Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Newly Diagnosed
Losing too much weight
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Keith_Simpson" data-source="post: 1889254" data-attributes="member: 401116"><p>Either you are not eating enough carbohydrate to produce sufficient glucose for your daily needs OR you have inadequate insulin to use the glucose that you do have, so your body thinks it hasn't enough glucose & then releases stored glucose that in fact is not needed. You will have to decide which because there doesn't appear to be any test to determine if you have adequate insulin to satisfy your normal requirements. If insufficient insulin is the problem then medication to reduce resistence may help but often these come with side effects. Only insulin is without side effects, if used carefully to avoid hypos & by the way is more likely to result in weight gain than loss. More importasnt though, insulin is the only thing that takes back control from the diabates. Unfortunately many GP's will not want to prescribe insulin for type 2, at least not at first. I was given metformin of course & immediately [the next day] developed Raynaud's syndrome [ice cold extremities] which lasted 6 months after I stopped Metformin but it did go back to normal in the end. This is not a recognised side effect. of metformin, probably because GP's will usually dismiss cold extremities as caused by diabetes itself as opposed to metformin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith_Simpson, post: 1889254, member: 401116"] Either you are not eating enough carbohydrate to produce sufficient glucose for your daily needs OR you have inadequate insulin to use the glucose that you do have, so your body thinks it hasn't enough glucose & then releases stored glucose that in fact is not needed. You will have to decide which because there doesn't appear to be any test to determine if you have adequate insulin to satisfy your normal requirements. If insufficient insulin is the problem then medication to reduce resistence may help but often these come with side effects. Only insulin is without side effects, if used carefully to avoid hypos & by the way is more likely to result in weight gain than loss. More importasnt though, insulin is the only thing that takes back control from the diabates. Unfortunately many GP's will not want to prescribe insulin for type 2, at least not at first. I was given metformin of course & immediately [the next day] developed Raynaud's syndrome [ice cold extremities] which lasted 6 months after I stopped Metformin but it did go back to normal in the end. This is not a recognised side effect. of metformin, probably because GP's will usually dismiss cold extremities as caused by diabetes itself as opposed to metformin. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Newly Diagnosed
Losing too much weight
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…