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Untreated Type 2 diabetes?

I am a type 2 diabetic and have been diagnosed for about 7 years and had unrecogized symptoms previously and have been taking the appropriate medication - metformin , glyclazide and ramipril( for kidney damage). I am considering no longer taking any medication for my diabetes or any related condition. How long can I expect to live?

Update:

I am almost 48 , on antidepressants .. and my family dont give a damn ... Im not interested in living any more... so how long with no treatment can I expect to live?

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  • 8 years ago
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    It would depend how good your diet is and if you are exercising but as you have depression I doubt you will care about your diet etc so if you stop the medication and as you already have kidney problems it would probably be a few months before your kidneys get badly affected causing a lot of problems and pain eventually causing death after around 12 months. I know I prefer to take my metformin and my statins and my anti depressant medication and try and stick to healthy eating and exercise to live as long as possible, I am almost 57 years old with a lot of problems but I know there is a lot of people out there worse than I am, Good Luck

  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    No, it can NOT! Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus are actually two different conditions related only by the symptoms experienced by sufferers. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune condition. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic condition. Type 3 diabetes that has been mentioned is still NOT a recognised condition. It's based purely on suppositions put forward by some doctors, and many people are confused as to what it actually is. (It seems that the respondent who mentioned it seems to think that it's where both type 1 and type 2 are experienced by the same patient where, in fact, it's believed to be a separate condition that some type 2 patients develop, which leads to Alzheimer's disease.) Even if you need to go onto insulin injections, you would still be a type 2 diabetic ... assuming that the relevant tests have been carried out and you weren't misdiagnosed as a type 2. (Insulin is seen as a form of treatment when the pancreas either ceases to produce enough insulin, or ceases to produce any insulin.)

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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  • 5 years ago

    There is a lot of stuff on the internet that is basically fat-shaming diabetics for causing their own diabetes with their bad diet and lack of exercise and general lack of moral fibre. A lot of this stuff is written by non-doctors, often with a supplement or diet or training plan to sell that they claim will completely cure diabetes if only people stick to it.

    I read this interesting book https://tr.im/rRaPg that gave me a lot of useful tips about my disease and also a different perspective on the best therapeutical approach. I think you should read it too.

  • 6 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    You will go into a hospital ICU first, several times, and suffer a lot. So the plan for you to commit slow suicide will work out. All because of having depression.

    So if you are an adult, as you say, then you know that you are the one to take care of these health issues--since you would have to be in a nursing home after you do this to yourself.

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