them the questions.
A friend of mine was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I wanted to know more about it, so I did some research. I was surprised to find that many of the early warning signs of diabetes applied to me, but they don’t apply to me everyday. The symptoms they describe are things that I experience from time to time, but they vary from day to day or even week to week. These are the symptoms I experience from time to time.
tingling in fingers accompanied by coldness in toes and fingertips – cold hands
slightly blurry vision accompanied with tired and irritable feelings (non motivated)
common instances of being excessivly thirsty followed by having to pee a lot
feeling constantly like my body needs more to eat even though I just ate
a history of weight gain and weight loss over and over again for years
some days i feel fine and full of energy, other days i feel tired, sluggish, and slow
some days I feel hungry after eating 2 hours ago, and other days I can go several hours without being hungry
recent weight loss…have lost 6 pounds in a month but Ive been eating less because Im just not hungry
migraines that happen at the same time as feeling irritable, tired, and fuzzy vision – usually these symptoms lead to migraine
Is it possible that I could be experiencing periodic episodes of diabetes? And if so, when I go to my doctor, what if there is no sugar in my pee? Does that mean I am definitively not diabetic, or is it possible that it simply means that my symptoms are not manifesting themselves that particular day?
Please help. I will be losing my insurance soon so I need to get this taken care of soon if it sounds like I am possibly diabetic at all. I would love to hear from diabetics that have had similar instances of “on and off again” symptoms.
Thank you in advance for your answers! It can literally change my life!
same thing has been happening to me..2 weeks ago i had dry mouth then leg pain like needles, but i never felt tired or peed a lot…man im scared too..hope im safe…but i also have some chest pain so i think its something else..all my symptoms are gone now
tell me wat happened if u go to the doctor
Hey, I know how it feels to feel like you, after hearing about diabetes, I decided to do research about it, and I think the fact I knew too much about it, I got worried and just got those symptoms from stressing too much, and after all, did not have diabetes. So first tip is just not to stress, and don’t panic, because no matter what actually happens, and if you actually have got diabetes, you’ll be fine, because anyone this worried about their health now, can obviously manage keeping healthy with diabetes.
Before I actually give my answer and opinion, please do not take my advice 100%, because I am not a diabetic myself and am relying on my knowledge, my personal instinct, my dad and best friend being a diabetic, so it’s not like I have experienced anything for myself, which makes all the difference.
Okay, from the details you have given (and thank you for actually giving detail unlike some other idiots), it sounds like you could be a diabetic, but it could be other problems.
First off, I would just like to say, there is no such thing as an actual form of mild diabetes, no form of diabetes is mild, and you are either diabetic or you aren’t. Somehow, type 2 diabetes is sometimes referred to as mild diabetes, which is untrue, and just because they still produce insulin, it still means that the same devastating, major health problems can be caused by type 2, and is still the same disease which is just caused by different aspects of life.
However, the disease varies and can be milder and more severe in different people. In type 1, of course the body cannot produce insulin, but depending on the persons system, their blood sugar can actually vary and that particular person could experience MORE highs/lows than the next type 1 diabetic. In that case, it’s not really mild diabetes, just depends on the person, and some people are luckier than others. Maybe if someone has other health problems as well as well as diabetes, and compared to another completely healthy diabetic, their bloodsugar and their management with their diabetes would most likely be different, one easier, one harder because of their underlying health.
In type 2, there is the term borderline, or pre-diabetes, which is also referred to as mild diabetes, but that isn’t really true either, because those terms are just words describing the fact someone is in progress of developing diabetes; whether that day comes, no one knows, but good management can actually decide whether a pre-diabetic becomes a full diabetic.
Okay… now your symptoms are obviously very related to diabetes, and if you were constantly experiencing them, you could be very worried and obviously should go and see a doctor immediately.
And just because they are on and off, hate to break it to you, but I think that you should immediately see a doctor, because even though symptoms don’t usually go on and off, it could be just an individual thing which could happen with you, and maybe if you are very healthy, your body could possibly be trying to fight it off – that could be very dangerous for your health which is why I am recommending straight away for a blood test – if your body is trying to fight off the production of insulin, that could be very bad, because obviously it can’t do anything about it, and your immune system will then deteriorate (okay, I don’t know if the body would actually start trying that, and I don’t know if that could actually happen, but… yeh.)
Okay, so the point I’m trying to gather there is that your symptoms are very diabetes related.
Now, what I am thinking, and like I told you, don’t take my advice too seriously, but what I am thinking is that you could be in a state of gradually progressing, and developing diabetes, and over time, your pancreas is producing less and less insulin, and because of this decrease in insulin over time, I don’t know, and if you went to the doctor and they did not find any sugar in your pee, you most likely aren’t a diabetic for now, and they would have to do a proper blood test, and if you went on a day when your symptoms weren’t happening, it’s not like there is sugar in your blood one day, and none the next, that cannot happen if you have not been diagnosed. But yes these on and off things could be either: – Developing diabetes – Some other sickness/problem – Just the knowledge of knowing about diabetes, and your body reacting to it and you worrying too much (it can happen).
When I say other sickness or problem, these symptoms could be your body reacting to something else; do you have a good diet/do you eat enough? I don’t have enough information about your diet or lifestyle to tell you that you have some other problem, but if you eventually don’t have diabetes, just tell them your symptoms, and they will def. help you and explain to you what could be happening. Also, if you want to, go to http://symptoms.webmd.com/ <— you input your symptoms and tell them what has happened with you and they gi