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Thread: Low energy
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Old 09-23-2009, 12:48 PM
foxl foxl is offline
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Originally Posted by Rekarb View Post
Linda

The fatigue didn't start until the Actos kicked in so it certainly is playing a part. But you have to figure that anything that lowers blood glucose has to be something of a drain. I really wonder about how this drug works. I know what the literature says but frankly a shot of whiskey seems to lower my bg faster and with less side effects then this stuff.
Right now I'm in the situation of taking in more carbs to offset the fatigue. I am more ready than ever to go on insulin and drop this drug.

Mike
Mike, I would get call your MD and get off it, ask for something else, your choice. It did not affect me that way, in fact I had no obvious side effects, but I am just as glad to be rid of it.

I think there is more to it than lower blood sugar -- I actually feel BETTER, lower, and more energetic.
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Feb 18 A1c 6.1
Nov 30 A1c (MD office) 5.6%
Jul 09 ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
Mar 10 C-pep 2.8 (20 g carb); GAD 3.2

metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.2


coming soon ... : Levemir


We DID NOT eat our way here.
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