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Do all type 2 diabetics have high insulin levels on diagnosis?
My specialist diagnosed me with T1DM as I had extremely low insulin on diagnosis on a c-peptide test. I am GAD and IA2 antibody negative. My specialist suggests that the antibodies only stay around for 6 months and they must have missed them. I've managed to keep my blood sugars in the glucose impaired range for two years through a keto diet, interval running and weights, and fasting. I still wonder if I could be a slim type 2. My BMI was 22 on diagnosis. Slim type 2 diabetics are supposed to have more type 1 like symptoms but T2DM, more importantly, is potentially reversible. Do all type 2 diabetics have high insulin levels on diagnosis? Medical articles I've researched suggest that it takes a type 2 diabetic 20 years to end up with insulin levels as low as mine.
My specialist diagnosed me with T1DM as I had extremely low insulin on diagnosis on a c-peptide test. I am GAD and IA2 antibody negative. My specialist suggests that the antibodies only stay around for 6 months and they must have missed them. I've managed to keep my blood sugars in the glucose impaired range for two years through a keto diet, interval running and weights, and fasting. I still wonder if I could be a slim type 2. My BMI was 22 on diagnosis. Slim type 2 diabetics are supposed to have more type 1 like symptoms but T2DM, more importantly, is potentially reversible. Do all type 2 diabetics have high insulin levels on diagnosis? Medical articles I've researched suggest that it takes a type 2 diabetic 20 years to end up with insulin levels as low as mine.