Hi all, 19f here. I'm not diabetic but I was prescribed Metformin because Abilify made me gain 10 lbs in a month from the way it changed my glucose and insulin levels. I thought I might have more luck with responses posting here because I know Metformin is used a lot for diabetic patients.

I've been on the Metformin for a few days and the bathroom issues are insane. Like, I cannot eat without a bathroom nearby because of how much it messes up my gut. I have Crohn's Disease so I need to get that under control, otherwise it can irritate my insides and aggravate the Crohn's.

Is there anything I can do or change to help with the diarrhea and stomach upset? Perhaps foods I should or shouldn't eat or supplements that could be helpful?

I also wanted to know about any advice in regards to Metformin and drinking. I had a quarter glass of red wine last night at dinner with my family to see if I could tolerate alcohol on this medication (I did some reading online and it really seems case-to-case and my family said they'd help if my blood sugar got low). My face got super red from the wine and I just felt generally unwell for about an hour, but there were no symptoms of low blood sugar; it's like the alcohol just hit me super hard and fast. Then when it wore off it felt like I was almost hungover!

Can I do anything to perhaps make drinking more enjoyable or tolerable on this medication? I don't drink frequently but my family is big into pairing wines with foods and desserts so I like to try whatever combo they've come up with once in a while.

Background info: I have POTS and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome so exercise is tough for me but I've found success with yoga, pilates, and short walks so that's what I do for the most part. I eat a generally well-balanced diet but I do have a sweet tooth although I try my best to watch my sugar. I'm also on a high sodium diet as prescribed by my doctor for POTS, because I tend to have extremely low blood pressure. Recently I had electrolytes, vitamins, and all those things checked on a blood panel and everything came back within the normal range.

Thank you for any advice or responses!

I recently started using one of those sensors to watch my food. Was doing great the first month. Now it seems like everything I eat that isn't ice or water causes me a a blood spike. If I don't eat my blood glucose goes. Down to between 110 and 125. However this morning I had a black coffee..no cream or sugar or anything just black as night...a bowl of steel cut oats with two eggs mixed in. My blood sugar skyrocketed...well for me. Shot up to 183. I can get these to go down but it's normally 2 to 4 hours after occurrence. Getting very frustrated...as otherwise I feel fine. I just want to be able to enjoy my food no matter how bad it is. I go in for my annual physical on Thursday so I'll see what the Dr says. Right now he's got me on metformin.

My husband and I were very interested in visiting Mongolia in September. Caveat is he is very concerned about storing his insulin and also being far away from clinics/hospitals when going out in more rural areas to experience the nature which is a must. I have only found one post about traveling to Mongolia but the individual only spent 3 days there.

Obviously I am sure many type 1 diabetics have been to Mongolia ( or even other very remote places from civilization)before and would like to know how you managed outside of populated areas.

Any and all insight would be incredibly welcomed.

Thank you so much!!

I’m currently awaiting antibody test results for LADA, after being diagnosed as Type 2 a few months before. My endo did an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, and when I came back a week later I found out the result was 435. The day I performed the test I was just going about my day, not knowing it was that high. It made me think of how many times my blood sugar has been in the 200, 300, even 400 range without realizing it.

What’s the highest you’ve seen yours at? Did you feel any symptoms?

I’ve had CFRD for 9 years now and after a lot of trial and error, control my sugars solely through strict diet and exercise. I haven’t taken any insulin in almost two years and my a1c is 6.5.

Earlier this year at my endo appointment, she mentioned that they’re beginning to see if type 2 meds can help better utilize whatever insulin type 3s may still produce. I recently got bloodwork done for my c-peptide level (451) but I won’t see my endo again until May to discuss this further 😑

Are any type 3Cs (CFRD specifically but happy to hear others’ experiences) on those meds currently? What has your experience been? Are they effective?

