Hi everyone

just trying to find my way around tried to fill in the questions bit but nothing was happening, anyway finally got to something I can actually write in now I can't think what to write and am not completely sure where this will get posted too. Anyway hello everyone I've been diabetic officially for 3 years but it is suspected probably half my life, just started to use Byetta this week, struggling a bit, just wondered if it made any one else feel really sleepy... since Monday I've slept virtually all day and night it doesn't say anything about drowsiness... So don't know if it just a coincidence and my laziness has just reached new heights. If any one has any advice about using Byetta I would welcome any tips... Thanks!
Josey

Thanks everyone bit lost on this site still, i'll work it out, eventually! Sorry mo1905 wasn't being rude, just had a small operation and been out of it for a few days! I've gone on Byetta because the metformin and Glicazide weren't as effective any more and despite doing the low carbs diet my sugar was still hitting 20+. Must admit last couple of days it has dropped to an average of about 10 but it's still too high don't know what else to do except not eat. Got to see the diabetic consultant in a couple of weeks time I thought I'll sit it out till then give this new stuff time to work go from there. I didn't know that diabetes can make you tired... In fact I don't know much about the effects of diabetes at all, I just sort of took the pills everything seemed to sort itself out and it's only in the last few months that things seem to have gone wrong my diabetic nurse said my pancreas is packing up.

I'm going to have a look round the site see if I can make sense of it all, I'm using a blackberry tablet and sometimes the layouts are a bit different any way see ya later. Lol

Hi Marvin, thanks for getting in touch, I've had the strange taste, as well, my sugar levels have settled down at about 7.9 but I'm still taking 2metformin and 2 Glicazide twice a day. They have said that I will start on 5 micrograms for first three months then they will review if I need to go up to 10. The nausea does stop quite quickly. It has surprised me how quickly I've got used to doing the injections, how are you getting on?. When do you take your injections. I still haven't quite worked it out cos my two main meals are lunch around 12:30ish and then dinner or tea at about 6pm. At first I was injecting about half an hour before these meals... but my sugar was getting too high in the mornings so I started to inject once in the morning and then half an hour before my evening meal. It gets a bit complicated because I have to take a handful of pills for other conditions which I have to take with food first thing in the morning... I was told that I must take the pills first before the Byetta as the Byetta slows down the digestion of the pills... So I am having to have a couple of mouthfuls of a low carb food wait an hour then do the injection... Then have some toast... Anyway it definitely has lowered my sugar which is a good thing and I feel a lot better for it. I go to lots of clinics for different things none of them have even heard of byetta, have you found the same?
Anyway, hope you keep in touch it is good to know of someone else going through the same. Take good care of yourself. Josey.