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Diagnosed in December, changed medication 3 times
- Thread starter Allig
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cath99
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- Type of diabetes
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- Diet only
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- rude d/n nurses and being treated like im wierd because im diabetic
same as diagonsed in dec now 6 months on 6 half stone lighter and about to come of meds .. just life changes not diet as im constanlty asked about , keep fighting ahead small changes will help start today x
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graj0
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Hi Allig,
I'm assuming you're type II because if I'm not mistaken Glicalzide works by make the pancreas make more insulin and insulin will help you store fat.
If you're newly diagnosed I'm surprised they haven't prescribed metformin first, metformin helps the body make better use of the insulin being produced.. It might be worth asking for a c-peptide blood test to at least let you know how much insulin you are producing. I had to pay for my own but at least I now know after 17 years that my pancreas produces an amount of insulin that is considered to be OK.
I stopped taking Glicalzide just before xmas, but because I have kept a weigh chart for 8 years I can see that I gained weight when I started taking it which was a blow at the time because I'd been losing quite nicely after coming off rosiglitazone.
You might like to have a look at message threads that mention low carb diets, it worked wonders for me, lost three stone, was able to stop gliclazide, januvia and an added bonus, atorvastatin went out the window as well. Last week, after stopping those three drugs over 6 months ago, HbA1c was 6.4, total cholesterol was 5.4, I'm not complaining. Welcome to the forum, I hope you're good at studying, there's a lot to take in, my head hurts all the time, at 62 I guess it needs a delete of all the **** and a defrag.
I'm assuming you're type II because if I'm not mistaken Glicalzide works by make the pancreas make more insulin and insulin will help you store fat.
If you're newly diagnosed I'm surprised they haven't prescribed metformin first, metformin helps the body make better use of the insulin being produced.. It might be worth asking for a c-peptide blood test to at least let you know how much insulin you are producing. I had to pay for my own but at least I now know after 17 years that my pancreas produces an amount of insulin that is considered to be OK.
I stopped taking Glicalzide just before xmas, but because I have kept a weigh chart for 8 years I can see that I gained weight when I started taking it which was a blow at the time because I'd been losing quite nicely after coming off rosiglitazone.
You might like to have a look at message threads that mention low carb diets, it worked wonders for me, lost three stone, was able to stop gliclazide, januvia and an added bonus, atorvastatin went out the window as well. Last week, after stopping those three drugs over 6 months ago, HbA1c was 6.4, total cholesterol was 5.4, I'm not complaining. Welcome to the forum, I hope you're good at studying, there's a lot to take in, my head hurts all the time, at 62 I guess it needs a delete of all the **** and a defrag.
I started on metformin, but got really upset tummy, dizziness etc. swapped to sr but after approx 6 weeks started to get upset tummy and vomiting, felt really rubbish! Had bloods done and hb1ac was 5.5 so was really happy but felt so rubbish. Swapped to Glicozide 40mg, increased to 80mg, can't shift permanent headache (feels like hangover) always thirsty, hungry, put on 7lbs, craving carbs, night sweats, irritable, not sleeping properly so generally fed up. Agreed to try metformin sr again. Watch this space
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so sorry to hear your going through it, some medications do not help, and can cause weight gain that you do not want,is there any other medicines your doctor can or could try you on? that is not giving you any side effect from the tablet that is making you feel unhappy, you need to be comfortable with the medication and it works for you. i hope you can get something more suitable.hugs x
