Hi all, I'm new to this forum, but not new to diabetes. I was diagnosed T2 around ten years ago, got it under control, but recently went for a blood test and found it lost control, for, don't know how long. Went to see a doctor immediately after I got the report for the blood test, was given metformin 500mg x2 daily.
Started to have diarrhea for like a week since the day I started taking metformin, and the following week, I begin to have some kind of weird feeling in my feet. Sometimes cold, sometimes hot. I went back to see the doctor again after a week, and told him about all these and asked him about my feet's condition. He pressed on my thumbs to see how quickly the thumbs got back to red from white (hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say). He said my feet are quite fine, the blood are flowing, but regarding the cold and hot issue, what I got from him was "Let's just observe first. Come back to me if you're having edema " or swollen, I'm not so sure about the exact word since English isn't my first language.
I continued to take the metformins, until like two days later, the weird feeling in my feet got really strong, making me feeling very uncomfortable. I stopped taking the metformins after I read some articles from Internet saying that metformin can cause neuropathy which I'm not so sure about is it what I'm experiencing, without asking the doctor. I still have that weird feeling, but not as strong as the time I was taking metformins.
Anyone experienced this before? Will the weird feeling go away? I'm so worried now, hope that I can get some support and help here.
Edited:
Forgot to mention that I had diarrhea again for one or two days before that weird feeling got strong.
Started to have diarrhea for like a week since the day I started taking metformin, and the following week, I begin to have some kind of weird feeling in my feet. Sometimes cold, sometimes hot. I went back to see the doctor again after a week, and told him about all these and asked him about my feet's condition. He pressed on my thumbs to see how quickly the thumbs got back to red from white (hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say). He said my feet are quite fine, the blood are flowing, but regarding the cold and hot issue, what I got from him was "Let's just observe first. Come back to me if you're having edema " or swollen, I'm not so sure about the exact word since English isn't my first language.
I continued to take the metformins, until like two days later, the weird feeling in my feet got really strong, making me feeling very uncomfortable. I stopped taking the metformins after I read some articles from Internet saying that metformin can cause neuropathy which I'm not so sure about is it what I'm experiencing, without asking the doctor. I still have that weird feeling, but not as strong as the time I was taking metformins.
Anyone experienced this before? Will the weird feeling go away? I'm so worried now, hope that I can get some support and help here.
Edited:
Forgot to mention that I had diarrhea again for one or two days before that weird feeling got strong.
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