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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2163051" data-attributes="member: 401801">Hello again,I'll echo the "careful with the fruit" sentiment, because it's not known as nature's candy for the heck of it. Personally, I responded very, very badly to metformin, which is why I went looking for a different route: the low carb/high fat diet, and later the more thorough version of that, Keto with Intermittent Fasting, has kept me in the normal range for 3 years now. No diabetes meds, no statins for cholesterol, no complications.... I am on other medications for other non-diabetic issues, but even some of those I could reduce. You're on two a day already, that's quite a bit, and far too fast an increase....! Also, your HbA1c isn't THAT high. A change in diet -and don't worry if you don't get it 100% right overnight, we all had to learn!- will hopefully get you back down to normal levels. Metformin doesn't do anything about what you eat, besides supressing hunger... Your liver dumps glucose in the morning to get you some energy to start the day. Metformin reduces that output by about 75%. And that's about it. I remember my T2 gran eating pastries all day because "her pill" would take care of it somehow. That's not how it works, but that was long before google and forums... And none of us knew any better, 25 years ago. You can get on top of this without feeling miserable. I'll not say ditch the meds, but I can say, get yourself a meter. You'll have to self-fund, alas, as many of us do, but then you'll know what your bloodsugars are up to... And you can discuss coming off the metformin with your doc, with numbers coming down through diet. (As in, hopefully going diet only rather than having more medication perscribed).If you need any help with your diet, give a shout. Tell us what you eat, what you like and don't like, if there's anything you don't eat due to religious or moral objections... And we'll see what we can do. You're not alone in this.Hugs,Jo</blockquote>

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