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<blockquote data-quote="manu" data-source="post: 124762" data-attributes="member: 25418"><p>Hi!</p><p>My diagnosis took about 10 years of hypos and a change of country... Now I'm 30 but I remember being in high school and feeling weak, and feeling the need to eat sweets without no one telling me to do it. I also remeber in my twenties being told off by my mum for drinking too much water. Well my old GP always took those hypos as low pressure problems and I eventually gave up drinking water <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>I then moved to the UK and I kept having these hypos to a point I was so stressed about work that I was having them daily, always a couple of hours after my bread and jam breakfast. I was then referred to an endocrinology department where they told me that the cause could have been an insulinoma ( i.e. beta cells producing too much insulin!!!) :shock: </p><p>The weird thing was that my fasting BG were not showing anything strange by then (4.9). Well, I did tests over tests and that couldn't be, so at the end I was being tested in a Diabetic centre for a stress related reactive hypoglycaemia. </p><p></p><p>Surprise surprise, the glucose tolerance test which lasted about 5hours (waiting for an hypo) showed I was diabetic instead, and only by chance the doctor had tested me for antibodies. The answer was simply early diagnosed Diabetes Type 1!!! That's how I've found out to be diabetic.</p><p>It looks like it's a LADA one, as I've managed fine with diet for a few months after this diagnosis. I didn't get up to the point of producing ketons, but I've had to start on my insulin in december. </p><p>It is weird how looking back, there have been clear signs of this slow diabetes progression for years!!! Well at least know I know the cause of my problems and also how to treat them! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manu, post: 124762, member: 25418"] Hi! My diagnosis took about 10 years of hypos and a change of country... Now I'm 30 but I remember being in high school and feeling weak, and feeling the need to eat sweets without no one telling me to do it. I also remeber in my twenties being told off by my mum for drinking too much water. Well my old GP always took those hypos as low pressure problems and I eventually gave up drinking water :( I then moved to the UK and I kept having these hypos to a point I was so stressed about work that I was having them daily, always a couple of hours after my bread and jam breakfast. I was then referred to an endocrinology department where they told me that the cause could have been an insulinoma ( i.e. beta cells producing too much insulin!!!) :shock: The weird thing was that my fasting BG were not showing anything strange by then (4.9). Well, I did tests over tests and that couldn't be, so at the end I was being tested in a Diabetic centre for a stress related reactive hypoglycaemia. Surprise surprise, the glucose tolerance test which lasted about 5hours (waiting for an hypo) showed I was diabetic instead, and only by chance the doctor had tested me for antibodies. The answer was simply early diagnosed Diabetes Type 1!!! That's how I've found out to be diabetic. It looks like it's a LADA one, as I've managed fine with diet for a few months after this diagnosis. I didn't get up to the point of producing ketons, but I've had to start on my insulin in december. It is weird how looking back, there have been clear signs of this slow diabetes progression for years!!! Well at least know I know the cause of my problems and also how to treat them! :) [/QUOTE]
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