Fatigue

This must have been asked a million times before, but I'll ask anyway. I've been diabetic for about 4 years now and have controlled it with varying degrees of success over that period. Recently I've become a lot stricter with my diet and really reduced the carbs and my levels have dropped to what seem to be really good levels when I test now.

Prior to changing my diet I was always tired and generally felt 'off', but that seemed to abate after the levels came down. However, this past week I seem to be back to where I started, although blood sugar levels are still stable.

I'm not sure I really understand what this is about. I had a blood test recently to check if there were any other causes but everything came back fine. Is this just the fate of diabetics - often fatigued and not feeling great, or is it a possible side effect of Metformin (I'm on 3 TR tablets a day)?

I think it was just a general overall test for Iron levels, Thyroid, Vit B etc. You're right it could be other factors, but it's not easy isolating the possible causes.

True. I think I have to a degree, but maybe I need to up the fat a bit. Cutting the carbs is actually the easy bit - harder to add in things that you've been told for years are bad for you

My gut feeling is that this is metformin related, so I think I'm going to cut out the lunchtime tablet and just do morning and evening and see how that goes. It may be lowering my levels but if you feel terrible all the time, whats the point? Quality of life has to be part of the equation as well.