hello, my name is seth and i am 17 and i think i may have Diabetes. i dont know if all this is relevent or not just giving all the info i can to get the best advice, and i dont mean to be so blunt when it comes to the symtoms. about 3 or 4 months ago i weighed about 180-190 pounds and now i weigh only 149. over that time i have lost all appitite, i only eat cause i need to, but seldomly i will get very very hungrey but i get full within only a couple of bites of what ever i am eating. i have relized how much weight i have lost and i try to make my self eat but then i feel really sick and sometimes vommit. even tho i have lost 30 pounds i do not look any thiner. i do not workout at all but i am not a couch potato. my immune system has gone to the gutter and i am constantly sick. i havent done ne tests but it seems that my blood pressure has gone way up, my veins sometimes popout and some places in my eyes are always very bloodshot. i also have a huge loss in nrg. sometimes i can barely move and if i raise my arms i feel like i am goin to pass out. i have a hard time goin to sleep regardless how tires i am and can only with tylonol pm or somthing like that, but i have no problem staying asleep. my joints and some parts of my back hurt all the time, and sometimes if i lean on somthing or just at random my sholders or knees will give out. i hardly ever go #1 but i am always haveing diarrea. i am bipolar and am curently taking medication for it but it has been almost a year of taking it and i havent had ne problems with it. the only reasons that i think it is Diabetes is because of the blood pressure and it is the only desise in my family that i know of and only my grand father has it. i dont know if its type 1 or 2. my whole life i have been somewere above the average weight and health ect.. i have been smoking for about two years and now it is about a pack aday. when i was younger i use to eat nothing but sugar. i am sorry about the life story but i just need help i dont know how much more of this i can take. thanks in advance.

You don't exaclty sound like you might have diabetes.
weight loss,
blood pressure,
diarrhea,
fatigue..

These symptoms would make me wonder about thyroid issues (hyper)
Go to a doc and have it checked out.
If it is a hyperthryoid issue you would want immediate medical attention.

would

Type one diabetes would certainly account for the fatigue, weight loss and maybe even the diarrhea. I don't know about blood pressure though, but chronich high sugars can affect each person individually.

You really need to go see a doctor. Best of luck.

Cora

I'm hyperthyroid. Your symptoms sound familiar. Many of the symptoms of diabetes and thyroid disease overlap and are very similar. I developed diabetes from so many years of being untreated hyperthyroid so I've had a chance to experience both. You also might have an ulcer or some other type of gastrointestinal disorder. With that much weight loss, you need to talk with your doctor.

Seth,

See a doctor, make a list of all that's bothering you.

Then come back with the results.

We are all concerned here.

~ Mark