Would love to ditch Metformin!
I am a 5'2" skinny 62 yr. old female T2 diabetic diagnosed 6 years ago. I've gone WFPlant based in hopes of improving but I still have trouble. What does one have to do to to reverse this ugly disease?
@4posie you might want to bring it up to your doctor and see if they can come up with something else for you to try.
I'd watch trying all of the "try this and it's guaranteed to bring your sugars under control". When I was first dx someone told me to try some oils from this one site they always bought stuff from(their vitamins etc). So I go to that site looking at the stuff he had talked about. All of it said never tested on humans or maybe tested on one person. Ahhh, what kind of crap were they trying to pull. But I'd seriously watch trying out home remedies w/o talking to your doctor and team. Again, talk to your doctor and see what she/he advises.
Wife keeps telling me about all the stuff she sees on television advertising to just sprinkle it on your food and in your drinks and whala you're under control. I've even seen where some were posting on a social site about putting okra in a glass of water and drinking it and how you'd be off of insulin etc. Really?? Yet I'm sure people were falling for that kind of stuff too.
Be very careful of what you do on your own. You could do more harm than good at times. So, give them a call or bring it up when you visit them next time around.
I totally agree with Riddler. Unfortunately nowadays there are many scammers. I think the pharmaceutical industry has long been making dirty money.
Has anyone experienced chronic diarrhea with metformin? When diagnosed with diabetes in 2017 put on 500 mg once in morning and 500 mg once at night. Extended release. First two weeks was nightmare with diarrhea. Then leveled off and stopped until August of 2019 when due to recommendation to my doctor by diabetic counselor it was increased due to elevated A1C. Doctor did so from 1000 mg in 24 hrs to 2000 mg in 24 hrs. Extended release. Diarrhea came back with a vengeance. Told doc in February of 2020 he decreased to 500 mg extended release in morning and 1000 mg extended release at night. Diarrhea still ongoing. I see doc in May. My question has anyone else experienced this or as my doc has said, “you’re a hard nut to crack”.
Apparently yes people do get diarrea from Metformin it could level off again with your dose being raised but I would try something else if it doesn’t level off.
Your doctor to probably raised the amount to fast also.
