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Hi guys, I am 22 years old.

So I have always been worried about my blood sugar I've been testing for the past couple of years, mostly bloods are in the 4s highest I've ever got is 5.3, my bmi is about 24. In 2017 my Hba1c was 34.

Lately I've had a feeling that my bladder is full and my doctor thought it was a bladder infection so I'm on antibiotics. I thought I would order a new blood sugar monitor because my old one didn't work from amazon and test my sugars. I tested last night and my reading was 5 so I thought I was okay. I barely slept last night and so woke up and tested my sugars and they were '5.3'. I then went for a 3 hour nap and woke up and to my surprise my blood sugar was 6.1! I didn't believe it so I tested again and the two other readings were 5.9 and 6.1. I'm really shocked.

Does this mean I am prediabetic? I'm unsure what to do and I'm quite worried.
 
confused123x said:
Hi guys, I am 22 years old.

So I have always been worried about my blood sugar I've been testing for the past couple of years, mostly bloods are in the 4s highest I've ever got is 5.3, my bmi is about 24. In 2017 my Hba1c was 34.

Lately I've had a feeling that my bladder is full and my doctor thought it was a bladder infection so I'm on antibiotics. I thought I would order a new blood sugar monitor because my old one didn't work from amazon and test my sugars. I tested last night and my reading was 5 so I thought I was okay. I barely slept last night and so woke up and tested my sugars and they were '5.3'. I then went for a 3 hour nap and woke up and to my surprise my blood sugar was 6.1! I didn't believe it so I tested again and the two other readings were 5.9 and 6.1. I'm really shocked.

Does this mean I am prediabetic? I'm unsure what to do and I'm quite worried.
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You're 22, a pretty normal weight.. stop testing your blood sugar and worrying yourself and go and enjoy your life... please.
 
I wish mine were as good as yours! Your doing great to keep them at that level
 
confused123x said:
Ok so I've just tested now half an hour later and I'm 5.4?
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Please get some help for whatever is the root cause of your health anxiety because being this stressed over NOTHING will acually raise your blood sugars.

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NicoleC1971 said:
Please get some help for whatever is the root cause of your health anxiety because being this stressed over NOTHING will acually raise your blood sugars.
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Totally agree. Stress definitely ups my bloods which is just not good

Just relax and accept you have good blood readings.

Also certain types of meds can increase bloods for a short time. I get this with codeine

I'd hate to know how you'd feel if you had readings like mine of 25+ every day before I was confirmed type 1

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MarkHaZ123 said:
Totally agree. Stress definitely ups my bloods which is just not good

Just relax and accept you have good blood readings.

Also certain types of meds can increase bloods for a short time. I get this with codeine

I'd hate to know how you'd feel if you had readings like mine of 25+ every day before I was confirmed type 1
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Or even post diagnosis. My fsl tells me I am 6% of my time 'in range' .

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confused123x said:
I have health anxiety and relatives who have diabetes.
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Thank you, that helps. Anxiety is horrid (I have it), it can be debilitating, exhausting, suck all the joy out of life, mess with your health and your relationships!

So I would suggest you prioritise your health care on that. Yoga, exercise, breathing, constructive thinking, gardening, singing - whatever works for you. Creative and messy things are good. Movement of any kind nearly always helps. Find an identifier for you to recognise when anxiety is being pesky. Does that make sense? You need a sort of internal virtual anxiety meter to assess your anxiety levels. For me emotional wobbles, inactivity, obsessive focus are all signs that I need to address my anxiety. This means not focussing on the thing I'm worrying about but on simply bringing down the anxiety by say going for a walk or watching, listening, reading something I know will make me feel better. Moving, dancing, making a mess are all really helpful. Laughter is excellent. Generally best to avoid comfort eating, drinking alcohol or other self medication approaches :) Alternatively, sometimes going to bed and being really still until the anxiety passes helps - go figure! :banghead: Also some people are good for your anxiety and some will be bad (bizarrely you might be drawn to the ones that ramp up your anxiety - watch out for this!)

Mental health is beginning to get appropriate recognition within the established medical community, but not always and not everywhere, hopefully your doctor is supportive, if not seek additional help if you need it.

This is not to say your concerns about diabetes are irrelevant, although as others have said your readings are well within normal and anxiety alone will raise them. What type of diabetes is in your family? If it's type 2 there is no harm in reading around the site for information on diet and exercise to reduce the risk. This is not likely to be a good anxiety management strategy however :-) so find time for something more fun too :)

Hopefully above is not too preachy, it's just I wish someone had said this (or something similar) to me at 22 (but obviously you aren't me so it might not suit!).
 
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copilost said:
Thank you, that helps. Anxiety is horrid (I have it), it can be debilitating, exhausting, suck all the joy out of life, mess with your health and your relationships!

So I would suggest you prioritise your health care on that. Yoga, exercise, breathing, constructive thinking, gardening, singing - whatever works for you. Creative and messy things are good. Movement of any kind nearly always helps. Find an identifier for you to recognise when anxiety is being pesky. Does that make sense? You need a sort of internal virtual anxiety meter to assess your anxiety levels. For me emotional wobbles, inactivity, obsessive focus are all signs that I need to address my anxiety. This means not focussing on the thing I'm worrying about but on simply bringing down the anxiety by say going for a walk or watching, listening, reading something I know will make me feel better. Moving, dancing, making a mess are all really helpful. Laughter is excellent. Generally best to avoid comfort eating, drinking alcohol or other self medication approaches :) Alternatively, sometimes going to bed and being really still until the anxiety passes helps - go figure! :banghead: Also some people are good for your anxiety and some will be bad (bizarrely you might be drawn to the ones that ramp up your anxiety - watch out for this!)

Mental health is beginning to get appropriate recognition within the established medical community, but not always and not everywhere, hopefully your doctor is supportive, if not seek additional help if you need it.

This is not to say your concerns about diabetes are irrelevant, although as others have said your readings are well within normal and anxiety alone will raise them. What type of diabetes is in your family? If it's type 2 there is no harm in reading around the site for information on diet and exercise to reduce the risk. This is not likely to be a good anxiety management strategy however :) so find time for something more fun too :)


No it is not preachy at all thanks so much for your kind words! Yes I have had anxiety for most of my life but struggle to control it so those things will definitely help me thankyou for taking the time out to write that. Yes its type 2 so I do need to keep an eye on my diet and exercise etc. but think I take it a bit too far sometimes.

Hopefully above is not too preachy, it's just I wish someone had said this (or something similar) to me at 22 (but obviously you aren't me so it might not suit!).
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In my experience it's hopeless to try to "control" anxiety. It's like a frightened and frustrated child (with too much inappropriate responsibility) who will respond well to kindness, time, play, fun, laughter and sunlight; and very badly to rules, pressure, threats, demands, anger and pain (rightly so).

Thank you for sharing your experience, it's been helpful for me to think through some of my issues in the guise of giving advice
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