Recent Content by MoanaMarie

Metformin (also known as the brand Glucophage) does help. I take 2 x 500g, and after 1 yr 3 months or so, I have no discernable side effects. My doc put me on 2 x 1000mg to start with, but not only did I have the usual gastric problems, but my hair started falling out at a shocking rate! I have...

Inwales, your story about that guy is shocking. I'm not preaching, heaven forbid. as everyone is different. But after being diagnosed in Jan 2008 I went into shock!! Along with a (too high as it turned out) dose of Metformin, I lost my appetite, went into a depression, and lost 15 kg in about 6...

You were probably eating more because you were upset at the diagnosis. There is one sure-fire way to lose weight without following a rigid diet. Well, for me at least. As low-carb as possible!!! The bad news: NO bread, NO cereal, NO fruit (not right now). NO fruit juices. Absolutely NO sugar...

As a foodie, much of the fun of cooking (especially baking) has been taken out of my life when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I will not give up my nightly wine with dinner too!! :x First off: I am not overweight. I am trying not to lose more weight, as I really eat so low-carb that I tend to...

I'm like HpprK! I was only a little overweight, and quickly lost 13 kg, and have stayed at the same weight since. There is NO diabetes in my enormous circle of relatives!! I had the cheek to say, many years before, that diabetes is the one disease I am not worried about, because I tended to low...

Ooops ... sorry ... I answered both of you, then hoped I could hit the back button to check on your posts ... and then my post was gone!!! I checked out that website ... and guess what, I've been taking those supplements for at least the last 20 years. Yikes. Oh well. You were both very kind...

Thank you for your replies! In other diabetes forums I have seen a LOT of complaints about thinning hair due to Metformin (or Glucophage -- they are the same, just different brand names). It does affect the hair of some people. What bothers me, is on a low dose and some VERY expensive...

Wow. Reading this thread made me depressed. I was diagnosed 15 months ago, and rapidly got my bs fingerprick numbers down to normal or almost. But I was on 1000mg Glucophage x 2 a day, so along with the fallin bs also came FALLING HAIR!!! Anyone had this side-effect on Glucophage or Metformin...

Geeeeeez. I've just joined, and scrolled through the discussions. We are all taking too many allopathic (doctors' ) medicines!!! Leave the statins. Cholesterol is not important. Half of all people who die from heart attacks do NOT have high cholesterol. What does that tell you??? If...