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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mazjunkie" data-source="post: 2017285" data-attributes="member: 502890">Hello. I am new to this. I am a 20 year old female. I weigh around 53 kg and measure around 1.62 meters.Let me just start by saying that I am a hypochondriac. And a bad one. I have been under extreme stress since September of 2018, in and out of hospitals to get all kinds of tests done. In August of 2018, I had a general blood test done, I am pretty sure I had fasted but again, I had been pretty stressed since then. That blood test showed my glucose levels to be of 100 mg/dL. My doctor at the time did not warn me about anything and told me that these levels were normal, as the normal limit is usually within 110 mg/dL (in Spain, country where I got the test done). I still thought the number was too high.I then moved to the UK. I went to the A&E in the earlier this month (March 2019) because of a panic attack I thought was a heart attack. I was told by the doctor in charge of me that my glucose levels were 5,6 mmol/L (this was at 10PM, after a hefty Indian food lunch). Again, the doctor told me these were normal numbers.Today I had a Glycosylated HB done at a private practice because these numbers seem too high for me and again, I am a hypochondriac. According to this doctor, my levels are on the upper range of normal glucose levels, meaning I am not pre-diabetic. My haemoglobin A1C scored 5.8% and my HbA1c showed 40 mmol/mol. According to the UK from what I can see, these are normal standards. According to the Canadian Diabetes Association (I lived in Canada before), this is also normal but I am at risk of pre-diabetes. Now, according to the American Diabetes Association, I am officially pre-diabetic.I am freaking out. I know pre-diabetes does not mean diabetes but I am lost and don't know what to do. I do not smoke, I do not drink, I am relatively active, my BMI is normal, I am not overweight, I eat mostly vegetarian and occasional fish. I do not know why my glucose is so high, I do not know if I have pre-diabetes, which standard should I follow, and i don't know what I can do to stop it!My Plasma C-reactive protein level < 0.2 mg/L (limit should be between 0.0 and 5.0 i believe)My Serum ferritin levels 22 ug/L [10.0 - 120.0]My Serum TSH level 0.89 mU/L [0.3 - 4.2]</blockquote>

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