I'm sorry you're struggling,Dani.
I lose way less hair than I used to before Met, but my hair is so thick, I never had any bald spots or thinning or anything..just coming out in gobs. It has improved a lot, but I still lose more hair than most people. For me, Met's improvements are enough, but my hair loss was never as severe as many other people's, so it is an individual question.
How Met helps another woman, isn't how it necessarily will affect us. We all have to look at our own symptoms and say "Is this helping this symptom enough for ME?". Met (with diet and exercise) has normalized my insulin, free androgen, testosterone, cholestoral and lowered my weight by 25%. Those are all wonderful things that have made my life so much better. But I'm having laser surgery done for my neck/chin hair, because for *that* symptom, the drug isn't enough. I give met credit for making my quality of life better than I ever dreamed possible, but it doesn't mean it is a cure-all. It works differently in every woman and simply doesn't take away every symptom.
Having said that, I think 6 months is not the end of what Met can do you for you. The drug didn't even really begin working for me until I had been on it for 13 months. So more time may improve things even more as your labs normalize. If it were me, I would remain on it and give it time to make you NORMAL FOR YOU. My testosterone has been in normal limits for 6 months, but it continues to drop, which tells me, what is normal for me, is lower than the normal lab value. Labs are a guide, and you need to give it time to help your body determine it's own normal.
Hope it helps.
