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<blockquote data-quote="picklebean" data-source="post: 301492" data-attributes="member: 38236"><p>Hi everyone. I'm type1 and I've been on victoza for nearly 4weeks now. I am on slow-release metformin for insulin resistance and PCOS and my doctor felt victoza might help bring down my very high levels of Lantus insulin and help me to lose some weight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I started out ok-ish on the 0.6 dose, with some nausea and a dramatically reduced appetite but about a week in the nausea got worse and I started vomiting. That slowly got better and I managed to increase to the 1.2 dose as advised. Since then I have hardly been able to eat a thing. I get nausea frequently and can maybe manage a dozen small bites of something incredibly plain and tasteless and then I can eat no more. Coupled with this I have been having diarrhea a few times a day if I do manage to eat anything, and sometimes I have to get up in the night to visit the toilet urgently too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am so exhausted, I'm guessing from not having any nutrition for weeks on end. Any car journey requires that I take a plastic bowl with me in case I vomit as the movement is just too much to cope with sometimes. In the first few days of taking Victoza I had a few hypos as I was adjusting my insulin levels down andit was incredibly scary to know how quickly my sugar levels were dropping whilst I felt completely unable to take in any glucose to counteract it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm now having to stay at my mother's house 24/7 just in case there's an emergency. I am so tired and so fed up. I have lost about half a stone but that's no surprise since I haven't been eating anything. My insulin levels are about half of what they were before taking Victoza and that is definitely a good thing but I'm wondering how long these side effects are going to last... I'm not sure how much more I can take! I feel like crying! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="picklebean, post: 301492, member: 38236"] Hi everyone. I'm type1 and I've been on victoza for nearly 4weeks now. I am on slow-release metformin for insulin resistance and PCOS and my doctor felt victoza might help bring down my very high levels of Lantus insulin and help me to lose some weight. I started out ok-ish on the 0.6 dose, with some nausea and a dramatically reduced appetite but about a week in the nausea got worse and I started vomiting. That slowly got better and I managed to increase to the 1.2 dose as advised. Since then I have hardly been able to eat a thing. I get nausea frequently and can maybe manage a dozen small bites of something incredibly plain and tasteless and then I can eat no more. Coupled with this I have been having diarrhea a few times a day if I do manage to eat anything, and sometimes I have to get up in the night to visit the toilet urgently too. I am so exhausted, I'm guessing from not having any nutrition for weeks on end. Any car journey requires that I take a plastic bowl with me in case I vomit as the movement is just too much to cope with sometimes. In the first few days of taking Victoza I had a few hypos as I was adjusting my insulin levels down andit was incredibly scary to know how quickly my sugar levels were dropping whilst I felt completely unable to take in any glucose to counteract it. I'm now having to stay at my mother's house 24/7 just in case there's an emergency. I am so tired and so fed up. I have lost about half a stone but that's no surprise since I haven't been eating anything. My insulin levels are about half of what they were before taking Victoza and that is definitely a good thing but I'm wondering how long these side effects are going to last... I'm not sure how much more I can take! I feel like crying! :( [/QUOTE]
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