Lightheadedness?

[Holly In RI]

Does anyone experience this while on Metformin? I have nto really experienced this in the past, but since started taking it, I feel this way oncein a while. I am not sure if it means sugar is too high, too low, or if its just stress doing this...

:argh:

[JacquiS]

I've experienced everything from night sweats, gastrointestinal distress and vomiting with Metformin including the light-headness but that usually comes with the vomiting. It takes awhile...sometimes a couple of months for all of that to settle down. It sounds though that you've been on it for awhile so I'm not sure why you would be experiencing that now. Every once in awhile it still makes my stomach go nuts but for the most part I'm good with it now.

Stress can do a lot of things to your body...perhaps that is it...

Does anyone experience this while on Metformin? I have nto really experienced this in the past, but since started taking it, I feel this way oncein a while. I am not sure if it means sugar is too high, too low, or if its just stress doing this...

:argh:

[Holly In RI]

I've experienced everything from night sweats, gastrointestinal distress and vomiting with Metformin including the light-headness but that usually comes with the vomiting. It takes awhile...sometimes a couple of months for all of that to settle down. It sounds though that you've been on it for awhile so I'm not sure why you would be experiencing that now. Every once in awhile it still makes my stomach go nuts but for the most part I'm good with it now.

Stress can do a lot of things to your body...perhaps that is it...


actually I have only been on it for 2 months....

still learning a lot...:confused:

[Peter Lee]

Does anyone experience this while on Metformin? I have nto really experienced this in the past, but since started taking it, I feel this way oncein a while. I am not sure if it means sugar is too high, too low, or if its just stress doing this...

:argh:

You haven't posted your sugar levels but I would guess that what you are experiencing is your body's reaction to your sugar levels starting to fall. Once you are stable at a 'normal' level you shouldn't get light headed unless you have a real hypo (which you shouldn't do if the only thing you are taking is Metformin)

[ladytaz]

When I first started taking Metformin and Glipizide, I felt like that for the first few weeks. And doc told me it was because of my blood sugars fluctuating so much and my body wasn't used to the "better" levels either. But you've been taking this for a while now. Unless you've been staying on the high side, and are now finally comeing down, I don't know what would cause it. Do you check your BGL when you feel like this to see if you are running high or low?? If not, do so and treat accordingly. Low: eat something with carbs til you rise to normal (test every 10 min to check if moving on up). High: eat something with very low or no carbs until you come back down to normal.(don't have to test as often for that - I'd check every hour or so)

I hope it goes away tho, that's a yukky feeling!

[notme]

Holly, what have your blood sugar readings been when you feel lightheaded? Have you kept a record of your blood sugar?