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Any diabetics out there? I have a question about Metformin.

If you are prescribed Metformin, and you are told that you have the "mild" sort of diabetes that does not require shots, can you still eat whatever you want as long as you take the Metformin?

I am asking because this is what the ex told me. He indulged in huge meals with bread and pasta, and ate enormous ice cream sundaes AFTER he told me he had diabetes. He told me he didn't have to worry about what he ate...that the medication would handle all of it.

I am asking, also, because yesterday I learned that Metformin can also be prescribed for people who have schizophrenia, or psychosis, and it never occurred to me that the ex was lying to me.

This is my fact check.
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Royrogers · 61-69, M
There are two types of diabetes one of them you need to monitor your sugar levels and take insulin and be careful what you eat. The other is also known as old man’s diabetes as is caused by too much alcohol and not enough exercise. Typically they might occasionally get gout.
4meAndyou · F
@Royrogers Too much alcohol for too many years...and drugs...and overeating, and no exercise. He was being kept alive by surgeries and by his doctors.
Royrogers · 61-69, M
Oh dear that is sad @4meAndyou
4meAndyou · F
@Royrogers It was. He was absorbed with getting buzzed, drinking beer, and eating.