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Could I have had symptoms in childhood?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaftThoughts" data-source="post: 1492692" data-attributes="member: 317436"><p>This has been on my mind a lot since diagnosis. As a child, I remember these following things quite clearly:</p><p></p><p>- I was ALWAYS thirsty. When eating out, I felt bad because I constantly needed several glasses of whatever I was drinking otherwise I would be parched, racking up the bills. I was more focused on getting fluids than eating pretty much all the time.</p><p>- I peed a lot because of drinking a lot.</p><p>- I was always very hungry despite eating enough.</p><p>- I was always lethargic and felt like I had less energy than everyone else around me.</p><p>- Gym class and other forms of exercise were more exhausting to me than to others, for some reason.</p><p></p><p>I was always a bit on the chubby side as a kid (as well as the tallest in my class all through elementary) although never particularly fat - I actually gained the most weight in my late teens. I didn't lose weight and the symptoms weren't debilitating. As a teen I also had extreme menstruation issues that I tried to iron out with hormonal birth control (which helped, until I got on insulin full time, then the birth control was making my menstruation hell again).</p><p></p><p>Most of these symptoms indicate diabetes to me now, but I can't recall ever having had tests for it. I was never really hospitalized for anything or had been in situations where I needed the kind of medical attention where bloodsugar tests are standard. My bloodsugar values weren't super abnormal the first time I was marked as prediabetic, just a bit elevated for fasting.</p><p></p><p>Now I can't stop wondering, have I always been showing signs of diabetes that just went ignored because I was deemed a chubby kid who was 'just hungry all the time'? Since I got the right treatment and my bloodsugars have been down, I've actually never felt as thirsty or hungry anymore as I have basically my entire life. I pee maybe 3-5 times a day now, I drink 1.5-2 liters per day (if that), and my excessive hunger appears to be fueled mostly by out of whack hormones as outside of my period I sometimes have to force myself to eat.</p><p></p><p>I don't really know what to think of this now. I clearly wasn't diabetic as a kid because otherwise I would probably have been in DKA or been diagnosed earlier. But if I had known the things I know now, I would have been tested for diabetes at 8 years old for these symptoms. Does anyone else recognize this? It might just be coincidence or something specific to me, but I can't really stop thinking about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaftThoughts, post: 1492692, member: 317436"] This has been on my mind a lot since diagnosis. As a child, I remember these following things quite clearly: - I was ALWAYS thirsty. When eating out, I felt bad because I constantly needed several glasses of whatever I was drinking otherwise I would be parched, racking up the bills. I was more focused on getting fluids than eating pretty much all the time. - I peed a lot because of drinking a lot. - I was always very hungry despite eating enough. - I was always lethargic and felt like I had less energy than everyone else around me. - Gym class and other forms of exercise were more exhausting to me than to others, for some reason. I was always a bit on the chubby side as a kid (as well as the tallest in my class all through elementary) although never particularly fat - I actually gained the most weight in my late teens. I didn't lose weight and the symptoms weren't debilitating. As a teen I also had extreme menstruation issues that I tried to iron out with hormonal birth control (which helped, until I got on insulin full time, then the birth control was making my menstruation hell again). Most of these symptoms indicate diabetes to me now, but I can't recall ever having had tests for it. I was never really hospitalized for anything or had been in situations where I needed the kind of medical attention where bloodsugar tests are standard. My bloodsugar values weren't super abnormal the first time I was marked as prediabetic, just a bit elevated for fasting. Now I can't stop wondering, have I always been showing signs of diabetes that just went ignored because I was deemed a chubby kid who was 'just hungry all the time'? Since I got the right treatment and my bloodsugars have been down, I've actually never felt as thirsty or hungry anymore as I have basically my entire life. I pee maybe 3-5 times a day now, I drink 1.5-2 liters per day (if that), and my excessive hunger appears to be fueled mostly by out of whack hormones as outside of my period I sometimes have to force myself to eat. I don't really know what to think of this now. I clearly wasn't diabetic as a kid because otherwise I would probably have been in DKA or been diagnosed earlier. But if I had known the things I know now, I would have been tested for diabetes at 8 years old for these symptoms. Does anyone else recognize this? It might just be coincidence or something specific to me, but I can't really stop thinking about it. [/QUOTE]
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