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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify, you may not have T1D, but it IS really important to actually get bloodwork done to rule it out. I’m not a doctor (and not a scientist) so i don’t know what else might cause an elevating fasting blood sugar, but it’s definitely abnormal, particularly at your age.

My guess would be that all the posters saying you have anxiety or that diabetics have “much higher numbers than low 100s” don’t actually know much about type 1 diabetes.

I’d suggest that you follow the advice of the two people on here WHO HAVE DIABETIC CHILDREN and ignore the rest. You need a diagnosis and hopefully you’ll be able to rule out T1D.

And to the poster doling out erroneous medical information, yes, diabetics CAN have blood sugars in the low 100s. Logically, if there are people diagnosed in their teens and 20s and even sometimes in their 60s and 70s, how do you think that is happening?  Do you think they wake up on Monday with a fasting blood sugar of 98 and then Tuesday it’s 600?  It’s a progression and there ARE delaying treatments available if you catch it early.

So what I am telling you is that an untreated insulin dependent diabetic will have blood sugars rapidly climbing into the 400++ territory, an early stage diabetic might frequently wake around 115-130 every day.  That is the stage that one of my children is in currently. [/quote]

Thank you for being understanding. I didn’t realize that Type 1 Diabetes can develop in stages, which is why I initially thought it might be Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) instead, which know is type 1 but slower developing.My dad has an overactive thyroid, and I know that can sometimes be linked to autoimmune conditions, so I wasn’t sure if that pointed more toward type 1 or LADA. When I had my thyroid levels checked in 2021, they were normal, but I’m not sure if that could have changed since then.

When I was 14, I went to the doctor for chest pain and was told I had a heart murmur. I followed up with a cardiologist, but at the next appointment they didn’t hear it anymore, so I’m not sure what caused that.

Recently, I started checking my blood sugar. My fasting levels have been between about 109 (today,) 88 (yesterday), 118, then 108.  My post-meal numbers are always normal, even an hour after eating. I’ve had symptoms like increased thirst since December 2022, and they’ve stayed pretty consistent over the past few years without getting significantly worse.

Because of how long the symptoms have been going on and the relatively mild fasting numbers now (though this is my first time checking). I was wondering if this could be LADA rather than typical type 1 diabetes. I’ve read that early-stage type 1 often doesn’t have many symptoms, while LADA can progress more slowly, though LADA is said to not have symptoms in the beginning too, so I’m not sure what explains symptoms with these fasting levels this many years in.

I also came across Teplizumab and saw that it might delay progression in LADA cases, but that doesn’t seem accurate. 
I won’t be able to see my doctor until May. I did get my A1C results back but haven’t looked at them yet because I’d prefer to go over them with my doctor, and don’t believe they are really helpful in this case, if it’s type 1 or type 1.5. In the meantime. I’m also wondering if something like hyperthyroidism or PCOS could be contributing to these symptoms.

Overall, would you think this pattern is leans more towards, early type 1 diabetes, LADA, or something else.[/quote]

OP.  You have nothing. I mean that kindly.  Stop trying to diagnose yourself[/quote]

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