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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2088181" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Slow release metformin is usually switched to if you get the runs from the regular kind. Bit kinder on the intestines and stomach. Dryness of mouth is more a symptom that indicates high bloodsugars. Are you drinking enough? Are your bloodsugars still in the double digits? As for breakfast, it's a metformin thing... Without it you could go for intermittent fasting (not eating until lunch), but as long as you're not 100% on what type you are, and are stuck with medication.... Not a safe thing to try. As for metformin, it also has sleepiness as a side effect, and just feeling cruddy in general. So if you felt like that before the hypo you had, it could be a side effect. Metformin is a go-to, the first thing perscribed, but there's a lot of other meds you could be switched to, if that does seem to be the cause of some discomfort. </p><p></p><p>There's a lot yet to find out. But you know where to go if you have questions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2088181, member: 401801"] Slow release metformin is usually switched to if you get the runs from the regular kind. Bit kinder on the intestines and stomach. Dryness of mouth is more a symptom that indicates high bloodsugars. Are you drinking enough? Are your bloodsugars still in the double digits? As for breakfast, it's a metformin thing... Without it you could go for intermittent fasting (not eating until lunch), but as long as you're not 100% on what type you are, and are stuck with medication.... Not a safe thing to try. As for metformin, it also has sleepiness as a side effect, and just feeling cruddy in general. So if you felt like that before the hypo you had, it could be a side effect. Metformin is a go-to, the first thing perscribed, but there's a lot of other meds you could be switched to, if that does seem to be the cause of some discomfort. There's a lot yet to find out. But you know where to go if you have questions. :) Jo [/QUOTE]
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