Unusual Honeymoon Period

On March 1, 2008, I was diagnosed with diabetes. It wasn't clear exactly what was going on when I was first diagnosed.

I immediately went on insulin-- Lantus. I started with 10 units per day and over a short period of days worked up to about 16 units per day. Then, as I started to get some lows throughout the day, I eased off on the number of units. Eventually, by the April, I was not taking any insulin.

I stayed off insulin all summer-- from April until late August. By August, my morning fasting readings were starting to creep up, so I went on Byetta to see if that would help. By December, I was back on insulin.

From what people I have said, this is an usual honeymoon period. But, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), can develop slowly-- and this seemed to be my case.