Posted by: Jonkarra
on May 29, 2010
I was diagnosed at 32 and it was quite a shock at the time. Whilst I knew that I was overweight and my gran was a type 2 in her early 40s I wasn't worried. I went to the docs as I was constantly tired and feeling dizzy and my GP at the time decided just to do some standard tests including glucose. Whilst it was over 7 it was only just over 7 so my doctor did a few more tests just to be sure, and hey presto I was diagnosed as type . My doctor's started me on the usual diet and exercise but it was totally ineffective as I was already following a stricter diet than what the nurse/dietician suggested.
After a few months and seeing another quack at my surgery I was prescribed fluorextine for "Post viral malaise" which had no positive effects, and my blood sugar levels raised to 12+ for fasting readings. Fluorextine was discontinued and metformin was added. I didn't feel that metformin did much but after busting my ass in the gym I my hba1c dropped from 8.2 to 7.2. During that same review however protein was picked up in my urine which started a chain of events that led to a diagnosis of early nephropathy, at the same time I was also starting to suffer from pain in my extremities especially my feet and a neurologist diagnosed me with peripheral neuropathy most likely caused by the diabetes.
At that point I started to see an endocrinologist and since then have tried pioglitazone which was ineffective and made me depressed and gain a lot of weight. Byetta was a lot more powerful than expected even at the lower dose which was great for a while but eventually I had to drop it because it caused me severe nausea.
