so obviously a doctors visit and bloodwork would be the only way to determine this. My doctor, though, doesn't seem to want to even entertain the idea long enough to explain why she isn't concerned at all in a way that is reassuring to me. I know she knows way more about health than i do, and should trust in what she says. I also have an anxiety disorder, and in order to put my mind at ease i just would prefer an in depth explanation for my symptoms before being brushed off so i can accept im healthy. I'm not doubting her medical ability, i just worry especially because in january i went to see her with symptoms of appendicitis and she 100% assured me it wasn't but then two days later i had an emergency appendectomy.
My goal isn't to have some people over the internet diagnose me, I'd just like to learn more about the way diabetes progresses in it's early stages so that i can understand why the symptoms i had could not possibly be related to blood sugar. I tried doing some research, but for whatever reason I'm having a hard time wording the question in google in a way that gives me the information im looking for. So I was hoping if I explain the situation, someone could either help me find what I'm looking for or explain to me why what I'm feeling may or may not be related to blood sugar.
My boyfriend is type 1 diabetic, and was in hospital about 2 months ago for complications. I learned a lot about the condition there that helped me understand what he's going through, but not a ton about what happens in the beginning. For example, I know that blood sugar has to be pretty high to experience symptoms like frequent peeing and extreme thirst, not just slightly elevated. The reason I bring this up, is that last weekend I began experiencing that and he voiced some concerns about whether or not I should look into it. My only thing with that is that since it started, it isn't constant. It comes and goes. But it always comes on the same way, peeing a lot first without drinking that much and then eventually a thirst that won't go away no matter how much water I drink. It can last anywhere from several hours to a couple of days. When it first happened I did not let my boyfriend check my blood sugar, I told him I was fine and it was unnecessary. After 2ish days or so I got concerned and had my type 2 dad check, by the time he was home to check the symptoms had resolved and it was mostly just for peace of mind. It was first thing in the morning, so I was fasting and my blood sugar was 4.6 (I'm in canada idk what the conversion would be) so totally normal and I let it go. I already had an appointment with my doctor scheduled for an unrelated reason so while there I asked her about it just because I was wondering what could've cause that if not high blood sugar. Last tuesday I had taken a higher dose than prescribed of clonazepam and zopiclone together, that story is irrelevant in my opinion so I won't get into it, and she says that the extra peeing was just my body trying to flush that out. That might be so, but it wasn't just that i went to the bathroom 6 or 7 times in the same day when I usually only go 4 or 5. It was every 20 minutes barely making it to the bathroom, and peeing such large amounts at a time that aren't normal for me even if I really had to go. And it wasn't a couple extra cups of water, it was 4 or 5 32oz bottles in three hours and still feeling like there was no saliva in my mouth. And they weren't symptoms that I was too concerned about until my type 1 boyfriend pointed them out to me so it's not like I immediately convinced myself that was my diagnosis. But then just like that the symptoms were gone, and I only tested when they were gone not while they were present. And even though the symptoms have been coming and going, I haven't asked my dad to check again because of what my doctor said and how low my number was. She had me do a urine test to check for infection just in case as i've had around 7 uti's just this year, but neither of us were convinced it was due to a uti because the symptoms were so different, and said if there is any problems with my sugar they'll most likely find that in my urine as well. I haven't been able to do it because as a female, peeing in a cup is very hard and with anxiety it's ten times harder. I finally managed to get some in the cup today, my mom took it to the lab and they didn't accept it because they said it wasn't enough. I don't want to explain why it was so hard for me to pee in a cup when i've been peeing nonstop because its complicated and frustrating, but I'm asking about how likely this is to be diabetes here because if it's impossible I won't pursue it further and I won't continue to try to pee in that cup because I'm almost certain it's not an infection.
My main questions are, could my symptoms be explained by high blood sugar even though when I checked after they'd disappeared my bs was normal? Can someone who is not diabetic experience blood sugar high enough to cause symptoms, that after long enough resolves on its own? When diabetes is first starting, whether type one or two, what kind of patterns does blood sugar follow? I know type two is a much slower progression due to the nature of it, but in both cases would it be safe to assume that blood sugar would just continue to increase until diagnosis and intervention? Or is it possible to see highs large enough to cause symptoms, then go back down into range, until eventually the body cannot regulate it at all and it is consistently high with no way of going back down without treatment? So like, sometimes high and sometimes normal until it's just high all the time? I'm not sure if any of that made sense, if any clarification is needed let me know and I will try to reword stuff. Your input is very much appreciated!