Hi everyone. I'm really worried about my mom's eye condition and hoping to get some guidance. She's 58, has mild diabetes (HbA1C at pre-diabetes level) and BP (mild, cholesterol at 126), height - 5'2, weight - 70kgs, Indian. No history of alcohol/smoking/drugs

The situation is scary - she's already lost central vision in her right eye (has a permanent dark spot in center, blurry on sides). We don't want the same happening to her left eye. While her left eye vision is currently normal, she experiences pain from time to time which really worries us.

We visited two of India's top eye hospitals (Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai and LV Prasad in Hyderabad). They just gave refresh tears and said "come back every 3 months for monitoring" - nothing else can be done preventively until damage starts. This feels like waiting for the problem to happen rather than preventing it. My mom is regularly exercising and maintaining a good diet since we diagnosed it, she's not on any eye medication except refresh tear drops

Questions keeping me up at night:

• Is there really nothing we can do preventively for the left eye while vision is still good? Has anyone went through anti VEGF injections? If yes, how early were you administered the injection?
• Should these periodic pains in left eye worry us?
• Are there any new treatments or trials anywhere for her right eye's central vision loss?
• Should we get more opinions even though major hospitals said nothing can be done?

Would really appreciate any insights or guidance. We're willing to travel anywhere or try any treatment to save her vision. TIA!

Tell us the crap you're dealing with this week. Did someone suggest cinnamon again? What about that relative who tried to pray the beetus away?

As always, please keep in mind our rules

Anyone here use topical metaformin? If so, how did it go for you? I am in Australia and not sure if I can get it compoinded here.

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Stress Hyperglycemia Drives the Risk of Hospitalization for Chest Pain in Patients With INOCA

I've noticed this for awhile that when i take my blood sugars the results can be upwards of 30-40 points different within a matter of seconds. Is this normal?

for example i took my sugars this morning and it was 150, less than 10 seconds later and it was 125.

I'm not on insulin just oral medication.

For those dealing with type 2 diabetes, what’s one food you hate way too much, probably contributed to your insulin resistance, probably knee it would as well and you still ate it?

I’m prediabetic and pizza is my Achilles heel. My blood glucose goes off the charts post pizza and stays elevated for a couple of days.

Hi! I am not really looking for medical advice but rather just if anyone else has experience with this. I ate dinner earlier and my BG was high before taking my Bolus insulin, about two hours after that it was down to normal, but now its high again? I do not really understand why that kind of thing happens???

I noticed the applicator was looking odd, but i couldn't figure what was wrong with it, i also didn't want to open a new sensor just to prove myself that something was off. Once i try to press the applicator onto the needle, i see it hanging there and realize that the sensor was not inside the applicator, lol

I hope that Abbot replaces it

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Bought a variety of low sugar gummy candies called Shamless and they tasted SO good. Went to look them up online and saw the reviews, now I fear I should prepare for colonoscopy level Armageddon in about 30 minutes. Has anyone tried these and had any issues? Do all sugar free candies run this risk??

Update: i survived the night with no side effects. However, knowing what I know now I'll be weary and only eat the SF stuff in moderation and when a bathroom is accessible... Just in case

I’ve heard some people say because of insulin resistance, diabetics don’t produce enough insulin so it can make it easier to lose weight (something like that) and I’m not sure if it’s true… I always thought it was the opposite 😭

I managed to lose around 8-10lbs in a month as someone who is also very short but I’ve seen other people say that it’s very hard for them to lose weight.

I’m just curious, what do you guys think? 🤔

I'm looking for 3/10. 1/2 inch, 30G. Needle and syringe. Don't matter if they are in one or 2 pieces.

Anyone have already done all the research and shopping around to see who/where has the best online, cheap, free delivery and all that??

Thank you

So, diagnosed as T2 three months ago after a trip to the ER with a bad infection on my foot and a case of DKA. I had a blood glucose of 320ish and an A1C of 10.2. After week in the hospital, a foot surgery and being pumped full of antibiotics and insulin I was discharged with instructions to use 20 units of Lantus daily as well as a sliding scale for use of Novolog before meals if my glucose is at 140.

