Last year for a reason I can only put down to having undiagnosed underactive thyroid I was in immense pain around my shoulders torso and hips to the point my fingers started to tingle and go numb with some sort of what felt like pressure. I'd tried every pain killer up to tramadol and nothing worked. The doctor gave me steroids they were wonderful but by hell it make my insulin shoot up! Total daily basal of 120-140 units. Christ. Finally got diagnosed and taken off steroids and within a few days of taking thyroxine I was feeling relief and my energy came back. My insulin needs never went back to normal. This was back in September. By Xmas I was really getting annoyed with it all and questioned if I had gotten t2 as a result of steroid use. I gained about 1.5 stone during taking the steroids and lost half a stone after coming off the steroids so still have the extra stone hanging on with all its might. I was laughed at and told I was just eating too much. Thanks. As a result of that I starved myself to try and shift some weight but It didn't work. I went back 4 more times and asked for metformin. No. Last month it had gotten to the point where I was taking that much insulin even splitting my 2 basal doses into 2 chunks - about 64 units am and same for pm so injecting 32 and 32- was leaving lumps and it just wasn't getting through as a result I wasnt able to control my sugar any more. My hba1c is terrible. The doctor finally agreed! 2nd day on metformin today my am basal was 34 units and I will try the same 34 units for pm basal and see how I go through the night. What a dramatic drop! Playing hell with my guts but just keeping food plain and bland and keeping imodium to hand. It has seriously curbed my appetite and along with decreased insulin needs I might actually start to loose some weight. My starting dose is 500mg for the first week and to see how well my body has adjusted then when I feel ready to up to 500mg twice a day. Feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders finally!!