Metformin - How quickly will I feel relief from my symtoms?

I can see here that I am in good company. I just got diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 last week and I have been on metformin 2x 500mg a day and since then my sugar has gone down well its been up and down like a roller coaster but the numbers have been going down. I was at 250 last week but after starting this medication it now averages about 150. I have yet to see the diabetes Doc next week but I can imagine with diet changes etc that I should be getting a whole lot better. What is not so good is that I have been under Drs care for the last 6 years and since moving north and getting with a new Dr he caught it. Seems my blood sugar has been high for the last three months. Makes me wonder why my other Docs didn't see that my blood sugar was high. Oh well. So for me yes it seems to be working right away but stay away from sweets! I see a lot of sugar free stuff so we do not have to suffer without the sweet stuff but that real sugar is a poison now. Good luck to you and Happy Holidays!!!

I too take metformin my friend and it took me sometime to actually feel anything. I been on metformin since 1998 and I am on lantis insulin too. And with both, I feel great but still get that darn diabetic fatigue here and there. I wonder if the dosage would have something to do of how metformin would make a person feel though. Hope you get to feeling better

I am on insulin - 20IU per day, feel for people who are diabetic, my eyes sight deteriorate by the month, just felt like sharing my thoughts... for a diabetic eating is a must as hypoglycemia is perhaps more dangerous than having high diabetes...

I never knew I was diabetic until I was at daughters house and for fun she checked my sugar and it was high. I went for a check-up through my Doctor and he confirmed it.
Now I'm a confirmed Diabetic.