My goal isn't to have some people over the internet diagnose me, I'd just like to learn more about the way diabetes progresses in it's early stages so that i can understand why the symptoms i had could not possibly be related to blood sugar. I tried doing some research, but for whatever reason I'm having a hard time wording the question in google in a way that gives me the information im looking for. So I was hoping if I explain the situation, someone could either help me find what I'm looking for or explain to me why what I'm feeling may or may not be related to blood sugar.
My boyfriend is type 1 diabetic, and was in hospital about 2 months ago for complications. I learned a lot about the condition there that helped me understand what he's going through, but not a ton about what happens in the beginning. For example, I know that blood sugar has to be pretty high to experience symptoms like frequent peeing and extreme thirst, not just slightly elevated. The reason I bring this up, is that last weekend I began experiencing that and he voiced some concerns about whether or not I should look into it. My only thing with that is that since it started, it isn't constant. It comes and goes. But it always comes on the same way, peeing a lot first without drinking that much and then eventually a thirst that won't go away no matter how much water I drink. It can last anywhere from several hours to a couple of days. When it first happened I did not let my boyfriend check my blood sugar, I told him I was fine and it was unnecessary. After 2ish days or so I got concerned and had my type 2 dad check, by the time he was home to check the symptoms had resolved and it was mostly just for peace of mind. It was first thing in the morning, so I was fasting and my blood sugar was 4.6 (I'm in canada idk what the conversion would be) so totally normal and I let it go. I already had an appointment with my doctor scheduled for an unrelated reason so while there I asked her about it just because I was wondering what could've cause that if not high blood sugar. Last tuesday I had taken a higher dose than prescribed of clonazepam and zopiclone together, that story is irrelevant in my opinion so I won't get into it, and she says that the extra peeing was just my body trying to flush that out. That might be so, but it wasn't just that i went to the bathroom 6 or 7 times in the same day when I usually only go 4 or 5. It was every 20 minutes barely making it to the bathroom, and peeing such large amounts at a time that aren't normal for me even if I really had to go. And it wasn't a couple extra cups of water, it was 4 or 5 32oz bottles in three hours and still feeling like there was no saliva in my mouth. And they weren't symptoms that I was too concerned about until my type 1 boyfriend pointed them out to me so it's not like I immediately convinced myself that was my diagnosis. But then just like that the symptoms were gone, and I only tested when they were gone not while they were present. And even though the symptoms have been coming and going, I haven't asked my dad to check again because of what my doctor said and how low my number was. She had me do a urine test to check for infection just in case as i've had around 7 uti's just this year, but neither of us were convinced it was due to a uti because the symptoms were so different, and said if there is any problems with my sugar they'll most likely find that in my urine as well. I haven't been able to do it because as a female, peeing in a cup is very hard and with anxiety it's ten times harder. I finally managed to get some in the cup today, my mom took it to the lab and they didn't accept it because they said it wasn't enough. I don't want to explain why it was so hard for me to pee in a cup when i've been peeing nonstop because its complicated and frustrating, but I'm asking about how likely this is to be diabetes here because if it's impossible I won't pursue it further and I won't continue to try to pee in that cup because I'm almost certain it's not an infection.
My main questions are, could my symptoms be explained by high blood sugar even though when I checked after they'd disappeared my bs was normal? Can someone who is not diabetic experience blood sugar high enough to cause symptoms, that after long enough resolves on its own? When diabetes is first starting, whether type one or two, what kind of patterns does blood sugar follow? I know type two is a much slower progression due to the nature of it, but in both cases would it be safe to assume that blood sugar would just continue to increase until diagnosis and intervention? Or is it possible to see highs large enough to cause symptoms, then go back down into range, until eventually the body cannot regulate it at all and it is consistently high with no way of going back down without treatment? So like, sometimes high and sometimes normal until it's just high all the time? I'm not sure if any of that made sense, if any clarification is needed let me know and I will try to reword stuff. Your input is very much appreciated!
