I am a type 2 who was being treated with metformin and glyburide. The glyburide was working well… too well at times as I was experiencing frequent lows. But all in all I was pleased with my results and I had even got my fasting numbers down to reasonable levels (below 126). My diabetic nurse decided she didn’t like my frequent lows and decided I needed to change to gliclazide in the form of diamicron MR — 30 mg first thing in the morning.
Now I find my fasting numbers very high ( between 126 and 180), every day, even if I don’t have anything to eat past supper time the night before.
And also if I eat anything which I consider bad such as a higher carb food or meal my numbers go way high and can take a long time to come back down. With the glyburide I didn’t have this problem… if my numbers were high they quickly came down.
My diabetic nurse is from the school of anything up to 180 is good so I can’t turn to her for advice because she would consider my numbers reasonable.
Now I find my fasting numbers very high ( between 126 and 180), every day, even if I don’t have anything to eat past supper time the night before.
And also if I eat anything which I consider bad such as a higher carb food or meal my numbers go way high and can take a long time to come back down. With the glyburide I didn’t have this problem… if my numbers were high they quickly came down.
My diabetic nurse is from the school of anything up to 180 is good so I can’t turn to her for advice because she would consider my numbers reasonable.
My question is does it take awhile to adjust to this drug and will I likely find my numbers come back down again to better levels in time? Is there something I can do now in regards to improving my morning numbers? I have tried eating different kinds of snacks before bed, not eating any snack and the results don’t seem to vary at all. What could explain these higher numbers in the morning. I don’t think I am having lows in the night causing glucose dumps.
Thanks for any and all advice!!