I am Type 2 on Meds can type 2s develop Type 1?

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Short answer is no. There are cases of misdiagnosis but T2 cannot actually develope into anything else.
 

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No, Type 1 and Type 2 are different disease processes but as Guzzler pointed out, there are sometimes cases of misdiagnosis where Type 1 or Lada are misdiagnosed as being Type2 ( or the reverse)
If blood sugar control becomes too difficult to manage in other ways, insulin may be suggested for any type of diabetes
 
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This has always puzzled me though Type2 can't turn into T1 why can't a T2's immune system decide to attack his/her or others pancreatic cells like any one else
 

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This has always puzzled me though Type2 can't turn into T1 why can't a T2's immune system decide to attack his/her or others pancreatic cells like any one else

If we knew that then we would know what causes T1 and as we do not know exactly what causes a bodys immune system to attack the beta cells specifically...
 

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If we knew that then we would know what causes T1 and as we do not know exactly what causes a bodys immune system to attack the beta cells specifically...
It's a puzzle does T2 some how give protection from T1 somehow I wonder?
 

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It's a puzzle does T2 some how give protection from T1 somehow I wonder?

Good question but we're a long way, I suspect, from an answer to that one.
 

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Perhaps the confusion comes from type 2’s pancreas “giving up” after years of overworking and insulin being required. Both would have non functional pancreas (as do type 3 too). Cause different but end results quite similar.
 

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A type two can also become a type one if their immune system attacks and kills the beta cells of the pancreas. Similarly a type one can develop serious insulin resistance and become type two. They used to call this “double diabetes” - one of the reasons I adopted a low carb way of eating was because I was concerned that my insulin use was massively increasing and I was worried about this very thing. It’s now half what it was before.

Having one does not protect you from getting the other - being two completely different conditions that happen to be characterised by similar symptoms if left untreated.
 

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Type 1’s can’t get type 2. For that their pancreas would have to start producing insulin again. Type 1’s can have insulin resistance. But please don’t call it having type 1 and type 2 as this isn’t true and does nothing to help distinction between the two.
 

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Distinctive naming would help avoid so much could confusion
 

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Type 1’s can’t get type 2. For that their pancreas would have to start producing insulin again. Type 1’s can have insulin resistance. But please don’t call it having type 1 and type 2 as this isn’t true and does nothing to help distinction between the two.

The question was can a person with T2 develop T1 diabetes and the answer is possibly if the immune system attacks the pancreatic beta cells in the type 2 person it would seem so.
 

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The question was can a person with T2 develop T1 diabetes and the answer is possibly if the immune system attacks the pancreatic beta cells in the type 2 person it would seem so.
Out of curiosity, how does the dr diagnosis what type of diabetes you have? I only had a blood test to confirm mine.
 

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Type 1’s can’t get type 2. For that their pancreas would have to start producing insulin again. Type 1’s can have insulin resistance. But please don’t call it having type 1 and type 2 as this isn’t true and does nothing to help distinction between the two.

Let's not get bogged down by semantics... These things can get misdiagnosed by an HCP looking at an A1c, then deducing from the age of a patient. A reassessment with a "second opinion" can change diagnossis of "type" in some cases...
It's not about "distinction." It's about the correct longevity of indevidual treatment.
 

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Out of curiosity, how does the dr diagnosis what type of diabetes you have? I only had a blood test to confirm mine.

There are blood tests for antibodies and also c-peptide c-pep is indirectly indicative of how much insulin you are producing the antibody tests show if your immune system has reacted to your pancreatic beta cells in a destructive manner. Also a doctor will look at HbA1c results your general medical history weight loss if any and maybe family history and if you are obese all these things taken together will enable a diagnosis some times it is certain things in isolation of others I for example did not have c-pep or antibody tests done.
 

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This has always puzzled me though Type2 can't turn into T1 why can't a T2's immune system decide to attack his/her or others pancreatic cells like any one else
It can but very rare as most type2s in past ended up on insulin.
 

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Out of curiosity, how does the dr diagnosis what type of diabetes you have? I only had a blood test to confirm mine.
The simple answer is that many GPs just guess to avoid the cost of doing the tests; I'm one of those 'guesses'
 
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The simple answer is that many GPs just guess to avoid the cost of doing the tests; I'm one of those 'guesses'
And obviously they guessed wrong misdiagnoses does happen often. my doctor symply said no more blood tests for you john it was about cost he was wrong in that as my diabetes specialist ordered antibody test before declaring me type 3E drug induced.