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Hey everyone

Hope your all well. I have a dilemma that needs some light shed on it. Any ideas or comments are much appreciated.

I've started taking long acting metformin & have now developed insomnia & night sweats. I'm definitely not menopausal so I'm wondering "is it the metformin or me?" Has anyone else experienced this?

Also my Dr has said it takes a while to work & my diabetes may not settle for up to a year. I keep having symptoms of hyperglycemia every day. I'm modifying my diet as needed but my pharmacist says I should not be having daily or twice daily hypers. I'm going to keep a diary for a couple of weeks to show my diabetic nurse. Any other suggestions?

Thanks people

Spiderlady x
 
Hi Sipderlady, welcome. Whilst I can't directly answer your qustion, I too am on Metformin but just the ordinary stuff (500mg morning and night). I too suffered from night sweats, but that was before taking M and tackling my weight problem which was the major problem for me. Not sure if this helps, but for me the M is not the root of all evil.
 
Metformin has never caused me night sweats or anything like that.

It might be you have a virus or somethig working on you that will cause temperature rises and sweating, how do you feel generally?

The diary is a good idea as it will point out any patterns there might be. Make a note in it also of anything else that may be important.

Can't offer any other suggestions other than keep talking to your health care team to see what they come up with
 
Hi Spiderlady, welcome to the forum 🙂 Do you know what your blood sugar levels are when you feel like this, or when you have symptoms of hypoglycaemia? This would be the best way to find out whether the insomnia and sweats are due to low levels. If you don't have a meter I would ask your GP for one so that you can test and find out if you are low at these times. It may be that you are lower than you have been used to, and this is giving you 'false' hypo symptoms.
 
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