Hi Kara,
I switched mainly because in the past year and a half that I have been seeing my doctor he would never get my prescription right. I had been taking glyburide and metformin. He would prescribe the correct amount of metformin but never (inspite of me telling him)the correct doseage of glyburide. To make a long story short, I ran out of glyburide and increased my dosage of metformin and it still wasnt cutting it. I ran short about 3 weeks before my next appointment. I was waking with levels in the low 300's. My doctor had once said that he felt type 2's wait too long to go onto insulin. I had begun reading a diabetic forum and someone there had made the switch from oral to insulin and was doing well. When I saw my doctor I told him that I was ready to switch over. For me, switching over to insulin has made me to have to monitor myself more frequently. I am going on a month of injecting and I cant say that my numbers are perfect, but they are much better than they were. If I check and my bg is high I can take more insulin. You really shouldnt pop another pill if u are on oral's and your bs is high. I just feel as though I have the tool to be in better control now.