kadb27

Hello out there in metformin land.
I upped my dosage today from 500 to 1000. Now taking it at lunch time as well as dinner. I started off taking it a night, and either had no side effects or I was just unconcious and slept through them. Today was my first day taking it with lunch, and 3 hours later, I was in misery. I ate turkey, with mayo and swiss cheese (no bread) and deviled eggs. (2 halves, so one egg total)
However... I did drink a diet cherry coke.
Has anyone had problems drinking diet soda with metformin? I know it probably wasnt the smartest... Do you think it was the foods i chose?
I'm glad my dr started me off low, because if I had these problems to start off with, I dont know if I would still be taking this stuff...

thanks

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Krisyn

When my Dr. upped my dose I felt horrible to. My sugar was staying in the 40's. So my Dr. suggested for me to eat small meal every 3 hrs. And that really helped me. And I have found that even now that I cannot drink diet soda.....it makes me really sick, I can't even hardly swallow it the taste is horrible. Try the eating small meals every 3 hrs. I will be honest though even though me sugar levels are good now when i eat alot of carbs and sugar i still get nauseous and diarreah (sorry if to much info.) And i don't have any advice for that.

krisyn

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christyz

I think the tummy troubles was due to the increased dosage, becuase your meal was fine. It is good to moderate how much sugary and high carb drinks and food you take in, but I suspect that your doubling your dose is what caused the reaction.

Hang in there...the side effects do ease up.

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