Ok, so I have been diagnosed for about 4 years and on Metformin for about 2 years.
Its fair to say over the 4 years i have had periods of conscious effort in looking after my diet and longer periods of burying my head in the sand and doing what I like, however my recent retinopathy results (indication of changes that may lead to retinopathy, no treatment required yet) gave me the kick up the backside i needed and I am now back to making an effort and paying closer attention to my diet and BG levels.
So using today as an example, i was 7.4 first thing in the morning, 7.9 breakfast +2, 6.2 immediately prior to lunch and 6.9 Lunch +2. The day previous the same numbers were 8, 8.5, 6.2, 9.1. Generally my levels about 7pm (when i get in from work and before my evening meal) is around 5-6 in general.
I am currently taking 1500mg of Metformin XR just after my evening meal.
My question is this - has anyone experimented with taking Metformin XR at different times and perhaps even splitting the dose to achieve better results? the reason i ask is because it seems that if i start with a high fasting level, it continues for the rest of the day and I was hoping that staggering my dose my help to even out my levels through out the day instead of coming down gradually then spiking again with my evening meal.
Its fair to say over the 4 years i have had periods of conscious effort in looking after my diet and longer periods of burying my head in the sand and doing what I like, however my recent retinopathy results (indication of changes that may lead to retinopathy, no treatment required yet) gave me the kick up the backside i needed and I am now back to making an effort and paying closer attention to my diet and BG levels.
So using today as an example, i was 7.4 first thing in the morning, 7.9 breakfast +2, 6.2 immediately prior to lunch and 6.9 Lunch +2. The day previous the same numbers were 8, 8.5, 6.2, 9.1. Generally my levels about 7pm (when i get in from work and before my evening meal) is around 5-6 in general.
I am currently taking 1500mg of Metformin XR just after my evening meal.
My question is this - has anyone experimented with taking Metformin XR at different times and perhaps even splitting the dose to achieve better results? the reason i ask is because it seems that if i start with a high fasting level, it continues for the rest of the day and I was hoping that staggering my dose my help to even out my levels through out the day instead of coming down gradually then spiking again with my evening meal.