Met will more than likely help with your lack of energy and lethargic feeling. Spiking insulin levels can do a lot to ones body. I'm not sure if it would help with depression though. I suppose it depends on the root of it.
I don't want to discourage you.. but metformin has not helped at all in the energy department. I think it works different with everybody though. I have been on it for about 3 months and I am still ill all the time(upset stomach, tired, achy). but his could also be other symptoms of PCOS. About the depression part, i am unsure, but i doubt it, as I am having a very blue day today as I am getting tired of pills and feeling like this. this probably hasn't helped, but this is my experience with Met. hope things go well for you!! Christy
I take Met myself.
I don't think it actually helps in the depression dept. The first time I took Met I was so tired all the time, it made me sleepy. It doesn't have that effect on me this time. It doesn't actually give me energy, but I feel normal.
I find the more my hormones are regualted, the less depressed I get. Metformin regulated my hormones, so I don't know if it is actually the Met that lessens the depression. But it sure helps in so many other ways.
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Hi there,
Met hasn't helped me in any way, but it has other people. Are you taking anything else? I'm thinking of asking about thyroid meds when I see my doctor on Wednesday.
I've been on many many anti-depressants, etc., some have helped, some haven't. I really think that getting your hormones under control as well as they can is an important step. I don't know how long mine have been so high...maybe that has been the basis of my problems for all this time.
Marit
__________________ -29 year old female, dx 2005, symptoms ~10 years
-High testosterone, cortisol, aldosterone, androstenedione, free androgen index, no apparent insulin resistance however
-off all hormone meds since having pulmonary embolism in August 2009
-Main symptoms: weight gain (especially annoying in mid-section/abdomen), high androgens, very low progesterone, no periods unless on OC
-fortunate to have very good bp, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc., no hirsutism.
I feel like Met has helped with my depression. Maybe it's the Met, spiro and bcp all together, but I went off my anti-depressants about 3 months ago because I don't have insurance and the drug company said I made too much money to be on their patient assistance program. So, I made the decision to stop taking them because I didn't feel like paying for 4 meds out of pocket, not the medically correct thing to do but oh well. Anyway, I've been doing well so far and I think it's because the met, spiro and bcp are regulating all the hormones that were screwed up in my body. I started taking met right around the time that I stopped taking wellbutrin. May be conicidence or may be wishful thinking on my part but something's working. Not to say that I don't feel depressed at times but I feel better just in general as though I was still on the wellbutrin.
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Finally diagnosed-4/2002
PCOS & IR
Spironolactone
Ortho Tri-Cyclen
Metformin
I found met. to ease with depression a little bit. Since i was very depressed with my parents loss and now for the past 20 days i am able to control myself.
The most bad side effect is that i am always feeling sleepy and i am sleeping at day time. I never used to sleep in daytime before. Please does anyone has any tips to cope with this or why met makes us to sleep.
does Met. help with depression/energy? 
