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Insulin Resistance and Type 2 diabetes are one and the same thing!! Be glad the Endo declared that you are officially diabetic. Insurance does not pay for testing strips or meds if you are not officially diagnosed and these can be very expensive.
A lot of doctors treat the beginning stages of Diabetes very aggressively now. It saves the other systems in the bod: heart, liver, kidneys, eyes, nervous system, circulatory system; from being severely damaged early.
You were used to having high levels and are now back to normal levels. The bod reacts to this by being all tired and sluggish for quite a while. You will get used to feeling good again, I promise!!
You might be able to decrease the meds if you follow a very low carb food plan and do a lot of exercising!! But you have to work very hard at the exercise to burn off sufficient carbs.
Metformin will never cause Hypos!! It is also Rx'd for PCOS in girls who are not either insulin resistant or diabetic.
By the way, I am very very insulin resistant, I take both insulins and Metformin XR. Type 2 diabetic for 11 years.
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