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Hi All,
New here, 42 from Scotland and just diagnosed type 2 around a month ago.
Started on Glimipride but after a couple of weeks was causing my blood sugar to go too low, so GP told me to stop and now on Metformin for 1 week so far (1 x 500mg non-SR per day with main meal) and then step up to twice daily after 2 weeks.
Whilst on the glimipride I was fine apart from the occasional low reading, most of the time it was normal, but on the metformin I've had real tummy issues and generally feeing ill, no motivation.
I changed my diet drastically when I found out and started on low GI foods, and while on the glimipride everything was back to normal levels, but since being on the Metformin I am really getting odd readings!
Scrambled eggs with brown toast this morning changed my BS from 7.4 to 10.5, when before on the glimipride it stayed sub 8.0. A boiled egg with brown toast yesterday send my BS up to 9.9, whereas on the glimipride it was all normal.
Yet a takeaway I had on Saturday night (Birthday Treat) takes my BS from 7.2 to 8.1.
So starting to feel really confused, because foods I was able to tolerate before and low GI now seem to be putting my bs higher than it was before.
Could the medication be the issue?
New here, 42 from Scotland and just diagnosed type 2 around a month ago.
Started on Glimipride but after a couple of weeks was causing my blood sugar to go too low, so GP told me to stop and now on Metformin for 1 week so far (1 x 500mg non-SR per day with main meal) and then step up to twice daily after 2 weeks.
Whilst on the glimipride I was fine apart from the occasional low reading, most of the time it was normal, but on the metformin I've had real tummy issues and generally feeing ill, no motivation.
I changed my diet drastically when I found out and started on low GI foods, and while on the glimipride everything was back to normal levels, but since being on the Metformin I am really getting odd readings!
Scrambled eggs with brown toast this morning changed my BS from 7.4 to 10.5, when before on the glimipride it stayed sub 8.0. A boiled egg with brown toast yesterday send my BS up to 9.9, whereas on the glimipride it was all normal.
Yet a takeaway I had on Saturday night (Birthday Treat) takes my BS from 7.2 to 8.1.
So starting to feel really confused, because foods I was able to tolerate before and low GI now seem to be putting my bs higher than it was before.
Could the medication be the issue?