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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1985566" data-attributes="member: 401801">You're doing really well, congratulations!As for going without meds, well, i just really wanted to be off them because I'm really one walking side effect when I take them. Metformin was hell, statins aggrivated the reumatism, it wasn't good. So while I did alright on gliclazide, I just didn't need it anymore when I changed my diet. Some go low carb without meds, some do the diet with meds, others don't change their diet at all and just let medication solve everything... But when that happens, diabetes is a progressive disease and will require ever more medication and probably, eventually, insulin. So if you're comfortable like this, stick with it.That said.... I'm not too sure your tummy troubles aren't due to the metformin. I'm seconding Brunneria here; discuss a trialperiod with your doc of going without for a while. Check your bloods to see whether there's a huge effect or no (I'm thinking your diet has made a bigger difference than the met anyway), and see how your gut responds. Could well be you'll feel better in a week or two, with little difference in bloodglucose. But again, discuss it with your GP first.</blockquote>

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