[Vhfcn-l] Metformin

[John Hart]

VA put me on Metformin about 6 months ago.  I took the damn stuff for 
about 4 months and got to hurting and aching all over, and nauseated 
about half the time.  I looked up  the side effects of the stuff and 
quit it cold turkey.  Within 4 to 5 days, I started feeling a LOT 
better.  I haven't taken it any more, and my A1C is holding at 6.2  VA 
can forget about me taking Metformin.  The doctors I see outside VA 
think that my A1C of 6.2  at almost 81 years of age is not high enough 
to warrant adding other meds for glucose.

On 10/3/2020 11:46 AM, Don Armstrong via Vhfcn-l wrote:
>  I know several people here have been treated for blood sugar 
> troubles. In my case I have been Severe Reactive Hypoglycemic for 
> years. That means my system over produces insulin so I have to watch 
> what I eat and eat several smaller meals spread out over the day. If I 
> get to much sugar my system over produces insulin and I will crash. 
> I'm sensitive to the warning signs of shakiness and sweats and I stop 
> what I'm doing and drink water and eat some cheese and pieces of 
> lettuce. Taking anything sweet like Orange juice just makes my insulin 
> production shoot right up and I get into a yoyo effect trying to 
> flatten it out. After about 30 minutes my blood sugar comes back up. 
> For years if my blood sugar went up to the 80's I got very sick. It 
> normally stayed in the low 50's to mid 70's. Now over the years it has 
> crept up until now it stays around 100 but does go to the mid 100's 
> and I feel like crap.
>
>  Now my latest blood tests show my A1C has gone from 5.8 two years 
> back to a 6.1 and now a 6.6. The VA wants me to start on Metaformin. I 
> heard stories of people getting messed up by it and trying to get off 
> of it. It bothers me that I still get my sugar crashes because I still 
> over produce insulin and I'm worried that Metaformin was created to 
> treat a person that does not produce enough insulin. Any ideas or 
> thoughts?
>
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