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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HuckFinniganagain" data-source="post: 2494221" data-attributes="member: 553403">Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. I am hoping to hear from other LADAs who became insulin dependent. I know there are several threads on weight gain, and that is certainly a concern. At this point I'm mostly wondering if I should be fighting to keep some of my Type-2 drugs along with the insulin. Long story short, I was lucky enough to find out I was LADA early on, but my doctor opted to treat me as Type-2 until it was no longer working. (That course of treatment isn't the point of my post, though I understand its merits are debatable.) For better or worse, I was able to prolong my honeymoon phase for a few years with diet, exercise, Metformin, and Trulicity. Now I'm insulin dependent. My new endo wants me to go off the Type-2 drugs and be treated fully as Type-1. Is there any LADA-specific reason I would want to keep Metformin or Trulicity? If I do go off those drugs, will it mean I need a lot more insulin than otherwise? Anything else to consider?I've had to be vigilant in understanding the differences between LADA and Type 2 for so long (since my Dr. didn't), that I now wonder if I have to be vigilant in understanding any differences between LADA and Type-1.</blockquote>

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