Am I becoming a diabetic
Hi
Well, two years ago I were prescribed prednisolone, and shortly afterwards I got symptoms like frequent urination, excessive thirst and tierdness. "Luckily I have close family and friends that are familar with diabetes, and some of them caught up on my symptoms and advised me to start cheking my bg. The highest reading I got around that time were 212 mg/dl, so not too high. I got told that anything 202 mg/dl were on the high side.
I shortly after stopped taking prednisolone, as my physician thaught my high bg levels might be linked to the prednisolone. 3 months later I started to experience hypos, my bg still got "kind of" high, around the 160-175s, but it would also crash shortly after, and I would get a mild hypo. I found eating something sugary to be the best way to treat the hypo, some months later my physician diagnosed me as temporarily hypoglycemic. He couldn't tell me if my bg problems were a results of prednisolone side effects, or if my genes were to blame. He said it could take several years for the body to restore after prednisolone side effects. So he told me to just take care of my bg, and keep reading of my levels.
So I guess that leaves me to being patient and see if my bg will normalize giving the time.
My concern are that I still get elevated bg levels, and even my fasting blood suger have gotten worse. I still get hypos, but my bg are usually between 260-280 when I have eating something with carbs, and my fasting blood suger are always between 106-114 mg/dl.
I am 22 years old and thin, so the thought of a slow onset-type 1 have occurred me from time to time, but I don't get it to match with being a reactive hypoglycemic, having readings down to 60-70a and mild hypos.
Should I just give it time, may it be that the prednisolone just have messed my body up really bad, and I have to give it time? It just are so confusing when I got both low and abnormally high blood sugar :surprise: