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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 242309" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. It would be interesting to know how old you were at diagnosis and whether you were around normal weight. People with Type 1 or one of the variants are sometimes mis-diagnosed as Type 2 but there are tests such as c-peptide that can help check this. Did you go straight from Metformin onto insulin? That's not very common for Type 2s unless they have had the DB for a long time without knowing. There are other tablets that might be prescribed before going onto insulin unless your BS was very high; see my long list! More information is needed but as Angeleyes has said we are not experts and more information would be needed such as what your Hba1C was when your GP moved you onto insulin. Some GPs are keen to start insulin early and some like mine treat it as a last resort. If you get frequent hypos that's a hint that you might need to discuss reducing your meds with your GP or adjusting your carb intake accordingly? BTW I've never heard of Metformin causing 'too much acid in the blood'?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 242309, member: 21149"] Hi. It would be interesting to know how old you were at diagnosis and whether you were around normal weight. People with Type 1 or one of the variants are sometimes mis-diagnosed as Type 2 but there are tests such as c-peptide that can help check this. Did you go straight from Metformin onto insulin? That's not very common for Type 2s unless they have had the DB for a long time without knowing. There are other tablets that might be prescribed before going onto insulin unless your BS was very high; see my long list! More information is needed but as Angeleyes has said we are not experts and more information would be needed such as what your Hba1C was when your GP moved you onto insulin. Some GPs are keen to start insulin early and some like mine treat it as a last resort. If you get frequent hypos that's a hint that you might need to discuss reducing your meds with your GP or adjusting your carb intake accordingly? BTW I've never heard of Metformin causing 'too much acid in the blood'? [/QUOTE]
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