Hi Fraser!
No, you are not odd in wishing that - perhaps a little unwise, but not odd.
LADA is a difficult condition because sometimes you produce insulin and sometimes you don't, so control is unpredictable and insulin doses are constantly needing adjustment. There are many of us on this forum with the same condition and many of us have had difficulty with diagnosis and on-going treatment. However, LADA does have benefits over Type 1 in that your body is likely to still 'save' you from extreme hypos (I won't go into detail as you don't need to bother about that right now!)
Firstly, have you had any tests to reach an accurate diagnosis? Specifically, have you had a GAD-antibody test and a c-peptide test? The GAD anti-body test shows whether you have GAD antibodies present - if you have you probably have an autoimmune form of diabetes (Type 1/1.5). The C-peptide test shows how much insulin you are producing - simplistically, high levels of insulin and high levels of glucose usually means Type 2, low levels of insulin and high levels of glucose usually means Type 1/1.5. If this has not been done and explained to you, that is your first step - otherwise it is just guesswork as to which Type you are and what an appropriate form of treatment might be.
LADA generally responds very well to insulin treatment as insulin often kicks the pancreas back into production for a while. In its early stages, people with LADA often produce enough basal insulin to get BGs down in a matter of 3 or 4 hours after eating, but don't have the first phase insulin to deal with food - this deteriorates over time and they progress to insulin-dependance. So, as an LADA, you might choose to go onto small doses of insulin (both basal and rapid-acting) immediately - I am not a doctor, but i would suggest that Lantus alone might not be the best choice for an LADA type - a rapid-acting at meal times is more likely to help with the replacement of the natural first-phase insulin that you will probably be lacking (just my thoughts from my own experience). Type 2 generally has a large elemnet of insulin-resistance, so insulin treatment usually involves far higher doses and is therefore maybe not such a good first choice of treatment. LADA does not generally respond well mid/long-term to oral diabetes drugs - they might work for a short time, but progression to insulin is inevitable and the oral drugs will get progressively less effective as your own insulin production diminishes. All forms of diabetes react well to the reduction of carbs in the diet, although you would need to do that carefully as you will probably have to reduce your Lantus dose accordingly.
LADA is not the end of the world. We all get frustrated with it sometimes, but you can manage it with a little effort!
Let us have a few more details about the tests you've had, your Lantus dose, your diet and your BG levels, and I'll try to make some suggestions.
Take care
Smidge
