OK, so I may be answering my own question on this post, but I thought I would inform people of what happened and see if anyone else experienced this too...
I was on Met Extended Release 1500 mg, and I would take all of it with breakfast. When I got my prescription refilled, the pills looked different and I saw that it was just regular Met, no extended release. I didn't think anything of it and took all three with breakfast like usual.
Well, like usual, I had an apple with some cheese at about 10am before my 11:30am weight training session, and was perfectly full. We worked out really hard and I nearly passed out! I was shaking, dizzy, and had to sit down for a half hour till I could walk again. This has never happened to me before, I am usually fine. I got a piece of candy from my boss's candy jar on the way back to my desk from the gym (we have a fitness center in the basement here) and started feeling better right away.
Could this have been a hypoglycemia attack from taking all my regular met at once? I am spreading it out in 3 doses today to be on the safe side because that was SCARY.
I am reading the side effects from the literature that came with my met and it says that met usually dont cause low blood sugars but this effect may accure if you do not consume enough calories.
What milligram was it that you took? I know some gals that take 1500 of the regular once a day. I take 850 2X a day. Probably all of that med at once was a shock to your system.
Also i would be calling the pharmacy and ask why the different pill. Sometimes they do buy from different makers because they get a better price. But if you should be taking the extended release then i would be bringing it to their attention.
__________________ 38, married, 4 children
Dx- PCOS 1991
kidney stones - potassium citrate & hydrochlorothiazide
high blood pressure- Lisinopri
high uric acid- allopurinol
Magnesium gluconate
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Definetly! Taking your full dose of met all together when it isn't XR will definetly send those sugars too low. Try to spread them out over the full day with meals and it helps a lot.
Good luck!
__________________ Christy
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Metformin itself won't cause a hypo as it doesn't kick the body to produce extra insulin, all it does is make your receptors more sensitive so that your body recognises the insulin you already have. The shaking, dizziness etc are signs of a hypo but just having an apple and some cheese, taking all of your metformin and then exercising your body didn't have enough "fuel" to keep you going. Usually normal Metformin doses are split over the day, when I was on 1500mg I took one 3 times a day, recently when I was put back up to that amount I was told to take 1000mg in the morning and 500mg before I went to bed, but as usual my body took an instant dislike to the increase in Met. Now I take an 850mg in the morning and a 500mg at night.
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45(feels like 99 some days)
Dx - pcos 1982
Dx - diabetes 2 1999,
Tx - metformin slow release 2000mg. Insulin 5 times a day
Loads of other medications.
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Hypoglycemic attack on Reg. Met? 
