Diabetes as a medication side effect.

I have also gained 30 pounds, give or take, also a side effect of Seroquel. It isn't known if the diabetes is from the med itself or the weight gain which is all belly fat.

I take Metformin in a pretty high dose and it works quite well for me. Others I have tried include Glipizide and Glipizide XL. I also find if I have a blood sugar spike that heart rate raising exercise in a short burst will drop my sugars as much as 100 points, which is truly amazing.

What works for you?

Dee

welcome back my friend

FYI - Dee was the first to ask us for this group.

best,

roy

How long have you been diagnosed? exercise is a wonderful thing for bringing down the sugars, have you been able to find out what is causing the spikes? have you had a recent HA1C? and if so what were your readings?

Sorry for all the questions, just would like to get a idea of where you are, I have mine done every three months, here about a year ago, I had ran out of all my meds for diabetes, and my HA1C had went to 10, I got my meds refilled and started taking them like they should be taken, and it is now down around 6.5, like the ADA wants, 6 to 6.5.

I too have had a weight gain, although mine was from getting clean and sober and having a chocolate shake rather than going for a drink...lol..not a medication.

exercise and diet can help you to lose those extra pounds and while it might not take away the diabetes, it could help slow it down some.

Thanks for being here.

Carmen

I generally have coffee, then with the second cup, I have toast to go along with it, and then about 2 hours later will have some breakfast, the only thing besides a large breakfast that I have found that will stick around for any amount of time, is oatmeal... good thing that I love it.

Dee & Karen, what do you carry with you, for those times you can't get to food, and you sense that your sugar is dropping? I carry glucose tablets, they have the little purse size packages, and I just refill that from the big bottles, some folks on some of my other groups, carry those little cake decorating tubes of icing for a quick pick me up.

If you haven't found it yet, we have a recipe exchange here on the group site, please post any recipes that you have, it is wonderful to share those with each other.

Carmen

1. Did anyone ever tell you that coffee will decrease your blood sugar? In moderation it's not to big of a problem if your like me there is no moderation with coffee. So I have to be careful if I drink too much in the morning I will gaurentee have a hypo reaction by 10:00-10:30am

2. If your unable to eat too much breakfast try adding in some protien. Put peanutbutter on your toast or add a piece of cheese. The protein will help to maintain your level longer than just a carb.

3. When using fast sugar like your tablets always follow it with some type of snack as soon as you can to keep your sugar stable. If you don't you have a higher risk of a rebound reaction.

As far as recipes I unfortuately am not a cook. I make one meal a year and that was last Thursday. beyond that my house is much safer when I stay ourt of the kitchen. But I will be looking through yours to see what my husband should try lol

I wasn't really a cook till I took it up as self protection from a abusive husband, he would not mess with me with a hot cast iron skillet in my hand...since then I have come to love it. But even not being a cook, you can still contribute to the recipe site, just dig around on line and find recipes that would sound good to you to have the hubby make, and share them with us, your hubby might not appreciate this idea, but it works for me...lol.

Carmen

far as the glucose tabs. I haven't used them myself but the whole thing is to get the sugar up quick. If you are not able to follow it with something more substantal your sugar justs yoyos It will go up then come down even lower than it started. I also learned that the hard way. The coffee thing I learned from a lab tech. Some places will tell you you can have coffee before fasting lab work as long as it has no cream or sugar. One tech wouldn't take my blood because I had the coffee. It has something to do with the caffiene

I take Metformin alone, 1000 mg twice a day, and my last HA1C was 6.2. I too have blood work every three months and I came down from a 7.2.

The problem I am having is hyperthyroidism and it was wrecking my ability to keep my blood sugar under control. Metformin is very strong and effect medicine.

I am not familiar with Actos? Is this the inhaler? I do not need insulin, so far, and I hope to keep it that way.

I just learned that gastric bypass surgery has the added effect of reducing and eliminating the need for diabetic medication in some cases. Apparently in a good number of the cases, according to the news report I was watching. Has anyone else heard this one?

Dee