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Originally Posted by Funnygrl In order to know what type you have, you have to look at a lot of things. How old were you? Were you overweight? How much insulin do you use? Have you been on insulin the whole time? Have you ever had ketones? |
And it helps to have a GAD antibody test to see if you have antibodies from autoimmune reaction (Type 1 being an autoimmune disorder), and a C-peptide can tell if you are producing insulin at all, which may or may not really indicate your type if it is early in onset and/or you are Type 1.5, but will indicate whether your body is producing no insulin, just a little insulin, normal amounts of insulin, or way too much insulin (indicating either Type 2 or hyperinsulinemia).
I way oversimplified these, but probably someone will come along and explain in much greater detail scientific soon.
cheers,
j
PS. I understand that it is indeed possible to be both Type 1 auto-immune and Type 2 insulin-resistant.
