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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
So after a disastrous, even horrific 3 days on Metformin I realise very quickly I'd rather risk complications than take anymore. (stuff came out of my body when I went to the loo that should never come out of any human being, and the process to get it out was... well, unpleasant) During my first meeting with the diabetic nurse, upon hearing that I'm also adopting a low-carb diet - and seeing that I'd already lost weight (for the first time ever) - she recommended Jardiance.
I took my first one on Friday, and while it's far less awful than the Metformin was, the side-effects I'm experience are still impactful:
- Constant thirst. 8 litres of water yesterday, not because I was pushing myself to drink, but because I was craving it. I wake up dry-mouthed and drink a litre immediately.
- Constant urge to pee. Yesterday and Saturday I was up to the bathroom 11 times. 11! While up and down the stairs has got to be good for my health, I accept, 11 pees in a single day is... it's a lot. (No other symptoms of UTIs - am keeping an eye out)
- Trying to put this politely but... 2/3 mornings since starting this drug and I've woken up after my bladder. If you know what I mean.
- Dizziness, lightheadedness and a weird sort of dazed confusion whenever I take one, that lasts until I've slept and woken up again.
- The weight is falling off me. Dramatically. Clothes that I was comfortably filling when I went to my doc appointments last week are now visibly baggy. I guess I should be punching the air and thanking my lucky stars that it's coming off so easily, but it seems too easy and I'm wary of a sudden, dramatic loss of weight after trying for so long to shift it with no effect.
I know that, generally, this is a very new drug and that people are quite wary of it. I've only agreed to take it for a month (and then review) while the low-carb diet takes effect and I get the hang of testing, and only then because my kidneys and heart were shown to be in brilliant health.
I'm wondering (hoping) that someone can tell me that things settle on this drug very quickly - if anyone has experience of taking it, did you ever get control of your bladder again? Did the weight loss slow down? Did the thirst settle? Maybe the answer is to call the doctor.
Thanks in advance,
Sock x
I took my first one on Friday, and while it's far less awful than the Metformin was, the side-effects I'm experience are still impactful:
- Constant thirst. 8 litres of water yesterday, not because I was pushing myself to drink, but because I was craving it. I wake up dry-mouthed and drink a litre immediately.
- Constant urge to pee. Yesterday and Saturday I was up to the bathroom 11 times. 11! While up and down the stairs has got to be good for my health, I accept, 11 pees in a single day is... it's a lot. (No other symptoms of UTIs - am keeping an eye out)
- Trying to put this politely but... 2/3 mornings since starting this drug and I've woken up after my bladder. If you know what I mean.
- Dizziness, lightheadedness and a weird sort of dazed confusion whenever I take one, that lasts until I've slept and woken up again.
- The weight is falling off me. Dramatically. Clothes that I was comfortably filling when I went to my doc appointments last week are now visibly baggy. I guess I should be punching the air and thanking my lucky stars that it's coming off so easily, but it seems too easy and I'm wary of a sudden, dramatic loss of weight after trying for so long to shift it with no effect.
I know that, generally, this is a very new drug and that people are quite wary of it. I've only agreed to take it for a month (and then review) while the low-carb diet takes effect and I get the hang of testing, and only then because my kidneys and heart were shown to be in brilliant health.
I'm wondering (hoping) that someone can tell me that things settle on this drug very quickly - if anyone has experience of taking it, did you ever get control of your bladder again? Did the weight loss slow down? Did the thirst settle? Maybe the answer is to call the doctor.
Thanks in advance,
Sock x