Hi everyone
I'm new to the forum. I was diagnosed with type2 diabetes in feb this year. I was prescribed metformin but after about a month i was changed to glimepiride as i was getting side effects such as dizziness, nausea and diarrhea with the metformin. the diarrhea stopped with the glimepiride but the dizziness continues and sometimes the nausea aswell. i've been back to the doctors a few times and they don't know whats causing it. they wanted to blame it on my blood glucose levels but i've been monitoring it and it never goes above 12 or below 5. the last time i went they said it's labyrinthitis, a severe middle ear infection and would clear up in a couple of weeks. it's been nearly 3 months now and i'm still getting spells of dizziness although not as frequent as before but this could be my body adjusting and over riding it rather than getting better. i'm also completely exhausted, very impatient and irritable all the time. i'm having difficulty sleeping properly at night. i toss and turn most nights and usually wake up 2 or 3 times a night. i'm going back to the docs in a couple of weeks but am am losing faith in their ability to get to the bottom of it all. it's getting so bad i've got no energy and am off work sick a lot.
could my medication be causing the problem? has anyone here experienced similar things and what was the outcome? can anyone give me any advice on what to do or what might be causing the problem?
thanks in advance.
rosan
I'm new to the forum. I was diagnosed with type2 diabetes in feb this year. I was prescribed metformin but after about a month i was changed to glimepiride as i was getting side effects such as dizziness, nausea and diarrhea with the metformin. the diarrhea stopped with the glimepiride but the dizziness continues and sometimes the nausea aswell. i've been back to the doctors a few times and they don't know whats causing it. they wanted to blame it on my blood glucose levels but i've been monitoring it and it never goes above 12 or below 5. the last time i went they said it's labyrinthitis, a severe middle ear infection and would clear up in a couple of weeks. it's been nearly 3 months now and i'm still getting spells of dizziness although not as frequent as before but this could be my body adjusting and over riding it rather than getting better. i'm also completely exhausted, very impatient and irritable all the time. i'm having difficulty sleeping properly at night. i toss and turn most nights and usually wake up 2 or 3 times a night. i'm going back to the docs in a couple of weeks but am am losing faith in their ability to get to the bottom of it all. it's getting so bad i've got no energy and am off work sick a lot.
could my medication be causing the problem? has anyone here experienced similar things and what was the outcome? can anyone give me any advice on what to do or what might be causing the problem?
thanks in advance.
rosan
