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hi everyone would like to ask question?

recently i have become quite forgetful, sometimes in mid sentence i forget what im talking about, i also started to stutter when this is happening does anyone have any ideas what this may be.

i would love a answer to this as its becoming quite frustrating. i take metaformin 500mg 1 x 3 a day. could it be the medication?


thanks jessicansnan (sue)
 
Hello Jessicasnan,

As you appear to be a 'nan' I am making the assumption that you are someone of a certain age. Over 50? Forgetfulness, or short term memory loss, is not uncommon as we get older. At 62, I've been taking 4 x 500mg Metformin for several years but don't think this is one of the side effects I suffer from. I've heard that it is experienced by some but I would say that my forgetfulness is more a side effect of the statin that I take. I have to learn lines for a living and although this has always been hard work, amazingly, I've not noticed any particular deterioration in this.

Good luck,

Russ
 
I'll agree with Russ on this one except for the statin.
I'm 67 and I've had fairly poor short term memory since around my mid 50's and so has my wife. Her's had become such an issue for her, she was very glad when 60 arrived and she could retire. Our long term is excellent though.
I take many meds inc metformin & a statin, but she only takes a pill for arthritis, so we cannot blame statins. My poor short term really hits me on the phone so I invested a home phone and mobile that will record the conversation. I can then play it back and jot down important points/dates/times etc.

If you are in any way worried about your memory I suggest you visit your GP and get thoroughly checked out, but I think you will find it is simply a part of getting old and something we just have to adapt to....and the older we get the more problems we are going to meet along the way ... oh boy :!: :cry: :wink:
 
thanks for your replies, yeah could be old age lol.

i wouldnt really class myself as old yet im 51 could be down to age, ill see if anyone at work suffers the same, could be im past it now. lol

thanks again
 
Another question for you I'm afraid Sue. Do you home test your blood and what are your results?
Thinking back to when one of my anti-diabetes meds would sometimes send me too low (glicazide), I would experience hessitation in my speach that would confuse me as well as those trying to listen. If you are experiencing low swings/trends if not hypo situations, that might be part of your problem so again I suggest a visit to your GP or DN if she/he is easily available.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on as we are all feeling for you.
 
Hi Jessicasnan.

I think it's part of the diabetes. I have to eat a little something every two hours or it happens to me. I've even checked my blood during these forgetful times and its usually spot on but I feel just weird. I sometimes have my 'dropping' or 'knocking things over' times as well, where I just can't seem to quite master my coordination. I find a sit down, cup of tea and something to eat usually helps regardless of what my BG says.

Its a bit frustrating as sometimes its just as if i can't communicate with my Brain fully. I'm only a mere slip of a lad at 40 and you're a young 51 so I don't think its anything to do with age. It's been happening to me for years.

Carl
 
I was sent to dementia clinic at age of 40.....they checked my B12 and folic and both were low, and was declared as having Pernicious Anaemia. 7 years on, pernicious anaemia (and palindromic rheumatism diagnosed 5 years ago)- both undiagnosed........problems with memory, concentration, fatigue and chronic pains now rediagnosed as Fibromyalgia. I also gave up statins at Xmas, as I thought these were to blame, and have not gone back on them.

I really can't figure out what in this world is causing our brains to have these problems, but I hope for future generations that somebody gets an interest and does some research....

There all sorts of reasons, I had to go to my GP's for 10+ years to get his diagnosis-is it correct?-who knows? Could be a reaction to insulin. statins-allsorts, but no medical person is ever going to admit that the drugs we are given could be causing us these problems so early in our lifes.

Not an answer I know, but if your forgetfulness and or concentration is getting worse then keep a diary and list everything in it, and especially when you forget things......I could not find my way to a customers house that I had been going to for 3 years, tested my BG and perfect, and this was the start of dementia clinic etc. I took my husband to GP, and the GP finally sat up and listened.....wrong diagnosis maybe.....hopefully this fibromyalgia diagnosis may be correct. Early days yet, but these problems for me started late 30's and I wouldn't want anybody else to go through what I have......log things down, talk to your GP, take sombody with you who can confirm what is happening and ask your GP to run some tests....
 
Hi Jessicasnan.

My memory is bad too. But, I was a few years in with the menopause when I was diagnosed T2, and we all know how that sends your memory to pot! But, since being a diabetic I have noticed how worse it's got.

Carl, I'm the same about bumping into things, and bad co-ordination. I'm getting fed up of missing door holes and banging into the door post! :lol: Sometimes when I stand up on getting out of a chair I nearly tipple over! Only started to happen after I became a diabetic.
 
There are over 340 conditions with links to forgetfulness ! Diabetes on its own isn't mentioned. There are conditions which some Diabetics may have mentioned though.
 
I would be wary about blaming diabetes for what appears to be problems with the brain working. My advice would be to tell the GP what is happening, without suggesting a link to diabetes, and let him or her do checks to make sure it isn't anything else.

I only ever had 1 GP that suggested my brain might not be quite right due to hypo's, but admitted there was limited research and information on this. Turned out it wasn't anything to do with diabetes at all. I am really glad that I persevered, as I now have a correct diagnosis that my brain needs help due to seratonin and other levels of things not acting properly in it. If I had not persevered, logging every single thing down (almost poisoning us, amongst some of my stupid moments) I would not now be getting the treatment I need. It's been a battle, but boy, am I glad that I can now get correct treatment.
 
Other than generally getting older and menopause, I found that when I became Hypothyroid I kept forgetting things mid sentence. And the worst thing was I couldn't remember for ages after what on earth I had been talking about. It is scary and hard to know how much it's related to the aging process or not. When I was going through menopause I was hopeless; couldn't remember a darn thing, my head was so foggy. But coming out the otherside things were a lot better, but of course never as good as before. Welcome to old age!
 
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