 [ Symptoms ] i have been having terrible heart palpitations ended up in the er please help me [ Disease ] i have cut my metformin to a 5oo mg in the morning and 500 mg at night i feel so much better i felt over medicated with 2000 mg a day i have lost some weight so when you lose weight you need to have your metformin lowered i woke up a couple days ago and my blood sugar was 65 i thought i was going to die it scared me horribly i keep orange juice in the frig just in case my dizziness has gotten better since my metformin was lowered i was diagnosed with diabetes 5 months ago so i am new at this i am learning how to eat right diabetes is to be take seriously if you do not take care of yourself you can go down hill fast i feel better when i get out and walk my name is debra