Type 2 Good days bad days

SuzyMo

Well-Known Member

Messages

58

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 10, 2014

• #1

Hi there. I was diagnosed two months ago with T2. Taking Metformin twice a day. Does everyone have bad days when they feel really I'll? Sometimes I feel so awful I can nearly more. Pain, shocking wind and feel ill. Most other days feel ok.

 

jack412

Expert

Messages

5,618

Location

ɐıןɐɹʇsn∀

Type of diabetes

Type 2

Treatment type

Tablets (oral)

• Dec 10, 2014

• #2

are you on the SR or XR slow release? the normal can cause more problems, you may need to see the DR
also carbs can make it worse, are you LC?
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/a-new-low-carb-guide-for-beginners.68695/

 

SuzyMo

Well-Known Member

Messages

58

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 10, 2014

• #3

On the standard Metformin. New to this so still discover what I can eat carb wise.

 

Snowy12

Well-Known Member

Messages

935

Location

Essex

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Tablets (oral)

Dislikes

Tuna,People spitting on the floor and ironing.

• Dec 10, 2014

• #4

Hi I feel exactly the same as you yesterday I felt ill,could of slept all day,numerous loo trips headache it just would not shift my first day of feeling like this on Metformin it makes me not want to take it I am on 1 a day slow release hopefully it will pass and my body will adjust.
Hope you feel better soon.

 

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))Denise((

Well-Known Member

Messages

1,593

Type of diabetes

Type 2

Treatment type

Tablets (oral)

• Dec 10, 2014

• #5

The more carbs you eat the more metformin affects you with wind. I can't eat wheat and take metformin. Best thing to do is to low carb.

 

SuzyMo

Well-Known Member

Messages

58

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 10, 2014

• #6

Thanks for the advice guys. Glad I'm not on my own with this.

 

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Daibell

Master

Messages

12,677

Location

Hertfordshire, England

Type of diabetes

LADA

Treatment type

Insulin

• Dec 10, 2014

• #7

HI and welcome. Yes, do ask to be swapped to Metformin SR (Slow Release) which is much kinder to the bowels