 [ Symptoms ] i was diagnosed with diabetes should not my doctor suggest metformin [ Disease ] hba1c levels above 6 5 is considered to be diabetes and you already have 7 diet and lifestyle will definitely help but you should monitor your blood sugar levels by checking your fasting the post prandial blood sugar levels in case if they are consistently high then it is always better to take oral hypoglycemic drugs like metformin and others under supervision of a diabetologist so my advice is to check for 15 days regularly and consult a diabetologist hope this helps