[dlife]

I am feeling not so good. It's not even a month I've started Metformin and I have shortness of breath and tremendous weakness and dizziness too when I use it. I was off of it for 2 days, I felt sooo better but then the bg levels went up. Do I need to talk to the doc immedietely about this? I just want to know if everybody feels like this in the beginning and it settles down gradually or didn't you get any sort of symptoms at all? Please let me know.

[yannah]

well, i think you are really anxious too. do you feel really anxious??? just throwing that out there, cuz I have that problem....

how did I feel at first on met? I threw up and couldn't get out of bed for about 2.5 weeks. Dr. discontinued it. About a month later I tried met ER. I was fine on it and still am.

[Scrabblechick]

Yeah, talk to your doc, ASAP. My main problems with Met were gastrointestinal. We call them "Metfartin and the Gluco-poops" (since Glucophage is one name for Met). They disappeared after about 2 weeks, and I've been fine since.

So get on the horn to your doc.

[boxerfamily]

I have not had any problems on Metformin. I would contact your doctor. Your medicine is not supposed to make you that sick. Best of luck to you.

[art]

I came off insulin and went to metformin without a bit of problem.
Then moved up to Janumet a few weeks later. Still no problem

Art

[enigmalady777]

"Metfartin and the Gluco-poops"

Lol, that made me laugh!!

I had the gastric distress for several MONTHS when I first started taking metformin.

Keep in mind that I've been on it for over 10 years now.

[sugardumplin]

I felt like I was on chemotherapy. Doc took me off.

[PrettynPurple]

Originally Posted by Scrabblechick

Yeah, talk to your doc, ASAP. My main problems with Met were gastrointestinal. We call them "Metfartin and the Gluco-poops" (since Glucophage is one name for Met). They disappeared after about 2 weeks, and I've been fine since.

So get on the horn to your doc.

lmao, how funny, thats how i felt too

i was already feeling pretty nauseous before starting metformin due to my bs being high, although certain smells really made me wanna barf. Took a while to go away, i still get the poops every once in a while, related to stress or certain greasy, sugary meals i eat. colon cleansing is what i call it

[Scrabblechick]

I always thought that sounded like a good name for a punk band or something. LOL.

[dlife]

LOL!! Don't know how to find out if it's the metformin that's actually doing all this to me. I feel very sleepy throughout the day too.

[farm2c]

Originally Posted by Scrabblechick

Yeah, talk to your doc, ASAP. My main problems with Met were gastrointestinal. We call them "Metfartin and the Gluco-poops" (since Glucophage is one name for Met). They disappeared after about 2 weeks, and I've been fine since.

So get on the horn to your doc.

Oh, this is so true!

Dianne in Tennessee

[davef]

Originally Posted by dlife

LOL!! Don't know how to find out if it's the metformin that's actually doing all this to me. I feel very sleepy throughout the day too.

As has been said, Metformin side effects are normally gastric in nature, I tolerated it very well not sick at all but I have had one or two "Metformin Moments" when I took it before a meal and the meal was carby/greasy - I got really horrible cramps (don't know how women survive labor pains) followed by the world falling out of my bottom.

Talk to your Doctor, perhaps the ER (extended release) version would be better, but also bear in mind that if your numbers are running high that this can cause fatigue/lethargy.

[dlife]

I will David. I have an appointment tommorrow.