I changed my diet by eliminating carbs and starches almost completely. And now, I’m rarely using the Novolog as my glucose rarely reaches 140.

I’m currently using a Libre3 (for the next few days anyway) and according to that my average glucose is 109 and the GMI is 5.9. I occasionally do a finger stick and the numbers are close to the Libre3.

I guess things are going well? I feel fine but it seems my numbers are a little atypical, just really only needing the Lantus. I see my doctor this week and I guess I’ll get bloodwork and my new A1C level.

So far, no huge spikes and no low lows. I guess I don’t know what I was really expecting. It’s so confusing.

Sorry for the rambling.

For reasons besides waking up to pee??? Like waking up for no reason. Broken sleep.

T2D with an a1c of 12.9% at diagnosis.

Literally have only had a monster ultra

Hi everyone, need some help as I'm have no information about type1.

A family friend daughter got type-1 diabetes and the current infra where they live in India isn't great and very painful for the kid. I'm trying to help them out by sending pump and other supplies. This would be out of pocket because they have an insurance plan from USA.

Any suggestions to the type of pumps I can buy? this should include out of pocket costs and some supplies.

Appreciate your help

Suspected LADA, waiting on antibody results. A1c has been hovering around 6.4 for years but now having symptoms. No insulin, no meds yet. Fasting bg runs 100-120.

Got a month of Stelo cgm and it's been interesting. Anything I eat, I spike. Fat and protein spike worse and longer than just sugar. Pretty much any meal I eat takes me up to 170-190 and it just sits there, even with activity. Oddly, laying down and napping does seem to help bring it down.

How long of a spike is too long though? I'm having spikes from meals lasting anywhere from 3-5 hours after meal. At that point it's almost layering honestly unless I just eat once a day. When it does go back down, it's usually around 120-130

I am considering the idea of using munjaro / ozempic as a t2. Do you need to use cgm with them also ? How helpful is it to have a cgm while taking these meds ? On ACA and costs are a bit of a concern.

Has anyone else been living on these miraculous Keto friendly low-carb waffles?!

As a former carb-aholic, these recipes are like miracles. I've made plain and cream cheese cinnamon roll chaffles, about to make pizza chaffles (the same type of dough makes absolutely delicious pizza muffins) and I plan on making sweet potato chaffles for Thanksgiving.

You can butter them, drizzle them in a sugar-free cream cheese frosting, spread them with nut butter, dip them in sugar-free marinara, use them as sandwich bread… they hardly raise my blood sugar at all, and they're super filling as well.

Has anyone else jumped on the chaffle bandwagon?!

Hey everyone! I'm not a huge fan of seafood but I know it's good for diabetics depending on how you cook it. Is it still beneficial to have seafood like shrimp and crab if I use some garlic butter?

Headed to a party but I haven't drank since being diagnosed with 1.5 LADA, 5 months ago... what's the safest alcoholic drink to have? I was a beer guy but I know that's not a good choice. Just took my readings at at 99 MG.

Any volunteers? Of course, I jest.

It is impossible for me to get moisturizer on my back when my wife is not around. Does anybody have a stick tool that they really like? One that doesn’t just slide around without really getting moisturizer into the skin with a replaceable/cleanable tool cover. Thanks for your thoughs.

My snesor is ending in 5 days and my appointment isnt till 2 weeks.

Good morning everyone,

Under the idea that a flat 20% tariff (60-100 if from China) is going to be placed on all foreign goods/intermediaries, I'm quite concerned I'm no longer going to be able to afford supplies for my Dexcom/Tandem. I already pay around $100/Mo for tandem cartridges/tubing w/insurance and typically the same for my Dexcom even when using each sensor twice.

At least from what I've found from their respective sites, Tandem creates the end product in their San Diego Facility but get their intermediaries overseas and Dexcom has a Malaysian Production site as well as one in Mesa AZ while receiving intermediaries from overseas.

It would be quite nice if either company could make an official statement as I'm sure others are worried just like myself that they may not be able to afford the products that keep us alive.