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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anyone is reading this bc their child is going through bags of sugary snacks while *also* PEEING a lot and THIRSTY all the time (weight doesn’t matter, maybe they’ve even been losing weight!) please get their blood sugar tested immediately.

Type 1 is not caused by poor diet or lack of exercise, it can strike anyone at any time, and 85% of cases have zero family history. The sugar cravings in this case wouldn’t be the cause, they’d be the symptom, and delays in diagnosis become quite dangerous very, very quickly.

(Seriously: if this is your kid, go, and fast.)[/quote]

Valid point, but I think it’s also worth noting that teenage boys are notoriously ravenous eaters and if you were never a teenage boy or didn’t have brothers growing up, their need for calories and ability to slam down more food after eating a full meal can be quite a surprise.

I think that’s most likely what op is dealing with and doesn’t get it.  Her instinct to punish the kid is way out of line. As it would be in the situation you’re describing as well.  [/quote]

PP. I too suspect that OP kid’s behavior is normal teenage stuff! But I also know that in the days before my kid’s T1D diagnosis I scoured boards like this trying to figure out if her binge-devouring everyyyyy empty carb she could find was evidence of an eating disorder or depression or pre-addiction, or who-knows-what…all while missing every sign of what it actually was. I figured I’d post just in case there was a similar parent out there now.

Poor OP. She sounds so certain. And kids really do manage to test every certainty, until all a parent can do is shrug and say, “heck I know!” (But thats actually when things get way more fun IMO)[/quote]

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