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Metformin... again!

Thank you this is gr8 advice!! I'm going to try and take one with brekkie one with evening meal and see how I go as this wk has been horrendous!! I have been very strict this wk and sticking to 50g carb per meal and actually most meals are hitting 30carb and some 13. I feel so much better but the effects have been worse then ever!! I do wanna come off the drug and do this through diet and exercise. I am seeing a dietician next wk so will discuss then. Thank you so much for your post
 
Thank you so much!! A for the lovely welcome too. First time I've commented and over whelmed at the support!! Thank you
 
I had a HbA1C of 99 at diagnosis. Most recent test was 41 and this was after I shopped taking Metformin. I have managed to reduce my blood sugars purely by reducing the amount of carbohydrates I eat. That means cutting out breakfast cereals, bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. Also I stopped drinking fruit juice and eating most fruit except strawberries.

Metformin only reduces blood sugars by a small amount regardless of how much you take.
 
Update... Ive not been told to stop my metformin and gliclazide and been given a medication called Janumet, which i was pleased about until I realised its still primarily metformin! Worried now that its going to give me stomach problems, I've just this second taken my first tablet.
 

My question is how do you manage daily protein intake in OMAD ? I am newly diagnosed with a1c of 78. On dr bernstein guide of low carb diet, 2x500 slow release metformin morning/evening meals. However, after 6 weeks i am still unable to get my postprandial below 100, its constantly in the range of 115 2h postmeal, 95 before meals and close to 90 fasting. I am loosing my belly fat, i was 70 kg and now 63, but target is 55 because im short. from your anyone else experience, will my postprandial improve on the same diet/meds or i will need to add something else?
 

Hi @zamalik and welcome to the forum. You have responded to a 3yr old thread. You’ll get a better response if you post your own new thread in an appropriate sub forum.
 
It is really easy. Eat your normal meal, then add either add something like a tin or 2 of sardines / mackerel in water, an extra portion of meat, a snack size side dish of bacon or bacon and eggs, peanut butter on coconut / cream pancakes, a couple of chaffles (look up Keto versions on YouTube), coconut flakes with milk or full fat Greek Yogurt.

6 weeks is a very short time, insulin resistance was probably built up over decades. What is important is the general trends. I can recall getting fbg's in the 5's and wondering how people were getting early 4's. At the time I was exercising like mad and eating well. For me the changes came with a combination of reducing plants, increasing animal proteins and removing home made soda bread; I wish I would have removed one at a time to understand what made the most difference.

Anyway, give your body a chance to heal and maybe optimise

P.S.
I have not tried to go back to previous ways for 3 reasons. Don't want the complications again, the "rubbish" does not meet my bodies standards of nutrition / benefit and I prefer savoury.
 
I have never understood the medical logic of..
This is making me ill..
OK, so we will double it!
It's a good job that they no longer prescribe radium for diabetes..
Will the people that any form of Metformin, did any good, please stand up.
Acid reflux, regurgitation, stomach cramps, diarrhoea and constipation are all "normal" side effects..
Dr., have seen the side effects of ingesting large amount of Arsenic?
 
I was on it for over a decade with no side effects. It did have an impact on my blood levels, may not have been as large an impact as some other drugs I was on but it was an improvement

I know that for some of my has nasty side effects and slow release can improve that for some, but for others it is unfortunately not tolerated

So, here’s at least one person saying it worked. It is well known, generally minimal side effects, so is the standard go to drug

not trying to minimise the issue as it clearly can be a nasty experience but all drugs have issues, in the main, there are worse
 
I'm standing up here.
 
I don't mind the normal side effects. I only get them when I eat more carbs than I should anyway. A quick dash to the loo is a small price to pay for something that helps me lose weight. I don't call stomach cramps and diarhheoa being ill. Being a woman I used to get that every month anyway in my younger days! I call having a broken metabolism being ill. Without metformin I walked 2 miles a day and ate around 1200 cals of low carb food and didn't lose a pound. With metformin I lost 2 and a half stone. Metformin helped me to help myself.
 
Hi thank you. I am on a reduced carb diet and doing well on it. Do you mind me asking what happened when you came off metformin? What does it actually do? Thanks again. Great to hear you have a new lease of life!!
I found coming off Metformin life changing frankly. The diarrhoea stopped also the cramps headaches and brain fog. I find Metformin does nothing for any of my levels, just kept them there the same ticking over. I was offered and am now taking Dapagliflozin, after 4 months all levels are falling, blood sugar has gone from 61 to 57 or 7.6 to 7.4 whichever graph you use ( can't understand why there are 2 ) and my waist size has reduced 3 inches and weight is dropping. Very few side effects, the only one I have found is slight urinary problems, much preferred to constant toilet rush of diarrhoea and cramps. Hope this helps.
 
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