ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS exhaustion on metformin, sleeping 16 hours a day, stopped after three months
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- At worst: Severe
I’d sleep 16 hours a day and the rest of the time was too tired to get off the couch.
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Summary
A Reddit user reported taking metformin and becoming beyond exhausted, sleeping 16 hours a day and too tired to get off the couch the rest of the time. They said sleep and stimulants did not help and their vitamin and hormone levels were normal. After three months they quit, and within two days their energy came back.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Metformin · Much worse
Metformin made me beyond exhausted. I’d sleep 16 hours a day and the rest of the time was too tired to get off the couch.
In context ↗ - stimulants · No change
No amount of sleep, stimulants, etc helped
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | became exhausted on metforminI'd sleep 16 hours a day and the rest of the time was too tired to get off the couch.In context ↗ | Severe | Metformin |
| 2023-07-17 | stopped metformin, energy returned within two daysWithin 2 days of stopping all of my energy came back.In context ↗ | Not stated | Metformin |
Adverse events
- Metformin“Metformin made me DEAD tired. No amount of sleep, stimulants, etc helped.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
I'd sleep 16 hours a day
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