Has anyone else had this as a side effect from Met?? Has anyone had side effects start up again after switching to another companies brand? I've been taking Metformin HCL 850mg(twice a day) for about a month now and have had very little side effects from it. For a couple of days after starting Met though, i seemed to get a little spacey or lightheaded around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and would last for a little while and go away. This went on for a couple of days and then stopped. I had to switch my Met prescription to another pharmacy this month and they didn't have the same brand that I've been taking, so I just started on the new brand yesterday. This afternoon around 3P I started getting that lightheaded, spacey feeling again. Could switching brands be the cause of this??
TIA!!
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I wouldn't think changing brands would cause this, but you never know. Anything is possible. Could your blood sugar be dropping around this time? Have you tried a snack to see if it gets better? Just an idea. Hope everything's ok.
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No clue what's going on..when it happens, I usually have just eaten within an hour before. Today I had just finished eating lunch about 20 minutes before it happened.
__________________ dx PCOS: 10/19/04
m/c 12/05 and 5/06
myomectomy 9/06
BFP 1/22/07
2/21/07- surgery to remove corneal pregnancy and right fallopian tube. :-(
BFP 11/3/07!!!!! 1st beta=812(18DPO) 2nd beta=2261(20DPO)
Kaitlyn Elizabeth born 6/20/08!
6 pounds, 19 inches long @ 36 weeks
It's a GIRL!!!
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I've just started getting this too. I feel really light headed and like I am going to pass out.
I sopke to my doctor yesterday about this and the sickness I keep getting, she has advised that I change from 850mg twice a day to 500 three times a day, although I'm not sure if this will help.
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Confused...glad to hear that I'm not the only one experiencing this. Yesterday it was better and I didn't experience it as much as the day before. We will see how it goes this afternoon. When I first started on Met 850mg twice a day, it lasted for a couple of days and then I was fine. Maybe this brand although it's the same medication it's got some slight difference to it.
Hope the 500mg 3 times a day works better for you.
__________________ dx PCOS: 10/19/04
m/c 12/05 and 5/06
myomectomy 9/06
BFP 1/22/07
2/21/07- surgery to remove corneal pregnancy and right fallopian tube. :-(
BFP 11/3/07!!!!! 1st beta=812(18DPO) 2nd beta=2261(20DPO)
Kaitlyn Elizabeth born 6/20/08!
6 pounds, 19 inches long @ 36 weeks
It's a GIRL!!!
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Can Met cause lightheadness?? 
