New to the site
I just stumbled on to this site. I started taking Byetta mid-January
and with the lower dosage I had no problems. I did lose some weight
(and could stand to lose lots more) and had little other problems. My
glucose readings dropped considerably. I am also taking metformin,
glipizide and actos and was hoping to be able to eliminate some of them.
After a month my dose was increased to 10. We had company and went out
for dinner my first night on the larger dose. By the time we got home
I was sick and remained so most of the night. Coincidence??? It has
not happened again. However my numbers started going up almost
overnight. I don’t know why and neither does my endo. They have
remained higher until this last week and now they have again dropped to
the point I am starting to have low blood sugars again. I do not feel
good when my levels start to drop below 90 but the doc thinks that is
nonsense.
My family doc thinks I should go on Lantus. I am so afraid of gaining
more weight again. I gained 60 pounds after starting oral meds. This
is really getting to be discouraging. Plus, I don’t want to add yet
another med to all I have to take now.
Has anyone else been having such sharp changes in their glucose with
nothing else changing in their routine?
January 21st, 2005 at 11:25 pm
yes! i can relate. just when i think i have the meds figured out and am stable
with my BGS
they go down. or up. or whatever. i give up! i have no idea whats going on! i
hit 56
yesterday. so once more playing with my drugs. yes my Doc knows about it! he
feels i have
enough knowledge to do so.
as to the feeling bad under a certain BG level, no IMHO its NOT in your head and
NOT BS!
you’r body gets used to a certain level depending on what your BGS are at
normally. if they
are high, the level is higher. for instance, below 120 i used to feel sick as a
dog. now, its
about 90-100 and i have to use all my control not to go eat a mouthful of
somthing to
raise it a few degrees. once your body gets used to lower BGS as a rule, you’ll
feel better at
a lower number. hang in there.
Rebecca
January 23rd, 2005 at 6:40 am
there have been several people reaporting unexpected
highs lasting as much as a week or so.
as far as feeling bad at 90, if your body was used to
a high bloodsugar, then normal feels low. been there
done that.<grin>
If your doctor insists on putting you on insulin, ask
him about levemir. it has not been reported to cause
weight gain.
as far as our nausea with the higher dose, you went
out to eat right. overeating or even eating some foods
can cause nause. tomatoes did it to me. in any form.
good luck and if you have any further questions, just
ask