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<blockquote data-quote="docphi" data-source="post: 2450448" data-attributes="member: 549194"><p>Tried Metformin XR at the suggestion of my endo. It was horrible. Abdominal pain, nausea, bloating, loss of appetite. Six days was enough. I stopped it and felt better this week. I will say, it does lower your blood sugar due to its mechanisms of action. However, I'm confident I can control my blood glucose with diet and exercise. Just minimizing carbs has made a significant difference although what I wouldn't give for a proper piece of pizza. Lol!</p><p></p><p>I'm still dreadfully frightened about hypos although everyone says it can't really happen to a T2 especially if you're not on medication. I was working on something today and forgot about my sugar for a bit. Then I realized I felt lightheaded. Blood sugar was 118 and dropping. I'm still digging myself out of that hole right now with multiple small meals (protein, fat, complex carb). </p><p></p><p>They say you don't need to treat it with fast-acting carbs as it's probably a false hypo. But, then again, I've had it drop into the 70's once.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I'm an ER doc so I've managed diabetic hyper and hypoglycemic cases over the last 20 years albeit the majority have been T1 patients. I've seen a lot of bad stuff happen in the ER. I think that's why I'm so apprehensive. You know what they say about a little medical knowledge...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="docphi, post: 2450448, member: 549194"] Tried Metformin XR at the suggestion of my endo. It was horrible. Abdominal pain, nausea, bloating, loss of appetite. Six days was enough. I stopped it and felt better this week. I will say, it does lower your blood sugar due to its mechanisms of action. However, I'm confident I can control my blood glucose with diet and exercise. Just minimizing carbs has made a significant difference although what I wouldn't give for a proper piece of pizza. Lol! I'm still dreadfully frightened about hypos although everyone says it can't really happen to a T2 especially if you're not on medication. I was working on something today and forgot about my sugar for a bit. Then I realized I felt lightheaded. Blood sugar was 118 and dropping. I'm still digging myself out of that hole right now with multiple small meals (protein, fat, complex carb). They say you don't need to treat it with fast-acting carbs as it's probably a false hypo. But, then again, I've had it drop into the 70's once. By the way, I'm an ER doc so I've managed diabetic hyper and hypoglycemic cases over the last 20 years albeit the majority have been T1 patients. I've seen a lot of bad stuff happen in the ER. I think that's why I'm so apprehensive. You know what they say about a little medical knowledge... [/QUOTE]
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