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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2420493" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>[USER=410185]@Caroline2688[/USER] I would ask for a C-peptide and antibodies test for possibly being a type1. You are already very low carb and added metformin. I would be really suspicious it's type1 and not type 2 but the tests will help tell which.</p><p></p><p></p><p>C-peptide test. This test tells if you are making insulin. It is not influenced by insulin that you take, only by what your body makes. Low or low normal is a sign of type 1/LADA as you are losing the ability to make insulin. But high or high normal is the sign of type 2 because you are insulin resistant and don’t utilize insulin right and your body will try to make more to make up for it. </p><p></p><p>An antibody test, The most common is a GAD test. But there are other antibodies so it’s best to be tested for the whole panel.</p><p>If an antibody test comes out positive, it is a sign of type 1/LADA. It means you have the antibodies that are attacking the beta cells that make insulin. There are some rarer cases where someone has no antibodies but still doesn’t make insulin and they don’t know why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2420493, member: 475037"] [USER=410185]@Caroline2688[/USER] I would ask for a C-peptide and antibodies test for possibly being a type1. You are already very low carb and added metformin. I would be really suspicious it's type1 and not type 2 but the tests will help tell which. C-peptide test. This test tells if you are making insulin. It is not influenced by insulin that you take, only by what your body makes. Low or low normal is a sign of type 1/LADA as you are losing the ability to make insulin. But high or high normal is the sign of type 2 because you are insulin resistant and don’t utilize insulin right and your body will try to make more to make up for it. An antibody test, The most common is a GAD test. But there are other antibodies so it’s best to be tested for the whole panel. If an antibody test comes out positive, it is a sign of type 1/LADA. It means you have the antibodies that are attacking the beta cells that make insulin. There are some rarer cases where someone has no antibodies but still doesn’t make insulin and they don’t know why. [/QUOTE]
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