Need to declare Diabetes to DVLA?

WellKnownSid

Yes, I would heed the advice above and see your GP.

My Mother didn't take her diabetes as seriously as she might.  She had from 18 years of age but over an eight year period she lost her eyesight, lost her kidneys so had to go on dialysis, lost a toe, then her foot, then the whole leg, then had a stroke, then lost another leg, had a heart attack.  Other stuff as well.  Died at the ripe old age of 44 from a long list of other complications.

Not a pleasant way to go if you want my opinion, especially as it was potentially all avoidable.

Flugelhorn

faringdon said:

Hi,

Do I have to declare to the DVLA that I am diabetic even though I have never had a formal diagnosis of it?

Ive been diabetic since age zero but only found out when I was 50 years old.

It was during covid and I couldn't get to the shop and so ate only apples for 3 days ..

and it made me feel so, so much better....I stopped being "Tired all the time", unable to sleep and

endless headaches. So I realised then I was diabetic  because it was the first time ever that i had been without troughing into loads of cakes and sweets all the time.

I have never officially been declared diabetic, even when my mother took me to the  doctor concerning my prolific 

bedwetting when aged 7 and tardiness. Also, I have always had all the other symptoms of diabetes including...

Foul sweaty feet in summer.

Hot flushes because don't sweat properly as pores get blocked up with the poisons of diabetes.

My sweat is rather unpleasant and "sticky".....not "watery" as it should be.

I make metal tools go rusty in no time with my sweat.

Craving for sugar and sweets...not so much now as I have been without them for 7 years now.

I don't take any medicines for diabetes like insulin etc.

honestly? could be anything, something or nothing. 

the diabetics I saw at presentation were either quite acute and seriously dramatic and ended up on insulin or there were  the rather more numerous others who ended up on diet or medication - for the latter  you couldn't have picked most of them out either from appearance or symptoms. 

probably best to find a pharmacy who does DM screening and get them to check you. 

sheramber

Diabetes can be controlled by diet, tsblets  and insulin.

I started with diet for many years then progressed to tablets, Metformin and Gliclacide- just entails one tablet with meals.  

Diabetes is often associated low thryroid, which causes tiredness, and high cholestorel . It can cuase  eye damge and kidney damage,  so it is worth getting a medical check to avoid problems  occuring thst could hve been prevented,.