Has anyone noticed??

geesstrawberry · 08-03-2002, 12:31 PM

I've only worked my way up to 1000mg daily! This is my 6th day on metfomin but I have noticed I am not as hungry all the time. I use to get really hungry about an hour or so after a meal and that has completely gone! It’s really nice to be able to eat and not have to eat an hour later! Has anyone else noticed this?

Betsy · 08-03-2002, 02:39 PM

Yes!!!! Absolutely. My appetite wouldn't stop pre-Met. I feel like now, I have the appetite of a "normal" person. I've been on Met for about 5 months now. I'm not sure about this, but I think the high insulin levels make you really hungry, Met helps get your insulin levels in check, hence less hunger.

Summer-girl · 08-05-2002, 12:29 PM

Me too! Me too! I have noticed a definate decrease in appetite. High levels of insulin make your body think it is starving. As a result, you are always hungry and your body tries to store all of the calories it can as fat...no wonder us IR cysters have such a hard time managing a healthy weight!!!

I am now eating like a "normal" person insead of a "Survivor" reject and I have lost 15 lbs over the last 3 months without exercise or extreme dieting...just reducing my carbs!

I love my Met!

LSGMSU1 · 08-06-2002, 09:30 AM

I'm a thin cyster with normal GTT results who is self medicating with 250 mg 2X daily because I still think I'm IR because of GTT results 2 years ago when I was 30 lbs heavier. On the earlier GTT results I was high-normal between hours 1 and 2 and high between 2 and 3. Even though my labs from June were normal I still felt that fogginess after meals. I've been on met 1 week and in that week I've noticed that I have better concentration after meals and I don't need to eat as often as I did before. I'm hoping that will be enough to get me a legitimate met prescription from my endo!

margaret1523 · 08-06-2002, 09:43 AM

yeah I'm the same im on a 1000mg aday and on my6 month of clomid and I taking 200mg clomid for 5 days from day 3 to see the results

dahvia ford · 08-09-2002, 04:37 PM

i'm really not sue if its the met alone or lowcarbing and met but i really have to monitior what and when i last ate. i noticed though carbs do seem to have a stimulant effect on my appetite but since I did both at once due to carb induced diarrea i cant say if its the met alone or the ketosis i wonder who is eating moderate carbs and still getting the appetitie suppression. mine seems extereme especially for me..i'm a hard case of constant eating and constant hypogycemia not low carbing.
dahvia