LittleWolf
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Also quite a few people have mentioned their levels go nuts when on their period. I haven't reliably been able to test this as I have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Endo so take continuous birth control to avoid periods altogether. Though I do have crazy heavy breakthrough bleeding now and then, where I would just stop taking the pill until the bleeding stops maybe 2 weeks later. Might try testing in that period of time. Pun intended.
I had a look of autosomal dominant which is another way of saying MODY which has many types. The explanation you gave of the cause of diabetes didn't necessarily match the characteristics of MODY but I found a lot of evidence pointing to hypoglycaemia being a precursor to diabetes
I was chronically hypoglycaemic and corrected with lots of sugar as you know. BUT I'm also insulin resistant (acanthus is nigricans and PCOS) despite being lean which isn't a typical feature of MODY whose insulin production doesn't kick in until roughly 7.8 mmol and liver wants to keep them above 6 mmol which sounds sort of like me... Maybe my pancreas is busy compensating for resistance in the background 24/7 keeping me just above normal levels, then struggling to keep up when I eat not kicking in until high numbers only the same sort of range is produced by insulin resistance rather than an a lack of insulin production. Looks the same on the surface- different means of producing the same patterns?
My head is spinning. Maybe I should just wait for my diagnosis based on HbA1c then push the doctor to do antibody tests.
How are you doing lately? Managed to stop the swings at all?
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I had a look of autosomal dominant which is another way of saying MODY which has many types. The explanation you gave of the cause of diabetes didn't necessarily match the characteristics of MODY but I found a lot of evidence pointing to hypoglycaemia being a precursor to diabetes
I was chronically hypoglycaemic and corrected with lots of sugar as you know. BUT I'm also insulin resistant (acanthus is nigricans and PCOS) despite being lean which isn't a typical feature of MODY whose insulin production doesn't kick in until roughly 7.8 mmol and liver wants to keep them above 6 mmol which sounds sort of like me... Maybe my pancreas is busy compensating for resistance in the background 24/7 keeping me just above normal levels, then struggling to keep up when I eat not kicking in until high numbers only the same sort of range is produced by insulin resistance rather than an a lack of insulin production. Looks the same on the surface- different means of producing the same patterns?
My head is spinning. Maybe I should just wait for my diagnosis based on HbA1c then push the doctor to do antibody tests.
How are you doing lately? Managed to stop the swings at all?
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