Prednisolone

[pleinster]

Very interesting, thanks for the link ! I was also thinking it was the prednisolones I have been taking on and off for prostatitis pain and long-term cough that contributed to my diabetes diagnosis. I don't take prednisolone anymore, just NSAIDs when needed, rarely now.

I am not sure too if Metformin really works effectively for me. Gliclazide on the other hand 100% works (I eat lunch and dinner regularly). I have to do more tests with Metformin.

Does this mean SIDM is easier to reverse than non-SIDM ?

Even if the prednisolone has been stopped, it may well have increased the levels so as to induce Type 2 (though admittedly this is debatable...however, having been warned about this possibility by several renal specialists prior to my transplant...I would be very hard to convince otherwise). Those same doctors have since given me varying opinions on reversing it. Some say "once bitten", others say "possibly", most say "sort the diet get the levels down...we shall see". So I'm aiming for the last one..but I would add that with a diet under control..and still on a low dose of the drug...my only spikes are directly related to the ingestion of the drug each morning..therefore...no predinisolone..no spike...normal levels...but no chocolate biscuits or haribo! I can live with that. Does that make it easier to reverse SIDM than non-SIDM...well I hope so, but some non-SIDM is reversible by lifestyle alone..and more research on low carb diets will show that in time. We are all little sticky dots of colour on a wide spectrum of sugary badness...so I reckon there's no widely applicable solutions...we just aim for the best.