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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1880831" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hi, welcome! It does sound familliar... Metformin was hell for me. You could put in a call and ask for the slow release kind, if you're willing to experiment with the risk of responding badly to it. If not, there is other medication out there, it's just that metformin is the first thing they try. You've got options. Best thing to do though is change your diet. As a T2, you can't process carbs out of your system effectively anymore (and all carbs turn to bloodsugar, including the savoury ones. White, brown, doesn't matter). So that's certainly worth looking into. Meds didn't agree with me at all (I was simultaneously put on statins, which aggrivated my rheumatism as well). On low carb I could ditch both the diabetes- and cholesterol lowering medication and still achieve non-diabetic levels. So if you end up wanting to look into a no-pill way due to side effects, you can. In any case, metformin isn't your only option. </p><p></p><p>Hope you feel better soon!</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 1880831, member: 401801"] Hi, welcome! It does sound familliar... Metformin was hell for me. You could put in a call and ask for the slow release kind, if you're willing to experiment with the risk of responding badly to it. If not, there is other medication out there, it's just that metformin is the first thing they try. You've got options. Best thing to do though is change your diet. As a T2, you can't process carbs out of your system effectively anymore (and all carbs turn to bloodsugar, including the savoury ones. White, brown, doesn't matter). So that's certainly worth looking into. Meds didn't agree with me at all (I was simultaneously put on statins, which aggrivated my rheumatism as well). On low carb I could ditch both the diabetes- and cholesterol lowering medication and still achieve non-diabetic levels. So if you end up wanting to look into a no-pill way due to side effects, you can. In any case, metformin isn't your only option. Hope you feel better soon! Jo [/QUOTE]
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