Patricia B
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Metformin can cause explosive 'rhea, so if that doesn't abate after 2 weeks, it's not going to. You might want to ask for a slow release version, or go the diet route instead, which is what a lot of people have done here. It's not about whether or not you eat rubbish, it's about how many carbs are in there.... Rice, weetabix, toast etc contain a lot of carbs, and your body can't handle those. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/ might help a little, as well as dietdoctor.com (no need to pay, lots on there is free), so you can still cook from scratch without loading up on things that make your blood sugars rise. Also, low fat isn't the best thing for diabetics, as when they take the fats out, they usually put carbs in to compensate for the loss of flavour and bulk. Carbs up blood glucose, but fats are a sugar flatline. Hit the full fat cheeses.This is new to me, Ive never had a blood sugar problem, but always a weight problem & Ive told the Drs plenty of times somethings not right, my diet isnt perfect but far from rubbish. Almost everything I cook is made fresh from scratch, low fat & low sugar.
The Dr was really supportive and started me on Metformin about 10 days ago, first 4 days were fine, I then made up some greek yoghurt, honey & passion fruit and about an hour later went down with horrific diarrhoea & ive felt sick & lethargic since.
My calorie intake went from about 2400 a day to 500, it took 4 days to eat a small roast and I thought, great, I'm on the mend. I forced myself to have weetabix with lacto free milk for breakfast the following day, having not been eating I wondered if it was this that was making me lethargic, within about 1/2 an hour I threw breakfast up, back to not eating & forcing myself to drink, just water with fresh lemon currently. Ive managed to eat a few slices of toast a day with a little pate & crabstix & started the last two nights with dinner, fresh tuna & rice, no sauces, lethargic in the morning but started to feel a bit better this afternoon & kept it all down & in Wonderful, were moving on...
Until...
Tonight, my daughter made a cheese & mushroom risotto, I had a small bowl & within 1/2 an hour it was through me and I'm back to full on diarrhoea. Sorry for the graphics.
I've never had a food intolerance, does the body adjust to Metformin & get over these side effects?
I’m not sure I would agree that it is outdated. Many drugs are many decades one and still seen as usefulMetformin is an outdated cheap first line medication. Together with low carbs and excessive exercise it can slow down a pre diabetic condition turning into full blown diabetes type 2. But otherwise it’s causing lots of gastrointestinal problems, slow release or not.
This is new to me, Ive never had a blood sugar problem, but always a weight problem & Ive told the Drs plenty of times somethings not right, my diet isnt perfect but far from rubbish. Almost everything I cook is made fresh from scratch, low fat & low sugar.
The Dr was really supportive and started me on Metformin about 10 days ago,
I am not sure how you have made the unhealthy assessment. It is not not sold as a weight loss treatment, it does appear in some cases to help support weight loss longer term but not in a substantial manner, more of an aid.Did they give you a blood test and diagnose anything?
Metformin for weight loss (as you are unfortunately discovering) can be effective but in an incredibly unhealthy way.
I had similar problems to you so changed what I ate, threw the pills in the bin, lost a load of weight and got healthy.
As other have said it's not only added sugar that is the problem as all starchy foods turn into some form of sugar when ingested so are best avoided for weight loss.
the unhealthy assessment
I believe we are at crossed purposes here, often the trouble with the internet. That's not what I said was healthy, and tried to make plain that this isn't the way Metformin is supposed to aid with weight loss from all advice I have seen and been given.Losing weight through episodes of diarrhea is healthy somehow?
I think not.
I'm not sure why the OP was prescribed metformin.. perhaps we should wait for her reply?
This is new to me, Ive never had a blood sugar problem, but always a weight problem & Ive told the Drs plenty of times somethings not right, my diet isnt perfect but far from rubbish. Almost everything I cook is made fresh from scratch, low fat & low sugar.
The Dr was really supportive and started me on Metformin about 10 days ago, first 4 days were fine, I then made up some greek yoghurt, honey & passion fruit and about an hour later went down with horrific diarrhoea & ive felt sick & lethargic since.
My calorie intake went from about 2400 a day to 500, it took 4 days to eat a small roast and I thought, great, I'm on the mend. I forced myself to have weetabix with lacto free milk for breakfast the following day, having not been eating I wondered if it was this that was making me lethargic, within about 1/2 an hour I threw breakfast up, back to not eating & forcing myself to drink, just water with fresh lemon currently. Ive managed to eat a few slices of toast a day with a little pate & crabstix & started the last two nights with dinner, fresh tuna & rice, no sauces, lethargic in the morning but started to feel a bit better this afternoon & kept it all down & in Wonderful, were moving on...
Until...
Tonight, my daughter made a cheese & mushroom risotto, I had a small bowl & within 1/2 an hour it was through me and I'm back to full on diarrhoea. Sorry for the graphics.
I've never had a food intolerance, does the body adjust to Metformin & get over these side effects?
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