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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
I have been taking metformin (Glucophage) for a year to help control my weight. A year ago when I started it my fasting blood sugar was a little low so my doctor was cautious about using it.
I had fasting blood sugar done a few weeks ago and it was high even with the metformin. Not so high that we're panicking but high enough to earn a diagnosis that means pre-diabetes and more labs in a few months. I was already dieting on a basically diabetic diet so I just have to keep that up and increase my exercise and I'll have done all I can do.
I'm trying to stay calm until the next labs since I'm definitely doing my best. but I'm scared. Lethal diabetes runs on both sides of my family and all 3 of my father's brothers died of it. I was high risk and monitored for it before bipolar or I ever touched an AP and I'm at the age where my family is diagnosed.
What happened when you were diagnosed? Did they stop the AP? Were they willing to work with you?
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I've heard that you are less likely to get diabetes from clozapine than from the other APs in the first place, and if it's the only one that works for you I'm not sure they CAN take you off it. I think you said you have a family history of diabetes? Is that true? The thing with these meds is that, yes, weight gain from them can increase the possibility of getting diabetes. However, if you have a family history, there is good chance, no triggering intended, you were going to get anyway. I'm no doctor. I can't restate that enough. You may just have to work harder than the average person, and you may have to take more diabetes medication than the average person. I've seen people on both APs and insulin, for example. Switching would be ideal, but if you can't, you can't. Plain and simple. Be your own advocate here. Whatever you do don't drink any alcohol. Monitor your blood sugar like your getting paid for it. Remember your PREdiabetic that's not nearly the same as being diabetic.