What symptoms did you get when taking metformin?

[Beaverfeaver2]

It's just that I have been taking it for about 2 weeks now and I am feeling quite nauseous and ill

[mistletoeprickles]

Im not sure I should share....
It really wasnt a pleasant time for me. If I ate anything high in fat I could guarantee a bad stomach.
Nausea and feeling generally yuk I had a lot in the first month then it all settled.

Give it a few more weeks, if you dont settle on it ask to be prescribed slow release. They give less side effects

[BlueKarou]

I found the first week or two less fun; when I was still upping the doses (started at 500 a day, then 1000, then hit my full dose of 1500) - plenty of nausea; a friend advised me to have my meal, then a bit later have something small like a biscuit and take the metformin with that.

I'm a year or two down the line now and don't have any issues with the metformin. I recall it settled fairly quickly after those first two weeks.

[naty1]

No nausea but diarrhoea. I can only have extended release. So on 3x500 a day.