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<blockquote data-quote="Fairy_Nuff" data-source="post: 1382582" data-attributes="member: 378468"><p>I've had IBS for over 20 years and diabetes for 9 years. I started on a low dose of slow release Metformin around 6 years ago, which was slowly increased to 2000mg/day. The IBS became intolerable, and around 4 years ago my dose was halved, and I'm now on Victoza too.</p><p></p><p>But here's the interesting thing. That year I had suffered from severe anxiety too, despite it being a year between two serious sources of anxiety. I wasn't myself at all. I would worry about things for days in advance, and was snappy. It adversely affected an otherwise consistently good work record. It felt as though live electric wires were clashing in my head. But when my Metformin was halved, all that just disappeared as well. It took me a few weeks to make the connection, and when I did I Googled Metformin and anxiety. Metformin is diagnosed for polycystic ovarian disease too, and I found forum posts relating to that ailment which reported ladies were suffering anxiety when taking Metformin. That was my experience, and it's never returned in that form despite having cause for anxiety over recent years. My doctor was surprised when I explained my experience, and was unaware of that as a side effect, but seemed to give credence to my account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairy_Nuff, post: 1382582, member: 378468"] I've had IBS for over 20 years and diabetes for 9 years. I started on a low dose of slow release Metformin around 6 years ago, which was slowly increased to 2000mg/day. The IBS became intolerable, and around 4 years ago my dose was halved, and I'm now on Victoza too. But here's the interesting thing. That year I had suffered from severe anxiety too, despite it being a year between two serious sources of anxiety. I wasn't myself at all. I would worry about things for days in advance, and was snappy. It adversely affected an otherwise consistently good work record. It felt as though live electric wires were clashing in my head. But when my Metformin was halved, all that just disappeared as well. It took me a few weeks to make the connection, and when I did I Googled Metformin and anxiety. Metformin is diagnosed for polycystic ovarian disease too, and I found forum posts relating to that ailment which reported ladies were suffering anxiety when taking Metformin. That was my experience, and it's never returned in that form despite having cause for anxiety over recent years. My doctor was surprised when I explained my experience, and was unaware of that as a side effect, but seemed to give credence to my account. [/QUOTE]
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