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banana2000

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Location
County Antrim
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
High and low blood sugars!
I am struggling with my diabetes at this moment in time because I am in my teenage years and hormones keep sending my blood sugars all over the place. It affects my school and social life because my blood sugars can be unexpected. There are days I can hypo up to 2 or 3 times and days where I feel unwell and don't want to do anything. It would be comforting to know that other teenagers have this similar struggle and can give me good advice.
 
I hope some one answers you soon. I can't be of any help as I am at the other end of the age spectrum. I'm sure someone will be in touch
 
Hello.
Im not a teenager either.
Welcome to the forum.
Im sure you will get some help.
 
I have seen mentioned on several threads how the teenage hormones sends blood sugar all over the place.

If you look through this and the parent forum I'm sure you'll find some stuff.
 
Hoya
I sometimes find I can have lows and have no explanation for them whatsoever ! I also have days where I have several hypos which is annoying especially at school!
Hebe x
 
I'm in a teenager! :D (Well 18 so technically an adult)

I totally get where you are coming from & I was struggling as well... I noticed it when I was 14 & it carried on until I was 17.. You say you hypo a lot? Well I was always high! And by high I mean 16 & above it was awful! I used to get so so frustrated because the doctors would tell me that my dieting is fine & my diabetes in general is fine which left me even more confused! It only ever effected my school life once (I passed out in a PE lesson due to high blood sugars)
It got to a point where I was put on metformin because my body was refusing to absorb any insulin but eventually I started to absorb & I don't take them anymore

I know it's hard to try & not let it control your life but I realised the older I got the easier it became to control & it was the same with my mom.. She's 50 now & even she had some pretty rough blood results when she was a teenager... I completely understand how you feel & I'm sure there are thousands upon thousands of other teenagers that are in the exact same spot as you...

These hormones are little buggers! But there little buggers that go away! You've just got to give your body time :)

Hope this helped,
Molly xx
 
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No sorry that was meant to be funny.
I'm in my sixties and of course was a teenager for a time.
I don't think we had hormones then.
If we did no one thought to tell me.
Mess up your bloods?
I can imagine that happening.
Seriously now .... hormones seem to play havoc with people sometimes and in your teen years those hormones are helping build you brick by brick so in a way you're not a finished product yet.
Under construction.
I feel for young people having to deal with illness so early in life and the transforming from child to adult at the same time can only be problematic.
Being a teen is almost fully fledged adult.
You're between two worlds and if there's anything sensible to help you through I don't know other than ....people.
As well as being up front enough to speak about it here speak about it at home too.
Ask for a little space a little help a little understanding.
Openly talk about your discomforts and worries.
You might be well surprised by the responses you get.
All the very best with your diabetes and with your construction job.
Stick with us on here .... there's young and old getting through a lot of problems together here.
All the very best to you.
Keep asking and .... helping out where you can.
I have young people in my life ranging from four years old to forty years old and plenty in between .... teens too.
I don't like the attitude that's easily thrown about by an irresponsible press that most young people are bad news .... I find exactly the opposite.
I'm rambling .... wha eva.

 
Yeah! The most important thing to do is ask... If there's something you're going through & you don't know how to handle it then ask.. Don't be scared at all... There are people who want to help
 
Hebe said:
Hoya
I sometimes find I can have lows and have no explanation for them whatsoever ! I also have days where I have several hypos which is annoying especially at school!
Hebe x[/QUOTE
I know school can be the worst place because i find it so embarrassing! Thanks for the reply:)
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Mozzapozza said:
I'm in a teenager! :D (Well 18 so technically an adult)

I totally get where you are coming from & I was struggling as well... I noticed it when I was 14 & it carried on until I was 17.. You say you hypo a lot? Well I was always high! And by high I mean 16 & above it was awful! I used to get so so frustrated because the doctors would tell me that my dieting is fine & my diabetes in general is fine which left me even more confused! It only ever effected my school life once (I passed out in a PE lesson due to high blood sugars)
It got to a point where I was put on metformin because my body was refusing to absorb any insulin but eventually I started to absorb & I don't take them anymore

I know it's hard to try & not let it control your life but I realised the older I got the easier it became to control & it was the same with my mom.. She's 50 now & even she had some pretty rough blood results when she was a teenager... I completely understand how you feel & I'm sure there are thousands upon thousands of other teenagers that are in the exact same spot as you...

These hormones are little buggers! But there little buggers that go away! You've just got to give your body time :)

Hope this helped,
Molly xx
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Thanks for your reply. That sounds awful, hope everything is ok now that your older. I understand too that highs can be very unpleasant though i'm always the opposite. I totally agree with hormones being little buggers:). Your advice is very helpful and I will keep it in mind.
 
heyo
Im 12 and I know how you feel. some days I can hypo up to 5 times a day. unfortunately I haven't found a way to stop this from happening. pls if you do get any answers pls let me know as ii would love to find out how to stop this as it can get very frustrating.
thanks and I hope you and me soon ge some answers.
 
Im 14 and i tend to go hypo mostly in school and just drink my lucozade and test under my bag but there was a time where my doctors said was due to hormones my bloods would just rise randomly and fall back down and i just reduced my insulin but when i was high for a long time i just addded more insulin
 
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