Raging thirst... the best way I can describe it is to say that it was as though water wasn't wet any more. It started when I got up in the morning, when I would challenge myself to wait 15 minutes for the first drink, and 30 minutes for the first toilet trip. By the evening, it was every five minutes. Tap water wasn't doing anything, so I decided to walk up to town and buy a two litre bottle of mineral water, which I drank in one go. That didn't do it either, so I thought maybe something 'fresher'. I hate orange juice, but we had some in the fridge, so I forced myself to drink some of that, in case that would help. It's all you can think about; it consumes everything, and the only thing on your mind is where the next source of liquid is going to come from. It's taking a water bottle to school with you, and it being empty before the end of registration (the fifteen minute first period).
Extreme tiredness is kind of what it says on the tin. Sitting there with your fingers literally holding your eyelids open, because if you don't you will fall forward and go to sleep on the desk. Having to sit down and have a rest on the fifteen minute walk home from school, because I just didn't have the energy. Not being able to get out of bed in the morning - I don't mean finding it difficult, or not wanting to, I mean physically not having the strength.
Obviously, as a T1, this is likely to be a bit more extreme than a pre diagnosis T2 might experience, but that should give you the picture!
