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Hi all. Im Liz. Metformin tiredness?
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rebrascora
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Hi Liz and welcome.
I have not heard of Metformin making people tired but high blood glucose levels can. Do you know what the result of your HbA1c blood test was, which gave you the diabetes diagnosis. This will usually be a number in excess of 47mmols/mol but can be into 3 figures if things are badly awry with your diabetes. Mine was 114 at diagnosis, so pretty high but others have been even higher. Usually the symptoms of diabetes don't develop until levels are quite high.
Can you tell us a bit about how you came to be diagnosed? Was it just through a routine blood test/MOT type thing or did you have symptoms and if so, what were they. Have you felt under the weather for a while or did things come on suddenly.
The more info you can give us the better we can understand your situation and advise you.
I have not heard of Metformin making people tired but high blood glucose levels can. Do you know what the result of your HbA1c blood test was, which gave you the diabetes diagnosis. This will usually be a number in excess of 47mmols/mol but can be into 3 figures if things are badly awry with your diabetes. Mine was 114 at diagnosis, so pretty high but others have been even higher. Usually the symptoms of diabetes don't develop until levels are quite high.
Can you tell us a bit about how you came to be diagnosed? Was it just through a routine blood test/MOT type thing or did you have symptoms and if so, what were they. Have you felt under the weather for a while or did things come on suddenly.
The more info you can give us the better we can understand your situation and advise you.
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Welcome to the forum @Lizzy6865
Sorry to hear you have been feeling so tired
Have you had your vitamin B12 checked? That can make you feel pretty tired. And while low Vit B12 can be associated with long term Metformin use, I wouldn’t expect that to have happened so soon.
There are details of common or rarer side effects here:
www.nhs.uk
Sorry to hear you have been feeling so tired
Have you had your vitamin B12 checked? That can make you feel pretty tired. And while low Vit B12 can be associated with long term Metformin use, I wouldn’t expect that to have happened so soon.
There are details of common or rarer side effects here:
Side effects of metformin
NHS medicines information on side effects of metformin and what you can do to cope.
www.nhs.uk
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I’ve taken the liberty of shortening your thread title for you, since the text was also in your post 🙂
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Hi Liz, has this resolved for you at all? I'm exactly the same and feel worse since starting the medication than before and I'm sure my sugars would have been higher then.
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