Got off metformin for the first time in 8 years - crying happy tears — need advice

NurseAsh_DET said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

This matches mine closely enough to be worth saying so out loud. The detail I would add is minor and it is already implied above.

anders_CPH said:

One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

Happy to go further on any of that.

One concrete data point for the thread. The boring version of this is the one that works, and the boring version is: measure a baseline, change one variable, wait, measure again under the same conditions. Nobody wants that answer and it is still the answer.

Following on from anders_CPH — and this may be the naive question:

How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Carry on.