My diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes

ianf0ster said:

Hi @Jibril and welcome to the forum.

As has been said, we can't give medical advice, but we can share our experiences which tend to vary a fair bit because T2D is very individual. You should always talk to your GP before taking decisions about your medication, but it's often best to arm yourself with some knowledge first.

There are many Type2 diabetics who are in remission and did that without much (if any) medication. You are taking Galvis Met which is a combination of Metformin with Vildagliptin. While it's easy to come off Metformin. which has much smaller effect on Blood Glucose than does what you eat, that is not the case for ...gliptins because they directly lower Blood Glucose making it possible to get hypoglycemia unless it isn't boosted by eating 'enough carbs to match the effect of the...glyptin. This is unfortunate since most T2D's stay in remission by limiting the total carbohydrates they eat each day - in my case down to only between 20gms and 40gms of carbs per day!

There are generally 2 possible dosages of Galvus Met (either 1 or 2 tablets per day = 50mg or 100mg of Vildgliptin per day), so if you are on 2 per day then it may be possible to reduce carbohydrates slowly and reduce the Galvus Met in 2 stages to match it.

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