I am a type 2 diabetic on maximum pills dosage (4 glucophage a day, 4 gliclazide, I Januvia, and all the rest for heart, etc.) and have just been put on insulin. It has had the most horrible effect, I am getting terrible muscle pains, especially in the legs, and my legs feel like jelly, I have to haul myself up and down stairs. My blood sugar remains uncontrolled (14 to 17, according to my blood monitor). I have only had to inject for a week now (once day in the evening). Will my symptoms go away? The diabetic nurse doesn't seem to worry, except she increased my dose from 10 to 14 mg. I haven't told the doctor (who runs a diabetic clinic, so she is a sort of diabetician as well as a GP).