Hi John,
Unfortunately the nearest answer I can give you is 'it might be'. Not a great deal of help I know, but although many type-1s experience a honeymoon period, which can last from a few months up to more than a year, not everyone experiences it. It all depends on how fast your diabetes has progressed and this varies from person to person. You were diagnosed 7 months ago so it is quite possible that your own production of insulin will have reduced considerably by now.
A guideline would be to look at whether you have had to increase your injected insulin - if you have then it indicates that your own production is steadily reducing. If you haven't then it could be that you are
a) still honeymooning, or
b) never had a honeymoon period so nothing has changed.
The only real way to test this is to ask your GP to arrange a C-peptide test. C-peptide is produced by the pancreas along with insulin and a measure of the C-peptide will show exactly how much insulin you are still producing. The C-peptide level is in direct proportion to the insulin so high C-p = high insulin production, low C-p = low insulin.
