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I too had a diagnosis of T2 last November but had obviously been diabetic for quite a few years but didn't have any symptoms until a couple of months before being diagnosed. Since then with diet and meds the levels have halved but I am really suffering especially at night with diabetic...

Good advice! I had already instinctively used a pillow between my knees and found it helped. I will try and get some of the alpha lipoic acid. I read somewhere that it is regularly prescribed in Germany. Hopefully things will improve but if not it is just a case of learning to cope with things -...

Gosh poor you! My pain seems to come and go. Tonight I slept until three then had to take a codeine tablet. The more I am upright the better it is - So it must be something to do with circulation. I am waiting to see my doctor to find out next steps - this came on very suddenly literally from...

Thanks for the tips. I agree about the hot baths - they do help. Why is it that the pain comes on when I am horizontal and not during the day when I am running around at work? What do you think of the Lirica tablets? Do they work at all? Even though I am on a small dose of 50mg they really knock...

Hi everyone - it is four in the morning here and I am pacing up and down waiting fir the codeine tablet to work! I have only been suffering for just over a week - this just came on suddenly. Horrendous leg pains plus hip pain too in the middle of the night. I am stiff and sore in the morning but...

Can anyone tell me why my legs get so painful when lying down? When I get up I am stiff and sore for a bit but if I start walking the pain wears off? Although I take a strong pain killer and Lyrica plus a hot bath I only seem to get about 4 hours of sleep before the pain wakes me up .Any tips?

Hi All - any advice for me? Was diagnosed T2 in Nov and given metformin twice a day and in February one Janouvia tablet latest blood tests show a drop of 50% blood sugar. A week ago I suddenly got dreadful pains in my legs and lower back. So bad I couldn't lie down, A visit to specialist dr...

Painkillers don't seem to work. The worst time is between one and four in the morning. I am not getting any sleep and don't know what to do with myself.

I am wondering if I have got this. My glucose levels have halved since being diagnosed in November with diet metformin and Januvia. About a week ago I started to get severe leg and hip pain at night. It is a deep aching pain running down from my pelvis to my calves. I can only get relief by...

Has anyone experienced leg/foot problems when taking metformin? I was diagnosed end November and am now taking 2 X 850 pills a day increasing to 3 by the end of this month. My legs feel heavy with calf muscles feeling strained and uncomfortable. I have numbness on the soles of my feet. I am...

Hello All I live abroad and was diagnosed with T2 end November 2017. My HbA1C was 14.3. The figures used to measure blood sugar here are different - if anyone can convert I would be grateful! My doctor here prescribed Glucophage 850 once a day which she then increased to 2 Glucophage plus 10ml...