Thread: Feel ill when you don't take your meds?

Does anyone else feel sick if you don't take metformin/glucophage?

Last weekend I went out of town and forgot my medicine. So there were a few days where I didn't take it, but by the time I got home I was feeling nauseous and I had diarrhea (sorry if that's TMI!). Because I have to watch what I eat so much when I'm on the medicine anyway or else I feel sick, I decided to stay off my meds for another day or two until my sick feeling cleared up. I didn't want to only make it worse. Well, I've been sick all week. I didn't even go to most of my classes this week because I was so afraid of having to rush to the bathroom and make a scene - I'm not even going that often, but I always feel like I'm about to.

Anyway, I couldn't believe I felt sick all week. So today I started wondering if maybe I got sick because I quit taking the meds? Does that even happen? Has anyone else gotten sick because they've stopped? For all the bother it is to take them and feel bad, I was surprised to consider that maybe that's why. So I started taking my medicine again today, and I'm hoping I'll feel better tomorrow.