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How long does it take to recover from Metformin Fatigue
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I had been taking Metformin for over 10 years. It took me years to figure out the connection between taking Metformin and my constant fatigue. I was always tired. I would get home from work and lay down to relax and I would be asleep in a minute and then easily sleep for 3 hours. I suffered from a total lack of motivation. When I realized that my symptoms started around the time I began taking Metformin, I stopped taking it. This was about 2 months ago. Since then, I don't sleep 12 hours a day on weekends and my motivation has improved greatly. I am now taking the supplement Berberine, and the highest my blood sugar has been is 164. I believe Metformin does more harm than good. A friend of mine who has diabetes asked his doctor if Diabetes can be reversed. Her answer was "Yes, but I am not supposed to tell patients that it can be reversed". Are our doctors getting commissions from pharmaceutical companies when they prescribe drugs to their patients?
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@cewmyers57 said:
>A friend of mine who has diabetes asked his doctor if Diabetes can be
>reversed. Her answer was "Yes, but I am not supposed to tell patients that
>it can be reversed". Are our doctors getting commissions from
>pharmaceutical companies when they prescribe drugs to their patients?
Twenty years ago doctors were forbidden from saying "diabetes can be reversed". About ten years ago this started to change. So what's the answer, CAN it be reversed? Well strictly speaking, controlled. But the POINT is that a lot of type2 diabetes *can* be controlled by diet and exercise, generally without going to any extremes, and those people can live the rest of their lives with no particular handicaps and no prescription drugs. That's pretty good "control"!
So how many manage that? Well me, not quite. I still take my metformin, but as for the rest I keep my A1C below 5.7 as long as I don't cheat TOO much on diet and weather allows me my extensive walking.
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!"
@cewmyers57 I don't want to sound jaded, but I guess I am due to the fact that I see all the drug reps with their leather briefcases full of "goodies" waltzing in and out of the doctors office while their waiting rooms are full of their patients waiting to be seen. Aside from Big Pharma influence on how and with what we are being treated, I have a problem with setting a universal "one-size-fits-all" number that determines which side of diabetes you're on. No 2 people are alike and we all show up with our own individual bodies with all their unique facets, so how can you draw such a line in the sand. Should there be "guidelines", of course, but mandating that every one on earth has to be at a certain number set in stone is unfair and unrealistic . . . but it does sell medication.
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@cewmyers57 If you truly have diabetes, it involves many different systems. I think it is irresponsible to say it can be reversed. Maybe you can get numbers down but still have damage to heart, nerves, and other organs if you have it.