But sooner or later, her pancreas just won't be able to produce enough insulin and then she will need to inject it.Yep. My Endo said I am very early LADA. My interpretation, my pancreas is a bit lazy and stupid. It doesn’t make/store enough insulin for a good first phase and then it panics and overshoots the second response. Of course I have found that if the rise is gradual, it is just plain lazy. I recall fasting for 2-3 day’s followed by strict carb restriction to finally get my glucose down below 100 or 5.5 when I first started monitoring myself. Took 5 days total.I suspect that Kailee56 is early stage LADA with a pancreas that is misfiring insulin (either too much, too late, or too little followed by too much) which results in the same problems we RHers have.
Does that sound like what is happening @Kailee56?
, of course, according to many endocrinologists, RH does not exist.
Hi @lindisfel, An endocrinologist might be able to sort that out for you and there maybe treatment for the primary aldosteronism if that is what is found! Best Wishes.
Hi @Lamont D, Is it worth asking your endocrinologist for testing for primary aldosteronism? Maybe there is a treatment if it is found?I do believe that it is more complex than you have been told.
A weak initial insulin response is asymptotic of some endocrine conditions.
It does not ultimately lead to a further condition where you need insulin injections.
I have never heard of having RH and Lada, type T2 and diabetes, yes!
I say this because, it is the second insulin response that causes the hypoglycaemic episode, not the first, the trigger is the high glucose derived from your food and drink, because of the weak initial insulin response. RH in most cases is about the overshoot of insulin. So, if your pancreas does stop production of insulin, your reaction would cease to happen, no hypoglycaemic episodes. Your pancreas is not lazy, as I found too many times, it is over producing, because of interrupted signals and changes the message to your pancreas.
Fasting is very good for RH.
With intermittent fasting, very low carb diet, and good exercise, your control over the condition can be achievable and your health will improve dramatically.
So anything is possible.
Hi, as far as I'm aware, I do believe that was one of tests, when diagnosis was pending. I asked my endocrinologist at the time, had he done the required tests, which associated with the symptoms I was having, because the tests are to eliminate other pancreatic, hormonal conditions. And according to my endocrinologist and my doctors, I just had RH!
Ni @lindisfel, Whilst an adenoma can be removed (but I agree removing both adrenal glands ? how rare? could be tricky), most cases (66%) are, according to Wikipedia, due to enlargement of both adrenal glands and there are some medication treatments for these.
