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Here is a good post about LADA.

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes Myths: Separating Fiction from Fact (The Patient-Centered Perspective)

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) is a term coined by Tuomi et al in 1993 (Footnote 1) to describe slow-onset Type 1 diabetes. The NIDDK (U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) says LADA is “a condition in which Type 1 diabetes develops in adults.” The WHO (World Health Organization) includes LADA in the category of Type 1 diabetes. The Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus (Footnote 2) does not recognize the term LADA…

@Melitta has posted many good topics on LADA.

And another post

A Field Guide to Identifying the Misdiagnosed Person with Type 1 Diabetes

They are adults who come in droves to the diabetes online community, they write about how they are puzzled how they got Type 2 diabetes, when they are young and thin and athletic [Footnote 1]. Sometimes they are middle-aged and no longer at fighting weight. Sometimes they are older or elderly. They have been given Type 2 oral medications to control their blood sugar, but the oral meds are not working despite a very low carbohydrate diet and lots of exercise. They may mention that they have a…

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Melitta's Top Ten Tips for the Newly Diagnosed Person with Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Despite what you may be told by medical professionals and what you might read, you (as a person with adult-onset Type 1 diabetes) are not “rare” or some “minority.” Adults represent the vast majority of new-onset Type 1 diabetes (Footnote 1); it is a widespread myth and falsehood that Type 1 diabetes is a childhood disease. Learn all you can, but at a pace that does not overwhelm you. Good sources of learning are Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner (although he does perpetuate some myths a…