Does Met help with PMS???

Gretch · 12-26-2003, 08:03 PM

I've been taking 2000 mg's of metformin for approx. 3 yrs., and now have 2 beautiful boys aged 10 mos. and 2 1/2 yrs. I've slipped up in taking my Met as regularly as I should, and I've noticed that I have been *so* moody.

I just wonder if since the Met helps regulate the insulin, if maybe it helps with PMS symtoms, too???

Bertiebugg · 12-27-2003, 02:44 AM

Its difficult to say if its PMS in general it helps... or if because it helps to level out hormones it in general just keeps you from being moody. I know for me when I wasnt on glucophage I was pretty moody all the time! For the last year that I've been on it... I notice I only get PMS... except when I'm on clomid too... then I get a little extra moody! lol

shorty1kanobi · 12-30-2003, 05:48 PM

I wondered the same type of thing, and what I figure is this....if met helps regulate your cycle, it does so by helping regulate your hormones. When mine were CRAZY out of whack, I had major mood swings. After being on met for a while, I really noticed a change in that, and I think its because of the hormone balancing act.

AMEN to Bertie about the clomid, and same goes for provera.....especially the provera for me!

KYBluegrass · 12-31-2003, 12:22 PM

PMS was kind of a new thing for me in the beginning, because my Afs were so wacky, I don't think my body knew whether it was coming or going! When I first started the met, I did seem to have more PMS-like mood swings, but since then, it has kind of leveled off...more predictable now. I would think it's a function of getting my hormones straightened out now. If you haven't been on a real regular cycle taking your met, that could be part of it. The medication is not staying at a constant level in your body, and you will have "swings".