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Submitted by mous on 1/25/09 6:46am

I am feeling trapped. I'm told to loose weight, exercise and eat balanced meals to help control my diabetis, but the medication I take encourages weight gain and water retention. For eight months I was on Glucovance which I found I was allergic to. While I was on it I developed a rash, body achs, extream fatigue and various other symptoms that made me feel like I was slowly dying. Now that I am off that medication my blood sugar has been harder to control. I'm getting some strength back but my stamina has a long way to go before I can get back to exercising like I did. The effects of the the glucovance (its the sulfa that I'm allergic to) are waring off slowly. Doctors have increased the dosage of my Metformin and added Actos meds to my daily program. With the increase in dosage I'm finding an increase in my weight gain, which caused more achs etc. The cycle.I'm thinking of going off all medications to see if I can feel better quicker. The medications are adding to the problem instead of helping, I think. Anyone out there ever had this problem or can anyone give me some advice.

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Hi there. I am diabetic and

Submitted by diabetic465 on 9/29/08 8:52am.

Hi there. I am diabetic and have been for almost ten years now. I have had the weight problem too and no matter what I have tried, it hasn't worked. But recently I joined weight watchers and have already lost 20 pounds in 2 months. It is an awesome program and great for your diabetes. Email me if you have any questions! Thanks, Lisa

I would like to recommend

Submitted by imaculatepearl on 9/29/08 3:53pm.

I would like to recommend that you start the study of herbs. People who do not eat right and deprive the body of the necessary nutrients in order to keep the body in good shape develope diseases. The majority of medical doctors do not study nutrients since they can get kick-backs from the drug companies for prescribing medicine. I used to be overweight and I am taking an herbal supplement called Herbal Energy Boost which help balance out my Thyroid. Most individuals who are overweight do no take the nutrients necessary to have the thyroid properly. I believe if you ask God to guide you and read up on herbs you will find your solution. Many doctors create a greater problem than the patient oftentimes comes in with

Do yourself a big favor and

Submitted by diabetic274 on 10/4/08 7:46pm.

Do yourself a big favor and don't stop taking your meds, It will make things worse believe me. My husband takes Glucophage, Actos, Glipizide. We had been running short on cash and was unable to get his Actos filled he went without it for a couple of weeks, his sugar was running pretty good for the first couple of days and slowly but surely started climbing out of control, so he started his actos about a week ago and we are still waiting for his sugar to go back to normal.

Hi, I am the trapped

Submitted by diabetic361 on 10/5/08 1:52pm.

Hi, I am the trapped diabetic. Thanks for you responses. I have not gone off my meds but I am trying to get to a point where I can eliminate some. After doing some research on my own I came up with a theory of why my diabetis went out of control. While I was taking the medication I was allergic to I was getting sick often, colds, sore throats etc. Every time I got sick the doctor gave me antibiotics. They helped me get better eventually, but I would get sick again if I got near anyone who had a cold, flu etc. and the doctor would perscrip more antibiotics. Each time they were stronger and all had sulfa in them. I think along with the sulfa the antibiotics killed most of the good bacteria all of us need to keep a balance in our systems and bad bacteria proliferated my system causing all sorts of imbalances.
I have gone on a strict diet eliminating starchy food, and sugar foods like fruit which feed canadida albicans, the bad bacteria. I am gradually feeling better. I know it need to also start exercising again and maybe I can get back some stamina. I try to stick to this diet and most of the time I do, but I do fall over the edge sometimes. I am going to keep climbing on again and again until I see some results.

Thanks for the suggestion. I

Submitted by diabetic268 on 10/6/08 7:56am.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did go to Weight Watchers years ago and it did help. I remember the type of diet and try to stick to it but Not much is working right now.

I was really skinny before I

Submitted by diabetic120 on 10/7/08 1:16am.

I was really skinny before I got diabeties
how about you

Itoowas suffering from

Submitted by diabetic490 on 10/8/08 6:26am.

Itoowas suffering from symtoms like yours but have been on the down slide for four years.I wasto the point where circulation to myfeet and legs had decreased greatly. they had turned black. I had no strength left andwascassified asdisable by Social Security. I could not walk,could'nt getout of a chair and pain 24 hours a day, nothing helped. But I did find a solution, a miracle really. In four weeks time I turned my life around. I could walk, had no more pain and lost 42 pounds. Please let me help you. This is a low cost solution that works - no meds envoled in fact I am down to only 3 pills a day from 28 a day. This is easy to do and is based on cellular nutrition. Please email me jadave2222@aol.com and can give you the solution to your problem. I am 54 years old and now feel like I'm 25. Thanks, Dave