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    Your experiences please

    many thanks - my instincts, the constant tiredness and what sometimes seemed like day long hunger pangs and the 'scales' creeping upward have all convinced me that you are right. I have an appointment next week, but in the meantime I have commited one of the ultimate 'sins' as a patient. I still...
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    Your experiences please

    Many thanks I will definitely go back to the GP and request to return to Metformin SR.
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    Your experiences please

    Thank you for this. You have supplied facts that until now I only suspected due to instinct. I am going to discuss this with my GP asap.
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    Your experiences please

    Hello back and thank you. I am not in fact new to diabetes fact wise as I was diagnosed about four years ago and tend to research all relevant info. But I feel I have made a mistake in attempting to improve the annoying stomach side effects of Metformin and possibly moved from 'frying pan' to...
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    Your experiences please

    I confess I do not check sugars chiefly because I was advised that I didn't need to. But recently I decided that the NHS motive is purely economical and I have recently bought a testing kit. However it does not contain many strips/bayonets and so the spending begins!
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    Your experiences please

    Many thanks for your very eloquent reply!! As my official blood results after going without meds was still showing that I was officially still Type 2 (although not sky high) - therefore needing some help from meds, your info shows me what I already suspect that Metformin is more suitable for me...
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    Hi - yes the symptoms that appear are a physical shaky feeling anxiety and mild dizziness occasionally a headache
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    Your experiences please

    My first hello on this forum. I was diagnosed with type 2 approximately four years ago and put on metformin 500 twice a day. After weight loss and this med, my blood test showed constantly good results. So much so that my GP experimented by taking me off all meds for a couple of months...
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