Hi Everyone,
I've been going low carb for about a week now, on Glucophage, and went out to eat with my family. I had a nice low carb dinner, and then it was dessert time. There was NOTHING I could have, so I settled for one spoonful of one family member's apple crisp dessert, and one spoonful of chocolate cheesecake (not perfect but I did this so I would not cheat too bad).

Do you know, the spoonfuls were so so sickeningly sweet I nearly gagged? It really tasted gross. I asked both of them if they thought they were too sweet and they said, NO, just delicious! I guess the low carb stuff has really affected me. I was really proud of myself.

The glucophage (metformin) gives me weird side effects. Sweating, headaches, and metallic taste in my mouth. I had some lean lamb yesterday and could not taste it. Ho hum. That's probably helping me!

Take care everyone, and apricots for dessert!
Shekhina

Shekhina,
I've been on glucophage for 7 years now, and it does have some wierd side effects. I had terrible gastrointestinal problems. So severe I was throwing up nonstop. It also has the wonderful side effect of decreasing your appetite. Unfortunately, or fortunately, all of the side effects are temporary. You'll probably hear alot of complaints about glucophage, but I love it. Now, it took me three months or so to love it, but I do. It's very good at controlling blood sugars with little danger of lows. When I was first diagnosed, I was too scared to touch sugar so I bought it for my family and made them eat it. Wierd, huh? I guess I was living vicariously. After awhile it will be so automatic to avoid sugary desserts that it won't even be a struggle.

Susan

my two cents. I have the same experience with metformin, things that I used to love taste sickeningly sweet to me. It has worked, I can no longer tolerate anything like that......enjoy that benefit!