Todd > wrote:
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > I find this strange as I have been on Metformin now for some 17-18 years
: > : > with none of the effects you, tidd, have experienced. I will grant that
: > : > some peol ehave bad results with different drugs, but one's own personal
: > : > bad experience may well NOT be universal. If a drug causes problems for
: > : > you you you should no be taking it, but that does nt mean that other folk
: > : > should stop taking it if it works adn does not cause them your smptoms.
: > : >
: > : > Wendy
: >
: > : Hi Wendy,
: > : The depression (crabbiness) and delusional paranoia creep up on you.
: >
: > : You may not be aware of it. I certainly was not aware of it until
: > : I got off it. I truly though everyone was picking on me. When
: > : I got off it, oh boy, did I have a lot of apologizing to do.
: > : You have shown signs of the crabbiness to me in the past. The
: > : way you can figure it out is to ask someone close to you that you
: > : can trust to give you the unvarnished truth if you have become
: > : a crabass.
: >
: > : People that can not longer sleep had it sneak up on them too.
: > : They have said in blogs they never recovered and were not
: > : able to sleep again.
: >
: > : And don't forget the rebound effect. Met is an allopathic drug,
: > : meaning it is a controlled dosage of a poison meant to cause
: > : a desired reaction. This can save your life. But over the long run,
: > : your body will rebound to it. My blood sugar dropped each time
: > : I backed off on the stuff.
: >
: > : You have been on Met for a long time and know how to cook
: > : low(er) carb. You may be healed by now and not need it. If
: > : you get off it to see, be careful when the "dark curtain" lifts.
: > : You might suddenly start enjoying things and people around you.
: >
: > : :-)
: >
: > : -T
: >
: > I am not regarded as a crabby person and at 78 am active and happy, having
: > adjusted to the loss of my husban now 4 years ago. Healed I am not and I
: > was off the Met for a few weeks this summer when Ihad a stomach upset that
: > was not severe, but was prolonged. I was taken off pretty much al my Met
: > adn was also eating remarkably little, so little that I lost 15 lbs in a
: > few week(3-4) I am now back onthe Met and am tryign to maintain the
: > weight loss which was the first time since my big weigt oss of 30 years
: > ago, thata I have moved below the weight I attained then. So fa I am
: > fairly successful, bu , of couse, it requires daily weighing of me to not
: > let a small gain turn into a large one. Unfortuantley m appetite is back.

: Sounds like you have it in hand.

: How was your blood sugar when you were off Met for a week?

No change as I was eating remarkably little food. How else do you think I
los 15 pounds in a few weeks after maaintaining the sme weight for over
30? half a banan a piece of toast, a third of an apple and home made
chichen sop with some rice. that's bout what I would eat and couldn't
manage more and was haaving the loose bowels. When i went back on the
Metformin my stomach was fine and as my apetite increased, I had to watch
the carbs, as I usually do. I was also rather happier and not crabby at
all as I no longer ws suffering from stomach distress.

: > You, as poster, take quate a strong view adn express it strongly, making i
: > sound like you are the only one who has the right way. We all find
: > different ways to control our diabtese and enjoy sharing ideas jus like
: > recipes, but not being told that "I am the way adn you are stupid if you
: > don't follow me and are damned to diabetic failure if you don't accept my
: > views." You may not be aware of it, but this is how you come off. You
: > have found wht works for YOU adn many of us gave you all kinds of recipes
: > and cookign methods to get you to where you wanted to be. I am glad we
: > were able to help, but remeber, to disgree wit you in a polite way is not
: > crabbiness. I eat quite low car,or what I call moderate carb of 60-100
: > grams a day adn it works for me as it has for more than 30 years, the last
: > 17 or so on Metformin. That is what we mean by YMMV or "your mileeage may
: > vary."

: Wendy,

: To be quite blunt, no I do not. This is in your own mind.
: Making things up and putting words into my mouth is not
: politely disagreeing with me.

Your strong defense of the "Paleo" diet that you were promoting several
months ago and putting down anyone who did not think this ws the way to go
was, certainlly evident in your posts adn you finally seemed t goo off in
a huff.

: This is why I think you are being effected by Metformin.
: You must rely on others who will be honest with you as to
: your behavior and if your personality has changed. You
: can not judge it for yourself. Under Met, your internal
: jerk meter is too screwed up for you to be able to tell.
: Your are under a Chemical Haze.


Balonsy! i move in many circles where I am notconsidered crabby, but a
rather nice adn easy to work with as I run my food nd clothing drives and
serve on boards of groups to which I belong, not g ettign into arguments
with hose I may disgree with.

: Now I never knew you before
Metformin, so you may
be this : way naturally. But I have to say, the jumping to conclusions,
: flying off the handle, reading negative motives into things
: that are innocuous is exactly what a Met Head acts like.

Calling people who tak Metformin A---holes is not a negative statement or
motive. It looks ike flying off the handle to me nd to jumping to
conclusions out people. maybe the medication did that to you because of
your underlying personality, but it has not done so to me.

Wendy