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I was on gliclazide but doc told me stop it, I’m taking gabapentin wonder if that makes sugar fluctuate xx
 
You are actually eating very high carb foods, grapes, rice, pasta, cereals wich is why your blood glucose is going up so high. That can then make the pancreas produce an excess of insulin which can then mean your level will fall rapidly.
The aim is to be no more than 8- 8.5 mmol/l 2 hours post meal and 4-7 before eating.
Once you can get your overall levels down you should stop getting hypo like symptoms when not actually hypo, those are referred to as false hypos.
Have a look at this link as it may help you with some better food choices which if you are only taking metformin should be suitable. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
What was your latest HbA1C.
 
Leadinglights said:
You are actually eating very high carb foods, grapes, rice, pasta, cereals wich is why your blood glucose is going up so high. That can then make the pancreas produce an excess of insulin which can then mean your level will fall rapidly.
The aim is to be no more than 8- 8.5 mmol/l 2 hours post meal and 4-7 before eating.
Once you can get your overall levels down you should stop getting hypo like symptoms when not actually hypo, those are referred to as false hypos.
Have a look at this link as it may help you with some better food choices which if you are only taking metformin should be suitable. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
What was your latest HbA1C.
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Thank you , just spoke to diabetes nurse she said it’s definitely gliclazide, xx
 
Hi @Saff sorry to read about your yoyoing BG. Having high and low BG Is tiring and not great for our mental health.
Sorry to add another question to plethora that have already been thrown at you - are you using a CGM or finger pricks for your readings?
The reason I ask is that a CGM can exaggerate highs and lows so, if you are using Libre, for example, it is possible that you never reached as high as 17, especially if it is a new sensor. New sensors can be inaccurate until they have "bedded in". This is called "insertion trauma"- our body reacts to the alien object in our arm and the sensor reports a false reading.

Apologies if you are checking these readings with a finger prick. It was just a thought which may alleviate some of your stress.
 
helli said:
Hi @Saff sorry to read about your yoyoing BG. Having high and low BG Is tiring and not great for our mental health.
Sorry to add another question to plethora that have already been thrown at you - are you using a CGM or finger pricks for your readings?
The reason I ask is that a CGM can exaggerate highs and lows so, if you are using Libre, for example, it is possible that you never reached as high as 17, especially if it is a new sensor. New sensors can be inaccurate until they have "bedded in". This is called "insertion trauma"- our body reacts to the alien object in our arm and the sensor reports a false reading.

Apologies if you are checking these readings with a finger prick. It was just a thought which may alleviate some of your stress.
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I’m using libre 2 xx
 
Saff stated she was only taking Metformin to treat her diabetes - but she isn't, she's also taking Gliclazide, and that is bringing her blood glucose down to 4.

Saff - that IS exactly what Gliclazide is supposed to do - and because 4 to 5 is the normal level for all people WITHOUT diabetes - it's doing exactly what it's meant to.

When a person's blood glucose has been running too high for too long and then they start reducing it, they get what are termed false hypos at these higher levels. The way to get rid of them is grin and bear the feeling until it wears of, which it will! UNLESS you can reduce your Gliclazide dose? Do you take the 40mg tablets or the 80mg, and how many a day?
 
trophywench said:
Saff stated she was only taking Metformin to treat her diabetes - but she isn't, she's also taking Gliclazide, and that is bringing her blood glucose down to 4.
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Saff isn't taking anything to treat her diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes is untreatable - and unremitting.
 
While everyone's experience is different, we do have plenty of forum Users who have put their T2 into remission and have done so through different approaches. It is a valid experience for them and the forum is here to support them in their ongoing remission maintenance.

Here's a couple of links for those seeking more information on it:
- Diabetes UK information on T2 remission
- The DUK forum section, looking specifically at T2 remission and support
 
Burylancs said:
Saff isn't taking anything to treat her diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes is untreatable - and unremitting.
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Saff is taking metformin and has taken gliclazide. Is that because you do not consider these medications to be a treatment for diabetes? If that is the case, you will be on a very lonely path.
 
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