Young and Prediabetic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What symptoms?

Mainly increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision.

If you are having these symptoms, you are not a prediabetic. You are one already.

This. Go to a doctor. Go to one asap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many hours after you ate did you check your blood sugar?

Two hours. I just checked right now, and it was 139. I ate a heavy carb meal (potato). For reference a few days ago. I ate rice, and it was 101 two hours later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What symptoms?

Mainly increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision.

If you are having these symptoms, you are not a prediabetic. You are one already.

This. Go to a doctor. Go to one asap.

I’ve had all these symptoms plus more for months now. I’m already waiting for lab results, I’ll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many hours after you ate did you check your blood sugar?

Two hours. I just checked right now, and it was 139. I ate a heavy carb meal (potato). For reference a few days ago. I ate rice, and it was 101 two hours later.

Fasted blood sugar is 8 hours. So you probably don't have high blood sugar at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many hours after you ate did you check your blood sugar?

Two hours. I just checked right now, and it was 139. I ate a heavy carb meal (potato). For reference a few days ago. I ate rice, and it was 101 two hours later.

Fasted blood sugar is 8 hours. So you probably don't have high blood sugar at all.

I tested my fasting blood sugar today and a few days ago, it was 108 both times. The after meal numbers range from 101 to now 139.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What symptoms?

Mainly increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision.

If you are having these symptoms, you are not a prediabetic. You are one already.

This. Go to a doctor. Go to one asap.

I’ve had all these symptoms plus more for months now. I’m already waiting for lab results, I’ll see.

Dude no, that's not good. Your kidneys can be taking damage all that time. The fact that you've had symptoms for months doesn't mean your body isn't take serious and potentially irreversible damage.

[Anonymous]

I don't think OP has anything with those readings.

[Anonymous]

Why crowdsource answers to specific medical issues? Silly at best.

OP should see their MD, report ALL potential symptoms, and get expert advice from someone actually qualified to diagnose and treat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP has anything with those readings.

Same, I think she's fixating on the numbers. By waiting on lab work, I hope she means she's seen a doctor and not going through a lab on her own.

[Anonymous]

If you are eating sugar for your snacks (sweet yogurt, chips, and ice cream) and then more carbs like pasta or bread or potatoes for your meal which is at night… you don’t exercise… and you are prediabetic… what is the question here?

Sure you could be predisposed genetically, this is a pretty shitty diet, regardless of whether or not you are overweight. Cut way back on sugar, ramp up protein, fiber, healthy fat. Move to two or three meals a day, skewed earlier in the day. Get some exercise, even if just walking. This is not rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are eating sugar for your snacks (sweet yogurt, chips, and ice cream) and then more carbs like pasta or bread or potatoes for your meal which is at night… you don’t exercise… and you are prediabetic… what is the question here?

Sure you could be predisposed genetically, this is a pretty shitty diet, regardless of whether or not you are overweight. Cut way back on sugar, ramp up protein, fiber, healthy fat. Move to two or three meals a day, skewed earlier in the day. Get some exercise, even if just walking. This is not rocket science.

I disagree that it’s “easy,” but yeah, pretty much to all this. Your diet is bad. Very, very bad for someone with your family history. You’re basically bombing your blood with sugar. (Simple carbs are pretty much the same as sugar).

Download a macros counter, measure your food, and aim for 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat per day. Also known as the “zone diet”. The “zone diet” actually got some of my relatives off insulin, and in my own experience (not diabetic), it is the most satiating at any calorie level. Metformin will also help but it won’t do the job alone.

It’s going to be more expensive than your peasant diet, but you don’t even want to know how much the insulins and the GLP1s cost if you don’t have decent insurance. And at your age, that’s a long time to be sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP has anything with those readings.

Same, I think she's fixating on the numbers. By waiting on lab work, I hope she means she's seen a doctor and not going through a lab on her own.

Agree. Do you have anxiety or OCD OP? Why are you checking your blood sugar at home in the first place? This is odd behavior for a college student. Your “symptoms” are not from diabetes or high blood sugar.

Go see a doctor, get real labs. But you sound completely fine- other than maybe anxiety or a mental health issue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What symptoms?

Mainly increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision.

This is not due to a blood sugar of 110. People get those symptoms with blood sugar 200+

[Anonymous]

Are you already taking magnesium supplements?

[Anonymous]

See an endocrinologist. I had high fasting glucose but no other symptoms, went on low dose of metformin at the suggestion of an endocrinologist who diagnosed me with insulin resistance, and my numbers have been fine ever since. That was six years ago now.