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Re: What is wrong with me??!!!From: Zowie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:28:03 -0600 (CST)
Hi Krystyna, Thanks for replying! Your post made a lot of sense and I'm wondering if the Met is just too powerful perhaps?? I'm at the lowest dose and I'm still having the same problems. I just spent nearly 2 weeks with diarrhea that was getting to be unbearable. Figures, as soon as I make an appt. for it, it's gone though. Is it normal to have diarrhea up to 6 times a day within the first 2 weeks? Anyhow, I see the Endocrinologist today, so I will be talking with her more about the Met. The GYN specialist Rx them for me, but now I was referred to the Endo. My period at least, did stop only 5 days after starting the Met and being taken OFF the BCPs (I was bleeding constantly). So I'm very thankful for that, but don't know how long this will last. Well, I need to get ready for my appt. so I need to get going. Thank you very much for your response though!!! I really do appreciate that!!! Take care. At Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Krystyna wrote: Hi Zowie, I don't know the precise way that Metformin works, but it seems to me you need to go back to your Doctor ASAP. I've been put on Metformin because of my PCOS but the 500mg 2x day was increased to 1g 2x day because they found I was just creeping in to the Type II diabetes bracket. As I understand it the Metformin makes your body more sensitive to the sugar in your blood stream and it is then taken up more rapidly. In your case it sounds like maybe you are already too sensitive. Maybe Metformin is not the answer for you. If you don't want to go back to your Doctor immediately, you could try buying one of those blood sugar testing kits. Here in the UK they are very cheap (heavily subsidised because the replacement testing strips and lances are correspondingly very expensive) or even free to diabetics. What I found is my own sugar levels shoot up straight after breakfast (when I have my first tablets) but quickly come down again. I do however have to keep a watch on when I am going to have my next meal. I've been told you should never allow more than 4 hours between meals and in fact it is better to have maybe 5 small meals regularly spaced in a day rather than the more normal further spaced apart 3. I've also found that when I have a period my sugar control goes to pot. I literally can't go more than 3 hours without something to eat or I start shaking. The shakes get so bad that I can't then get anything in to my mouth to help the situation. It frightened me so much the first time that now I keep an eye out for it and don't let it happen again. In the short term (I still feel you need to see your Doctor ASAP) I've been told by my diabetic clinic to always keep something like a packet of digestive biscuits (sweet biscuits with oats or some other wholemeal in) to hand because 1 of these should help overcome the problems. The sugar acts almost immediately while the wholemeal and fat break down more slowly (a bit like a time release sugar capsule). The other thing is I really suggest that while you are having these problems don't go too low on the carbs. Until you have your sugar levels under control you should make sure you have something like pasta, wholemeal bread etc with every meal. Good luck with the Metformin - xxKrystynaxx
-- -- Zowie :)
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