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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 1705035" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Thanks very much for your interest. I want Metformin because I have reduced my carbs to <20 daily, which IMO makes a balanced diet very difficult / impossible. And my bg is still not stellar. My FBG is by no means always 4.8. Jenny Ruhl suggests that in this situation, Metformin is the next step to take. </p><p></p><p>I want to have more than just tea and cream first thing partly because I need to gain some weight and reducing my meals effectively to just two will not help with that. I don't think it is a good idea to make my meals bigger, as I think that will lead to higher post prandial bgs, and also I don't want to force down food when I feel pogged. I am just hoping the symptoms are not due to Metformin, though I realise they may be. As I understand it, it takes abut a week for Metformin to start working and I have only been taking it for two, I'd like to give it a chance to settle down. So I think I'll start on the assumption that I have been over doing the fat, reduce that a little, and relax just a bit on the carb restriction in an attempt to replace the lost calories from fat. Then I'll see if (a) I start losing weight and (b) I start to feel less sickly. I can always abandon Metformin at a later stage.</p><p></p><p>My main problem with my bg is that pretty much regardless of the pre-prandial reading it tends to go up to over 6, sometimes as high as 6.8 after a low carb meal and then stay there . Since taking Metformin I think this has improved, but it's early days. The picture is confused by the fact that I suffer from delayed stomach emptying, so that sometimes the maximum rise comes at 2, 3 or even 4 hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 1705035, member: 429870"] Thanks very much for your interest. I want Metformin because I have reduced my carbs to <20 daily, which IMO makes a balanced diet very difficult / impossible. And my bg is still not stellar. My FBG is by no means always 4.8. Jenny Ruhl suggests that in this situation, Metformin is the next step to take. I want to have more than just tea and cream first thing partly because I need to gain some weight and reducing my meals effectively to just two will not help with that. I don't think it is a good idea to make my meals bigger, as I think that will lead to higher post prandial bgs, and also I don't want to force down food when I feel pogged. I am just hoping the symptoms are not due to Metformin, though I realise they may be. As I understand it, it takes abut a week for Metformin to start working and I have only been taking it for two, I'd like to give it a chance to settle down. So I think I'll start on the assumption that I have been over doing the fat, reduce that a little, and relax just a bit on the carb restriction in an attempt to replace the lost calories from fat. Then I'll see if (a) I start losing weight and (b) I start to feel less sickly. I can always abandon Metformin at a later stage. My main problem with my bg is that pretty much regardless of the pre-prandial reading it tends to go up to over 6, sometimes as high as 6.8 after a low carb meal and then stay there . Since taking Metformin I think this has improved, but it's early days. The picture is confused by the fact that I suffer from delayed stomach emptying, so that sometimes the maximum rise comes at 2, 3 or even 4 hours. [/QUOTE]
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