- Messages
- 3
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- I do not have diabetes
My 3 year son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes over a year ago.
It's been really difficult to adjust to but I feel we as a family were gaining some ground and got into a pretty good routine.
However Over the last few months things have really escalated badly.
in my opinion I think it's the insulin that's doing this but I'm no expert in this.
Perhaps there's someone out there who's more informed and could shine some light to this.
My Son is currently on 3 shots of novarapid and 1 shot of levimir daily.
my son could be well behaved for hours then all of a sudden he can just dramatically change.
For example I felt like this morning and afternoon he was okay but as the day goes on then things gradually get much worse.
He can become super hyper active and sometimes shows extreme anger towards anyone including myself and my partner.
it's almost like something triggers in him, he'll not listen to any command to stop doing something and just laughs and continues doing it.
Yeah this just sounds like an ordinary 3 year old but in this case it's much more extreme.
Tonight he was continuously head-butting the side board of my bed and laughing even though it was actually hurting him.
It really freaked me out, it was like watching a scene from one of those films when someone is possessed.
This is just one of the many examples we're currently experiencing.
Some nights he wakes up an physically attacks me and tells me that he hates me, then just moments later it's almost as if something clicks in his head and he tells me he's sorry and he loves me.
One day when he was in hypo, He actually started attacking my arm with a look of sheer terror in his face whilst screaming "to get them off" and "spiders".
After bringing him out of his hypo, cuddling into him and calming him down he was certain there was spiders on my arm.
I honestly feel he was hallucinating and I'm wondering if the insulin he is on is having these effects on him.
There was another time when I was driving the car he was in a really hyper active mood he kept saying we're going to "crash"
This put the fear me as you can imagine.
There was another time when he said his "fruitshoot" was floating in mid air when we were lying in bed.
There's times My son can go into a fit of rage and he doesn't even know he's doing it and when he snaps out of it he says he's sorry.
Most of the time when these things happen his blood sugar readings fine, I feel it is all down to the type of insulin my son is taking.
I've spoken to the diabetic nurse that we routinely see and I feel they're hiding the truth from me, they're trying to put this down to behaviour problems but I'm not accepting that.
My partner has a young nephew who has severe behaviour problems who's been diagnosed with ADHD but this is much different.
The diabetic nurse then suggests that perhaps it's my sons diet, which again is completely inaccurate.
Since my son has been diagnosed he actually eats really healthily and would prefer an apple over a chocolate bar.
So that rules that one out.
I just feel like I'm getting nowhere and the buck is being passed all the time
Has anyone experienced these or know someone who has?
Could the type of insulin my son is currently on be having these extreme side effects?
It absolutely breaks my heart seeing my Wee boy like this,
Any information or advice would be much appreciated.
It's been really difficult to adjust to but I feel we as a family were gaining some ground and got into a pretty good routine.
However Over the last few months things have really escalated badly.
in my opinion I think it's the insulin that's doing this but I'm no expert in this.
Perhaps there's someone out there who's more informed and could shine some light to this.
My Son is currently on 3 shots of novarapid and 1 shot of levimir daily.
my son could be well behaved for hours then all of a sudden he can just dramatically change.
For example I felt like this morning and afternoon he was okay but as the day goes on then things gradually get much worse.
He can become super hyper active and sometimes shows extreme anger towards anyone including myself and my partner.
it's almost like something triggers in him, he'll not listen to any command to stop doing something and just laughs and continues doing it.
Yeah this just sounds like an ordinary 3 year old but in this case it's much more extreme.
Tonight he was continuously head-butting the side board of my bed and laughing even though it was actually hurting him.
It really freaked me out, it was like watching a scene from one of those films when someone is possessed.
This is just one of the many examples we're currently experiencing.
Some nights he wakes up an physically attacks me and tells me that he hates me, then just moments later it's almost as if something clicks in his head and he tells me he's sorry and he loves me.
One day when he was in hypo, He actually started attacking my arm with a look of sheer terror in his face whilst screaming "to get them off" and "spiders".
After bringing him out of his hypo, cuddling into him and calming him down he was certain there was spiders on my arm.
I honestly feel he was hallucinating and I'm wondering if the insulin he is on is having these effects on him.
There was another time when I was driving the car he was in a really hyper active mood he kept saying we're going to "crash"
This put the fear me as you can imagine.
There was another time when he said his "fruitshoot" was floating in mid air when we were lying in bed.
There's times My son can go into a fit of rage and he doesn't even know he's doing it and when he snaps out of it he says he's sorry.
Most of the time when these things happen his blood sugar readings fine, I feel it is all down to the type of insulin my son is taking.
I've spoken to the diabetic nurse that we routinely see and I feel they're hiding the truth from me, they're trying to put this down to behaviour problems but I'm not accepting that.
My partner has a young nephew who has severe behaviour problems who's been diagnosed with ADHD but this is much different.
The diabetic nurse then suggests that perhaps it's my sons diet, which again is completely inaccurate.
Since my son has been diagnosed he actually eats really healthily and would prefer an apple over a chocolate bar.
So that rules that one out.
I just feel like I'm getting nowhere and the buck is being passed all the time
Has anyone experienced these or know someone who has?
Could the type of insulin my son is currently on be having these extreme side effects?
It absolutely breaks my heart seeing my Wee boy like this,
Any information or advice would be much appreciated.