Totally confused

Hi BeccyB

It;s cefinitely worth discussing with your Diabetes Specialist Nurse. I started including Metformin in my regime something like 10 years ago. At the time I was probably on near enough 100 units total ever day. Over the years my doses have come down so that now on average I'm on less that half that - which has made it much easier for me to lose weight. Like a lot of T1s I've found that whatever claims are made about analog insulins by the manufacturers, the insulins I'm on definitely have made me gain weight. It's a problem that's very familiar to health professionals. My wife works for our local NHS trust and she's done various courses where it's been spedicically mentioned that for some diabetics (like me) insulin acts like an anabolic steroid - but without the nasty side effects. That doesn't mean I'm incredibly muscualr by the way. It just means that previously I was very fat. I saw a letter from a consultantto my GP a few years ago descibing me as clinically obese! That shocked me enough to make a determined effcort to lose weight - which is much easier than in the past because ofthe Metformin and the DAFNE regime of insulin doses, while still remianing well controlled.

Good luck at the clinic!

Hi,

I only started on Metformin about 6 weeks ago. Like David I was on close to 100 units per day. Within the 6 weeks my insulin requirements have dropped by almost 50% and I'm hoping that will get better. My weight has dropped by 9lb without dieting. Am getting a bit more hopeful that I can begin to lose the weight now. Good Luck