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ThinType2

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Anyone out there been diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes (in adulthood) ?

My consultant seems to think thats what I have, can't find loads of detils re it as seems quite rare (compared to type 1/2)
 
Thin Type 2

I was interested to read about LADA as I had never heard of it and wondered if I could be that type as well. I was diagnosed in 2000 and have never been overweight and there is no family history of diabetes. I have also had an overactive thyroid before and noticed that this could be an indicator too. You have made me think anyway!
 
Thin Type 2

I was interested to read about LADA as I had never heard of it and wondered if I could be that type as well. I was diagnosed in 2000 and have never been overweight and there is no family history of diabetes. I have also had an overactive thyroid before and noticed that this could be an indicator too. You have made me think anyway!
 
JOWO

I'd not noticed the note on an overactive thyriod but funny enough I have always said I must have them as when I was young no matter what I ate I was always really thin and people would always assume I had some sort of eating disorder! I'm still pretty thin and have little family history of diabetes (my mother has gestational diabetes 35 years ago) so was quite shocked when I was diagnosed.

Most people won't believe me when I tell them I have diabetes!!!
 
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<br />JOWO

I'd not noticed the note on an overactive thyriod but funny enough I have always said I must have them as when I was young no matter what I ate I was always really thin and people would always assume I had some sort of eating disorder! I'm still pretty thin and have little family history of diabetes (my mother has gestational diabetes 35 years ago) so was quite shocked when I was diagnosed.

Most people won't believe me when I tell them I have diabetes!!!
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I was initially diagnosed as T2 and amended to T1.5 or more precisely LADA. You have been provided with excellent links. As far as I am concerned, initially I wasn't able to judge with much accuracy how much insulin I needed as I was still making some of my own... then insulin needs increased steadily for a while, and around 3 years ago levelled off and have stayed the same.

Initially LADA are often misdiagnosed, because despite being skinny etc they often do not present with ketones because they are still making their own insulin. In fact many LADA will do well initially treated with T2 oral meds such as a sulfonurea, but eventually will require insulin therapy.

Patti
On Levemir/Novorapid. Last hba1c 5.3
 
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<br />I have never been overweight but diagnosed about a year ago. Am on Metformin now. What are the tests for LADA ?
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GAD65 - which determines whether you have antibodies and CPeptide which determines how much natural insulin you are making, but you're unlikely to get either (for the same reason as rationed test strips - cost). You'll either find the oral meds don't control you anymore and get re-diagnosed, or you will continue as you are and you'll know it's T2.

Patti
On Levemir/Novorapid. Last hba1c 5.3
 
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<br />JOWO
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I was initially diagnosed as T2 and amended to T1.5 or more precisely LADA. You have been provided with excellent links. As far as I am concerned, initially I wasn't able to judge with much accuracy how much insulin I needed as I was still making some of my own... then insulin needs increased steadily for a while, and around 3 years ago levelled off and have stayed the same.

Initially LADA are often misdiagnosed, because despite being skinny etc they often do not present with ketones because they are still making their own insulin. In fact many LADA will do well initially treated with T2 oral meds such as a sulfonurea, but eventually will require insulin therapy.

Patti
On Levemir/Novorapid. Last hba1c 5.3
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I was initially diagnosed with Type 2 a year ago but put straight onto injected insulin due to the fact that the hospital were a concerned that I did not seem to be a 'typical' type 2 and I was trying to get pregnant again (tablets can cause side effects I believe) It's taken until recently to get my levels OK (within very strict guideline due to me still trying to get pregnant) but they still go haywire every so often usually if I'm stressed, hormonal or if mix up my daily routine (like get up late in the morning or stay up to late at night ) which can make life a little boring!!

My nurse calls it my temperamental pancreas!!
 
Hi,
I have this too,
I'm 34,diagnosed at 32 and was very thin (lost 4 stone before diagnosis)although my weight has stabilised now to normal.

Im on insulin and metformin and every now and then my bs goes all over the place too!
 
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<br />Hi Stephen in Scotland

Nice to hear from someone who is a similiar position, since you have been taking insulin is your general health better?
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Hi Thintype,
Well all I can say is definatly more so than the way i was, but sometimes my sugars go insane from one extreme to the next,sometimes i just need to eat the slightest thing and whoosh,up it goes and then other times it drops like a brick and then theres other times it just hovers between 14-18.

One thing that floors me though is the sudden burnout ie.i need to sleep and feel sick.
I'm going to have a try at carb counting and see what happens.
It's really weird though as a friend of mine got diagnosed with diabetes 1 year before me and he is also lada.

Theres just some nights i have absolutly no energy whatsoever and feel a wee bit depressed about that and its trying to make my wife understand that when i need to go for a snooze on the couch then I NEED to sleep.
Anyway,Nice to know im not alone if you know what i mean,although i wouldn't wish it on anyone.
stephen
 
Oh,
I also meant to add that there is no history of diabetes in my family whatsoever, I really don't know how i got it as i have allways kept generally healthy and ate healthy.

I have put it down to many things like:
I was premature by 2 months,i took roaccutane for acne when i was 13 and took hypos funny enough afterwards!doctors told me i was hypoglycemic back then but never diagnosed diabetes so i really dont know what happened there.
 
Hi Stephen,

You really do need to start carb counting. Otherwise your insulin intake can only be a rough guess as to what it should be, which could explain why you get some extreme highs and lows. Hopefully one of our insulin takers can confirm this but I suspect that if your insulin is matched to your carb intake then your sugars should stabilise.
 
Ho Dennis,
Thanks for the advice,
I am still so new to all this and was only put on insulin not long ago so as carb counting goes,ie quantities im not the sharpest tool in the box right now.
I do read carbs and look for lower carbs in food and I am quite carefull but one thing that ive allways had is a massive appetite and tend to polish off whats in front of me:oops:
Any help would be more than appreciated.
Thanks again.
stephen
 
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<br />Ho Dennis,
Thanks for the advice,
I am still so new to all this and was only put on insulin not long ago so as carb counting goes,ie quantities im not the sharpest tool in the box right now.
I do read carbs and look for lower carbs in food and I am quite carefull but one thing that ive allways had is a massive appetite and tend to polish off whats in front of me:oops:
Any help would be more than appreciated.
Thanks again.
stephen
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Steven

Counting carbs on containers of convenience foods isn't the way to go. There are too many things that you eat in an ordinary way e.g. an apple, a slice of bread, a serving of pasta that contain carbs. In any case, as I pointed out to you in another thread, you need to match your insulin to your carbs not the other way around.

In addition to that, we all have different tolerance for carbohydrates and you need to know how different foods affect you. For example a banana sends me very high (I would have to take so much insulin to cover it, it isn't worth it), but other people can eat bananas with relative impunity. I tolerate potatoes reasonably well whilst other's don't. In any case a whole 100g of boiled, old spud is only 17g carb (CHO), hence a 60g 'egg-sized' spud is 10g CHO, new spuds 15.4g CHO per 100g,  60g of Jerseys is about 3, so you think you've had a lot more LOL  - Roast an incredible 25.9g per 100g!!!!!!  And if you think that's bad - Jkt  (flesh AND skin) - a MASSIVE 31.7g CHO per 100g!!!!!!!  (that's only because they actually lose HALF their weight in the baking!)  Strangely mash (real mash LOL with milk & butter)  is about the same weight for weight as New pots, how weird is that!

See the links I gave you in the other thread.

Patti
On Levemir/Novorapid. Last hba1c 5.3
 
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