| It seems to me, unfortunately, that what type they call you is largely dependent upon the knowledge of the doctor you are seeing. In 6 years I've been told:
1. you're type 2 (no actual blood work done, simply based on the fact that I was over-weight.)
2. No, you're type 1 (results of c-peptide and antibody test)
3. OMG-I'm confused, I don't know what you are, you need an endo
4. You're type 1.5 (because of age of onset-32)
5. No, really you're type 1 (because of c-peptide and antibody test)
My personal opinion...it was type 1 all along...I don't think I've jumped back and forth over the proverbial fence. The first doc I saw shouldn't have simply assumed that a 32 year old woman who was overweight with a fasting bs of 360 was type 2. Simple blood work would have saved me two years of misery.
As to insulin resistance, my current endo told me that type 1's can have it, too. It is particularly common with pre-menopausal women (cough, cough) and menopausal women....whether they are diabetic or not. Those aren't the only factors, just the one's I'm MOST FAMILIAR with at the moment. (don't mean to yell, touchy subject!)
I think EVERYONE who is dx'ed with D should DEMAND a c-peptide and the GAD antibody test. It would make treatment so much simpler in so many ways, and avoid so many problems that so many people needlessly go through.  | 
