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Professional Clarification: Does IR in PCOS = Current Diabetes?From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:45:31 -0600 (CST)
I have PCOS, and was tested for insulin resistance. Because my fasting blood sugars and insulin levels were normal, I was given an injection of insulin, and then several blood draws over 15 minutes to see how quickly my insulin levels dropped. My endocrinologist told me that I evidenced a mild degree of insulin resistance, and my gyn put me on metformin. I recently went to a new internist. When he asked me about any meds I was taking, I told him I was taking met for PCOS. He asked me why. I told him that I had a mild degree of IR, and that met has been demonstrated to help PCOS, due to the insulin connection. He then recorded in my chart "mild insulin-resistant diabetes," and asked me how my diabetes was being treated, implying that the met was not adequate. I am very confused. No one told me that I had diabetes. Is insulin-resistance a *type* of diabetes or a *pre-cursor* to it? If I have a mild degree of insulin resistance, does that mean that I'm mildly diabetic? Any clarification on this matter would be extremely helpful, and a detailed response to these questions would be very much appreciated.
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