do i have diabetes? how can you tell if i have it?

[rebekah11blake]

ok well first of all, i am a teen. andfor the past week, i have been excessively thirsty!! and hungry too. (but wayyy more thirsty). and this may sound weird, but i have also been needing to go to the bathroom (#1) more. and ive been really tired.what do u think?? i have asked this question before, i asked whats wrong and people have said i might have diabetes, so i really would like to have some more imput to see if i should go to the doctor or not!!
and also, everything has been irritating me!! i have been in such a bad mood and everyones noticing.....

[i love reading!!!! :D]

not to scare you, but do you think you could be pregnant?

[fortana]

It would be a good idea to go to the Dr and rule out any physical things. I have pre-diabetes with those symptoms. Pre-diabetes can be treated with diet and you can alter the possibility of getting diabetes in the future. I have also been told that stress (which I have a lot of) also messes with your blood sugar levels. Doesn't hurt to get checked out.

[Badger Boise]

Your symptoms are indicative of POSSIBLE diabetes. Please read the article on the below web page. It is lengthy but it should provide information that will want cause to pursue the matter with a doctor. (NOTE- the symptoms are on page 4).

As for being irritable, it may be the result of being in your monthly cycle.