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Hi. I'm very new here. In fact this is my first post. I've got a quick question. Is it possible to have type 1 and type 2 at the same time. And if the type 2 goes away do I still have to use meds for type 1 or is it insulin. I'm currently on metformin 2 tablets 2ce a day.

Apparently I've been misdiagnosed. I was told 8 years ago that I was type 1 and immediately started insulin (Apidra) and (Lantus). Then my recent health scare happened and I was told otherwise. That I never had type 1. Then she said it could be both. I'm very confused. Is it possible?
 
Bimps99 said:
Hi. I'm very new here. In fact this is my first post. I've got a quick question. Is it possible to have type 1 and type 2 at the same time. And if the type 2 goes away do I still have to use meds for type 1 or is it insulin. I'm currently on metformin 2 tablets 2ce a day.

Apparently I've been misdiagnosed. I was told 8 years ago that I was type 1 and immediately started insulin (Apidra) and (Lantus). Then my recent health scare happened and I was told otherwise. That I never had type 1. Then she said it could be both. I'm very confused. Is it possible?
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You can have both, sort of, from what I've gathered.... That'd be called Double Diabetes? Should be easy enough to check, maybe have a C-pep and GAD tests done and confirm or rule out T1 entirely, if that hasn't been done when you were initially diagnosed as such? T1's have an autoimmune condition that attacks the beta-cells that make insulin, killing them off. So you make less, and eventually, none at all. Then there's T2, where you make loads of insulin, but have become insensitive to it, resulting in high blood sugar AND high insulin levels. And then there's the people who don't make much insulin, if any, and are insulin resistant/insensitive... I'd want to make absolutely sure about the T1, and request the tests, because they're two very different conditions, treatment differs, and if you do have a mix of both, well... Really, you need to know. That would optimise treatment and maybe help avoid complications in the future.

Good luck!
Jo
 
As a very general approach - T1 people don't produce insulin, T2s do produce insulin but their bodies are resistant to the effects of insulin. T1 is an auto-immune condition, T2 isn't. Of course it's not quite as simple as that.

So to be "both T1 and T2" you'd have to be both producing insulin and not producing insulin.... Here's a link to a not very helpful Wikipedia article:

Double diabetes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

It is possible that what your doctor means is that you're both not producing enough insulin and that you have a level of insulin resistance. Rather than us guessing what your doctor meant, why not ask the doctor?
 
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