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I have a friend who is hypoglycemic and he's REALLY skinny. I'm talking over 6'0" and like 145 lbs. Boy eats and eats and never gains a pound.
I'm a type 1 diabetic. Since I was really little when I was diagnosed, I don't remember the symptoms. I was just told I was "sick."
I would get checked for pre-diabetes, which apparently exists when people are about to get Type 2. My old boss was diagnosed with Type 2 so he COMPLETELY overhauled his diet and stopped drinking... and somehow his BS regulated. I don't think he was completely diabetic at that point but some changes in the diet and such "reversed" the effects.
Anyway, if you think you have diabetes, ask yourself this: are you constantly thirsty at any time and then proceeding to go to the bathroom more than twice in an hour or so? Granted there are the hypoglycemic aspects of diabetes that can bring someone into the hospital to check for diabetes, but you got to look at the opposite symptoms, if you are having them. Hyperglycemia (or high blood sugars) can make me feel like I am high/drunk. And sometimes I think I am low... and I end up being high. It's weird.
See if your doc will run a Hemoglobin A1C or HA1c.
On a side note to those who buy the tubes of glucose for their purses and whatnot. Here's a tip: buy the big bottles of tabs and a case of M&M minis. Dump the minis (or feed your bf/hubby/sibling/kid/etc) and use the case to refil with tabs. If you get the B-D kinds, they fit perfectly.
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