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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1790259" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>Thanks for the balanced perspective. I "remember reading somewhere" about the reduction of 1%, which is significant, but I'd forgotten where I'd read it.</p><p></p><p>I'm very likely to be re-starting Metformin soon, but hopefully only temporarily. It's good to know what adverse side-effects to look out for as well the possible benefits. I figure that so long as one gets one's kidney function checked every now and then, and is aware of issues like the B12 absorption reduction, then it has to be worth a go.</p><p></p><p>It certainly has to be worth giving it a go if you've already made huge diet and lifestyle changes and are still struggling to keep levels low, which is the position I'm finding myself in now.</p><p></p><p>Perversely, my blood sugar levels have increased since I started doing a lot of walking at weekends, which my records show (and for once I made an accurate long while out this weekend) results in over-eating. It's like my body is desperate to maintain 100kg of weight. The less I eat and the more I walk at the weekend, the more ravenous I get in the day or two afterwards, and I always stop feeling ravenous just after I get back up to 100kg! It's like the crash-diet-then-regain-the-weight-and-then-some scenario but played out over 4 days rather than months! So I'm hoping that Metformin will give me that advantage that some people also report: reduction in appetite and assistance with weight loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1790259, member: 459333"] Thanks for the balanced perspective. I "remember reading somewhere" about the reduction of 1%, which is significant, but I'd forgotten where I'd read it. I'm very likely to be re-starting Metformin soon, but hopefully only temporarily. It's good to know what adverse side-effects to look out for as well the possible benefits. I figure that so long as one gets one's kidney function checked every now and then, and is aware of issues like the B12 absorption reduction, then it has to be worth a go. It certainly has to be worth giving it a go if you've already made huge diet and lifestyle changes and are still struggling to keep levels low, which is the position I'm finding myself in now. Perversely, my blood sugar levels have increased since I started doing a lot of walking at weekends, which my records show (and for once I made an accurate long while out this weekend) results in over-eating. It's like my body is desperate to maintain 100kg of weight. The less I eat and the more I walk at the weekend, the more ravenous I get in the day or two afterwards, and I always stop feeling ravenous just after I get back up to 100kg! It's like the crash-diet-then-regain-the-weight-and-then-some scenario but played out over 4 days rather than months! So I'm hoping that Metformin will give me that advantage that some people also report: reduction in appetite and assistance with weight loss. [/QUOTE]
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