Was it before or after you started taking antipsychotics? What meds do you take and do you need insulin?
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It started almost straight away after taking Abilify ! I still don’t know if it’s actual diabetes or just a side effect of Abilify.
That is, if I stopped taking Abilify would my blood sugar return to normal.
In any event, I just take Metformin pills to counteract it.
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I came down with diabetes in 2011 after I had been on Zyprexa five or six years. I gained a lot of weight on Zyprexa so we don’t know if it was the Zyprexa or because I weighed 350 lbs. I first took Metformin for the diabetes, but it gave me chronic diarrhea, so I switched to Glipizide. I’m not not taking any medications for diabetes as my blood sugar is nearly normal now.
I was 51 when diagnosed with diabetes. I’m on Caplyta now.
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I’m 61 and just got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes four months ago. I’ve been on anti-psychotics for 40 years. My doctor says mine isn’t the most serious kind and I don’t need insulin but she put me on metformin. I get the Invega Sustenna shot once a month and take 400 mg of Seroquel at night. Also on a AD.
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I got diabetes 2 1/2 years ago after 27 years of taking antipsychotics. I reversed it at least temporarily with diet. (my a1c was 6.3 at last check). However I test my sugar daily. So far I haven’t had to take insulin but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
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I developed diabetes at the age of like 42 years old
I’m 58 now.
Lithium caused rapid weight gain and I was eating a lot of junk food and developed diabetes from it.
My diabetes is rather mild compared to most.
I’m on a high dose of Metformin and I recently am on Mounjaro another diabetes drug.
My latest A1C was excellent at 5.6
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My last A1C was 5.7, and I’m not taking any medications for diabetes right now. I had a low blood sugar episode at my psych clinic, and the nurse had to give me some emergency glucose tablets. My nurse practitioner took me off Glipizide diabetes med after that.
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I got prediabetes after being on seroquel for a while. That was back in 2017, then i got my diet together and changed meds and it went away, only to return again in 2020ish with a different AP and stress causing me to eat badly again. My A1C was 5.9 last time i checked its down to 5.7. But im still improving my diet and exercise routine
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