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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2074342" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>If you had the type 1 tests then it’s fairly unlikely you have been misdiagnosed, it’s when assumptions are made that more misdiagnosis gets made.</p><p></p><p>11 weeks ago your numbers were very high and they needed to get some control quickly, especially as it may at that point have been thought to be type 1. Metformin then would not have been dramatic enough to elicit the changes they wanted at that point.</p><p></p><p>Now as a new type 2 and with the immediate crisis averted not so many would remain on insulin past an initial settling of the condition and assessments done, this appears to what your consultant intends (though possibly some distance down the line if nothing else works insulin might get reintroduced) . There are a number of other medications including metformin that now might be more appropriate.</p><p></p><p>And as a type 2 diet is and always will be the biggest factor and the frontline of attack. Reducing carbs (sugar, all colour bread, rice, grain,pasta, etc etc) will do more than almost anything else. Any there are anecdotal reports that it might help the psoriasis too! We can give lots of guidance but the approach needs to bear in mind which meds you’re on and what your plans are. Eg trying to get off insulin, glicazide or happy to remain on metformin etc etc. Dropping carbs can dramatically and quickly drop blood sugar numbers so if still on medications everything needs watching and adjusting carefully.</p><p></p><p>Are the psoriasis drugs being changed because of the insulin and interactions or the diabetes itself? Has it happened yet? If you stop the insulin and that’s the issue then no need to mess about with the psoriasis meds surely?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2074342, member: 480869"] If you had the type 1 tests then it’s fairly unlikely you have been misdiagnosed, it’s when assumptions are made that more misdiagnosis gets made. 11 weeks ago your numbers were very high and they needed to get some control quickly, especially as it may at that point have been thought to be type 1. Metformin then would not have been dramatic enough to elicit the changes they wanted at that point. Now as a new type 2 and with the immediate crisis averted not so many would remain on insulin past an initial settling of the condition and assessments done, this appears to what your consultant intends (though possibly some distance down the line if nothing else works insulin might get reintroduced) . There are a number of other medications including metformin that now might be more appropriate. And as a type 2 diet is and always will be the biggest factor and the frontline of attack. Reducing carbs (sugar, all colour bread, rice, grain,pasta, etc etc) will do more than almost anything else. Any there are anecdotal reports that it might help the psoriasis too! We can give lots of guidance but the approach needs to bear in mind which meds you’re on and what your plans are. Eg trying to get off insulin, glicazide or happy to remain on metformin etc etc. Dropping carbs can dramatically and quickly drop blood sugar numbers so if still on medications everything needs watching and adjusting carefully. Are the psoriasis drugs being changed because of the insulin and interactions or the diabetes itself? Has it happened yet? If you stop the insulin and that’s the issue then no need to mess about with the psoriasis meds surely? [/QUOTE]
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