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I hit a wall last week. I realized how much stress is impacting my blood sugar readings.


Taking 1500 mg of metformin a day isn't helping.

Following a strict 90 g carb or less diet isn't helping.

Exercising 5 times a week totalling 150 minutes or more isn't helping.

Balance ball & yoga isn't helping.


The only way out is to remove myself from a stressful work environment. I have requested a reduction in work hours. Besides the fact that I… Continue

I wanted to believe that metformin would help with the monster PMS that has been occurring for the past 4-5 cycles. Feeling extremely depressed & anxious, I really wanted to believe it was connected to the higher blood sugars I'd been experiencing.

This is my second round of PMS with the metformin, though I started the met (and following deit and exercise more rigidly) around the time PMS began last month.

No relief. At all.

~5 lbs lost. Frustrating when I'm exercising 5-6 days a week and following diet (in fear of metformin side effects). Going to add more balance ball & yoga into the mix. I felt great after returning to my friend the balance ball earlier this week.

Post-prandials aren't AS bad (<200) as they were pre-metformin (>200), but they're not as good as I'd like. I know, I know, they say it'll be 2-4 weeks after I reach my target dose that I'll see results.

I'm wondering how mu… Continue

The good news?

GI side effects have subsided, other than some heartburn and abdominal cramping when I eat too much.

Exercising as much as possible and definitely following diet.

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The bad news?

I had one of those bad post-breakfast numbers again yesterday. I didn't get a fasting reading, but even despite a 25-minute elliptical workout before breakfast, I still managed a 255 about an hour after eating. (And yeah, I double-checked and got 247.) …
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Been on the 500 mg AM / 500 mg PM dose for 10 days now. Still having slight GI problems, but it seems to be getting better the past couple days. Yesterday, my co-workers said I looked better than I had in over a week.

Contemplating whether I need to increase the dosage or not. I will take a look at my numbers over the next week and decide. My endo's goal was 2000 mg daily, but 1000 mg seems to be enough. I wonder if the GI side effects have created decent numbers or if it really is the… Continue