Feeling desparate and fed up

hya,
awfully sorry you are feeling bad, its a viscious circle for you as high sugars can make u feel down aswell as unwell, i would certainly go back to your gp and tell them as they may be able to sort your medication out,
try keep your chin up as once your bloods are under control you should feel much better emotionally

Hi Borderter,

Sorry to hear that you are feeling as you do.

I suppose that you are aware of the effect that starchy carbohydrate has on blood glucose levels? Cutting back dramatically on things such as cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta and rice usually leads to a big and quick improvement in blood glucose levels.

Have you tried doing that?

Best wishes - John

Hi Borderter

sorry that you seen to have hit a wall with your treatment, I do wonder though if meds don't seem to be doing the trick, I wonder if rather than being a type 2 diabetic, you are actually LADA/1.5 this is very similar to Type1 diabetes, and is often called slow on set type1 !

There is a test that your doctor can do, GAD anti-body test which should help depicted what is happening, but a classic sign of LADA/1.5 is that at first it's thought you are Type2 do oral medication is given, this either doesnt work or over time stops working..

If you have to go onto insulin, it's not all bad like any medication it has it con's such as increased risk of hypos but over all it does make diabetes a lot easier to control once you've got the hang of things and can give you more flexibility in food that you choose to eat..

I shouldn't worry too much about the Gliclazide. You are only on a low dose. I was on 320g of the stuff for years, now off it and my Pancreas is working fine. No burn out.

Frankly, the source for that comment is not reliable and should be treated with disdain. It was never shown to do that, only somebodys opinion. A person who want's people to follow a particular type of diet. It really wasn't in his interest to promote medication. Gliclazide is one of the more
effective anti-diabetic drugs around. You just have to be careful of weight gain on higher doses.