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<blockquote data-quote="Ruth B" data-source="post: 902850" data-attributes="member: 111960"><p>Congratulations on the weight loss. What type of diet did you chose to follow to loose the weight, it could be that you could control the diabetes and lose the weight by going for a low carb diet. If you have already gone low carb that might be responsible for some of what you are feeling. Some of us do go through what can best be described as flu like symptoms (with out the cold) when we first low carb, it normally lasts a week or two and then we start feeling so much better. Not knowing what you are eating means that I can't really make an opinion but just put it forward as a possibility.</p><p> </p><p>I would also say that the best thing you could do would be to self test, if your DN won't give you a meter consider funding it yourself, the Codefree meter seems to be the cheapest option and is available through Amazon or from other online suppliers direct (sorry I can't remember the name, I get mine through Amazon). You will get plenty of advise about testing here if you do decide to get one.</p><p> </p><p>When my BS is either high or low it effects my mood, and having tested at those times I now know what moods come with what levels (tired, drowsy, can't concentrate when high, irritable, can't concentrate, shaky and irrational when low) so the depression might be a sign of low blood sugar but the only way is to test, it might also be a false hypo if your body is used to your BS being higher than is normal. When I first started testing I could have what felt like a hypo with a blood sugar in the mid 5s which is an almost perfect level, I then knew it was just a case of teaching my body that that was a normal level.</p><p> </p><p>If you really find you can't manage Metformin there are other options out there and with effort you might find that you can control this with diet alone. April last year I had an HBA1C of 71 (sorry I don't know what that is in %) and my Metformin was increased to 4 tablets a day, the maximum dose. That was when I decided to take control, with self testing and reducing my carb intake I reduced it to 44 (I think the doctor said 6.6% can someone correct me if my hearing wasn't working) at the last lest at the start of this month and the Metformin is now down to 2 tablets a day. Look at the other success stories on this forum and the food threads to give you ideas of what to eat. Hopefully that will make you feel a bit better and realise that it is not a one way journey and you can control this condition yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruth B, post: 902850, member: 111960"] Congratulations on the weight loss. What type of diet did you chose to follow to loose the weight, it could be that you could control the diabetes and lose the weight by going for a low carb diet. If you have already gone low carb that might be responsible for some of what you are feeling. Some of us do go through what can best be described as flu like symptoms (with out the cold) when we first low carb, it normally lasts a week or two and then we start feeling so much better. Not knowing what you are eating means that I can't really make an opinion but just put it forward as a possibility. I would also say that the best thing you could do would be to self test, if your DN won't give you a meter consider funding it yourself, the Codefree meter seems to be the cheapest option and is available through Amazon or from other online suppliers direct (sorry I can't remember the name, I get mine through Amazon). You will get plenty of advise about testing here if you do decide to get one. When my BS is either high or low it effects my mood, and having tested at those times I now know what moods come with what levels (tired, drowsy, can't concentrate when high, irritable, can't concentrate, shaky and irrational when low) so the depression might be a sign of low blood sugar but the only way is to test, it might also be a false hypo if your body is used to your BS being higher than is normal. When I first started testing I could have what felt like a hypo with a blood sugar in the mid 5s which is an almost perfect level, I then knew it was just a case of teaching my body that that was a normal level. If you really find you can't manage Metformin there are other options out there and with effort you might find that you can control this with diet alone. April last year I had an HBA1C of 71 (sorry I don't know what that is in %) and my Metformin was increased to 4 tablets a day, the maximum dose. That was when I decided to take control, with self testing and reducing my carb intake I reduced it to 44 (I think the doctor said 6.6% can someone correct me if my hearing wasn't working) at the last lest at the start of this month and the Metformin is now down to 2 tablets a day. Look at the other success stories on this forum and the food threads to give you ideas of what to eat. Hopefully that will make you feel a bit better and realise that it is not a one way journey and you can control this condition yourself. [/QUOTE]
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