Recent Content by Julia57m

Hi all, Really pleased to say that I went and saw another GP who was totally sympathetic and understood the distressing effect the Metformin was having. She put me on Gliclazide instead (although I am overweight, and someone on here said that it wasn't recommended because of that). What a...

Thanks again everyone. Daisy-what dose are you on? And how did you up the dosage slowly? By what amount each week? I'm so desperate to know what to do to get my life back in some sort of order instead of wondering whether I dare go somewhere in case there are no toilets close by!

Thanks for the reassurance.. It's a relief to know others have the same problem. Thing is I'm already on the slow release metformin and the problem seems to be getting worse rather than better. I'm really fed up, after about 6 months from being diagnosed, having tried both sorts of metformin and...

Hi, has anyone else suffered from really bad diarrhoea whilst on metformin? Some days I barely make it to the bathroom in time! My GP hasn't changed my mess but is sending me for a colonoscopy instead, which is making me anxious. Is ther any other medication I could take instead?