Blood Sugar Levels Normal

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I measured my blood sugar levels and got
5.9 mmol/l after fasting for 6 hours
7.9 mmol/l about 30 minutes after a cup of tea an biscuits then 7.0 2 hours after this..
Im going to do a 10 hour fast an try again in the morning.. but do u think these levels are alright?

A few months ago, I was diagnosed as a diabetic following a series of blood tests (in which my blood sugar count was consistently more than 13 mmol/L.

I was started on medication (Metformin, 500mg, twice a day). Based on a hunch, I got myself one of those blood sugar measuring devices, stopped taking the medication for a couple of days and started taking my own readings.

This revealed my fasting (of 12 hours) blood sugar to be 5.6 mmol/L, two hours after breakfast to be 6.7 mmol/L, two hours after lunch to be 6.5 mmol/L and 6.9mmol/L after dinner and before bedtime. If I’m to believe what I’ve been reading, this is a normal blood sugar level of a person without diabetes.

I’ve stopped taking medication for over a week now and have been monitoring my blood sugar level, and it’s been around the figures I’ve mentioned above when taken randomly as well. Should I stop taking medications and go on with my life? Could I have been misdiagnosed?