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3rd attempt at taking metformin....

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steveis36

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Hi
Ive just stopped taking metformin!
Ive basically had enough of feel like **** and haveing my anxiety triggered.
I tried metformin in 2018 and it went through me.
Then tryied metformin slow release and this triggered my anxiety to the point i didnt know what to do with myself.
Then tryied gliclazide and had stomach craps but i pushed through but 9 months of anxiety and discomfort i stopped that.

Ive now restarted metformin again to find it threw my blood pressure from my average of 125/80 to 98/69
My anxiety went threw the roof after i was loosing weight even though i was eating as normal.

Enough!

All this because i was 8mmol and my nurse they need it down to 5 or 6 mark....really
When i stop the sugar and reduce the carbs my b.s. drops to around 6.9 mark.
Ive alway found no sugar/no carb works for me for weight loss.

Im really ****** off with myself on many levels and now im on third day ive stopped metformin i feel soooo much better and able to focus and not so anxious.
And my blood pressure has returned to around 126/85 mark.

I know many will say im stupid or listen to your nurse etc but i like to think, i think (when my mind is clear) in a balanced fashion
Ive been told i can take blood pressure tablets, but again this is crazy as i would start on a slippery slop of haveing a drug filled body that would sound like a babies rattle.

Sorry about my post, im just sick and tired of being ...sick and tired.

Heart/liver/kidneys etc are fine
New day and a new start and the alternative cannot be an option.
It will be hard but i cant go back on these drugs
 
I ditched metformin after 3 weeks of hell.
Changed what I ate completely and put T2 into remission.

Cut out carbs almost completely maybe try some intermittent fasting and see if that works for you too?
 
My after meals readings went down to 8 and I just kept eating the same way and saw them go down to under 7, and I had normal Hba1c levels. After a while I saw under 6.
Low carb is definitely the way to go as far as I am concerned, and you seem to work the same way - what your nurse wants seems rather unrealistic to be honest.
A diet which suits the person, and no tablets surely that's good?
I lasted 5 weeks on Metformin and Atorvastatin - by which time I was becoming suicidal. I threw them away and it was such a relief, then at the 3 month test, I was no longer diabetic, normal at 6 months - I never needed the tablets. I am 50 lb lighter, at least and very happy.
 
I decided to treat my type 2 diabetes by diet only (no medication) about 3 years ago by:

- first finger-prick measuring my blood sugar values 2 hours after eating high-carb staples like white rice, potatoes, white/brown bread, pasta, porridge and a few more and and found that most blood sugar values came out in the range 10-16mmol/L. Every time.
So, I decided to totally stop eating these foods.
I also decided to eat green vegetables lower than 8g carb per 100g product and to use celeriac/cauliflower mash as substitutes for rice, pasta and potatoes at dinner time. Small quantities to keep carbs/day in the range 20-30g per day. So it is keto.

I eat eggs, meat, chicken, sausages, fish and sea food like I did before starting this diet. I also eat dietdoctor.com low carb bread rolls and hot dog buns. I only restrict the carb intake, not the calories. Can do this since my BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25.4 - at the lower-end of the overweight range.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/

2 hours after dinner (my largest meal) my finger-prick blood sugar value ranges from 5.9-7.4mmol/L.

Added 13 July 2021

Forgot to mention...

I also have two Cream Coffee snacks every day each with 3 tablespoons double cream at 9am and 2pm without sweetener/sugar.
Somedays also 100g full fat Greek Yogurt with a handfull of raspberries or straw berries. The Keto diet needs high fat...
 
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steveis36 said:
I know many will say im stupid or listen to your nurse etc but i like to think, i think (when my mind is clear) in a balanced fashion
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I don't think anyone here is going to say you are being stupid. Your care team will have a standard procedure to deal with sugar levels that they use with all of their patients (at least to start with) and as we all work out pretty quickly, one size does not fit all.

As an example I used to be on a pill based regime, the doctor decided to change one of those pills and I promptly had a DKA.

I wouldn't suggest just ignoring them but at the same time you need to take control of your own treatment and do what is best for you.
 
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