The symptoms sound familiar.
But I seem to be more phobic of blood tests and needles than you. Is there any other way to diagnoe or live with it without intra-vein needles?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 16 Mar 2010, 18:41, 2 replies)

Type 1 diabetes can only be treated with injections at the moment.

Diabetes can potentially be diagnosed by taking a small sample of blood from your finger, which isn't really painful.

Ultimately, if it is a choice between doing an injection or dying, most people would choose doing the injection. Insulin injections don't hurt (if you do it right you don't actually feel it), they aren't as deep as most other injections you get (vaccinations go into the muscle, blood comes from a vein, insulin goes into the layer of fat just under the skin).

Also, you get to do it at your own pace, so if it starts hurting, you stop and try somewhere else.

If you think you have diabetes, go and get it checked out, it is definately worth getting it sorted ASAP if you do have it, the complications from uncontrolled diabetes are pretty nasty.
(ascience, Tue 16 Mar 2010, 20:14, closed)

Go get yourself checked out. Book in to see the nurse at your GP's, ask for a finger prick blood test. Short, sharp but ultimately painless. You won't even see a needle, let alone feel it for more than a fifth of a second. You can only find your blood glucose level (i.e. a diabetes check) through a blood test of any sorts - this is the easiest and most painless way. Get it done and let us know how you get on. If you really do have the symptoms you need to go TOMORROW. All the best.

PS Edit - if you do have diabetes, the injections are known as subcutaneous - into the fat of your arm, arse or legs. You do not need to inject into a vein, and as ascience says, they are painless 99% of the time. And they keep you breathing too... ;)
( DeadEyeDick, Wed 17 Mar 2010, 1:47, closed)