How to pursue potential misdiagnosis?

[CottonCutiePies]

Which is why a definitive diabetes test is based on a 3 month average (A1c) rather than an immediate finger prick test.

When I was diagnosed in 1989 it was via the dreaded glucose tolerance test. Now its diagnosed differently. Upon being given steroid injections I was told by the specialist giving it, to forewarn when having any blood tests.

 

[Bashert]

Similar story , diagnosed in the middle of covid with type 2 Blood sugar was in the high 20s, diabetic nurse blamed me, my life style, not eating regular ,weight ,long work days, lack of sleep, ect.
Last year i changed doctors as i was so ill and no matter what i did the blood sugar was up and down. I was sick of her making me out to be a liar on what it eaten or done to change things. Id lost over 4 stone in weight and and was in so much pain.
The new doctors only had me on their books for only a month. Id had ECGs even an Endoscopy. They then said they would like to do a c peptide test.
This took a month to return and with in 2 days i was under the Diabetes team at the hospital with two lots of insulin a CGM more leaflets than i could carry all this at 57 year old. sharp learning curve to say the least.

 

[rayq81]

Unless you are treating your diabetes with insulin, if you have LADA, you are very unlikely to be experiencing significant low readings.
LADA is a variant of Type 1 which is an autoimmune condition where our body has decided to attack the insulin producing cells. No insulin = high BG not low.
However, auto-immune conditions are rather sociable - they tend to group together. So, as you have other autoimmune conditions, it is definitely worthwhile getting it checked out.

On most cases that is true however I have Lada and have avoided insulin so far and I regularly get lows in fact some nights I can get a low alarm 3 or four times, my doctor at the hospital and my doctor at the surgery just cannot believe that I control my diabetes with my diet and exercise, most of the time I have reduced my Metformin to 2 a day, I also questioned whether I was actually Lada and was told there was absolutely no doubt on my tests that I was Lada.

 

[Deleted member 527103]

On most cases that is true however I have Lada and have avoided insulin so far and I regularly get lows in fact some nights I can get a low alarm 3 or four times, my doctor at the hospital and my doctor at the surgery just cannot believe that I control my diabetes with my diet and exercise, most of the time I have reduced my Metformin to 2 a day, I also questioned whether I was actually Lada and was told there was absolutely no doubt on my tests that I was Lada.

Do you check those night time low alarms with finger pricks to confirm they are not compression lows?