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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 366879" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p><strong>Re: Hello everyone</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi. I completely agree with Elaine77. You are quite young to get Type 2 and with rapid weight loss LADA becomes a possibility. It's possible you have a combination of insulin resistance due to being overweight initially together with a poorly performing pancreas for whatever reason. Although in many ways the treatment regimes are similar, Type 2 are assumed to be overweight and insulin resistant and Late onset Type 1 (LADA) will be insulin deficient. Taking pancreas stimulating drugs such as Glimepride (or Gliclazide) in the latter case of T1 will have little effect; might help a bit to start with. I've been thru a similar but much slower process. A c-peptide test can be very useful here. I had one done privately having been classed as T2 and it found my insulin to be very low and predictably I'm finally on insulin injections (thank goodness). Don't worry about insulin if it should be needed. It's nowhere near the hassle I thought it might be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 366879, member: 21149"] [b]Re: Hello everyone[/b] Hi. I completely agree with Elaine77. You are quite young to get Type 2 and with rapid weight loss LADA becomes a possibility. It's possible you have a combination of insulin resistance due to being overweight initially together with a poorly performing pancreas for whatever reason. Although in many ways the treatment regimes are similar, Type 2 are assumed to be overweight and insulin resistant and Late onset Type 1 (LADA) will be insulin deficient. Taking pancreas stimulating drugs such as Glimepride (or Gliclazide) in the latter case of T1 will have little effect; might help a bit to start with. I've been thru a similar but much slower process. A c-peptide test can be very useful here. I had one done privately having been classed as T2 and it found my insulin to be very low and predictably I'm finally on insulin injections (thank goodness). Don't worry about insulin if it should be needed. It's nowhere near the hassle I thought it might be. [/QUOTE]
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