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    Question HOW LONG DID IT TAKE

    hello:

    i was just wondering how long it took for Met to work....

    and i don't mean the side effects but how long after starting met did you get your period, or ovulate?

    The RE told me it would take about 6-8 weeks...but i'm just curious as to how true that really is. thanks...

    Liz

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    Default for me...41/2 months

    I have been on gluc since mid October.....I had very light AF (like a 2 day spotting ) up untill Janruary. Thn no AF untill yesterday. But I ovulated on CD 21 or so and am having now a very painfull, but normal period.

    So all in all .....about 4 1/2 months to ovulate and it was only after I upped to 2000 mg that changes started to occur ...hair loss, finer facial hair and body changes

    Good Luck!! Met really sucked for me in the beginning but I am totally willing to deal with the SE for beaing healthy and to have a healthy baby too

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    It took me 4 months before i got af once being on met....

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    I started met on 7.1.03 and had spotting on cd39 not much but it was there.

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    i have been taking metformin since 19/01/03, my gyno didnt tell me how long it would normally take to work, i asked a few girls in chat and they said normally 6 weeks- 3 months, hope this helps
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    I started Met on 9/26/02 and got AF on 10/31/02. Now I get it every month. Hang in there and give it a chance to work. You may have to up the dosage. Best of luck.
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    DID THE HAIR LOSS STOP ON MET OR DID IT STOP? MINE JUST KEEPS FALLING. HAVE BEEN ON MET FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. HAS ANYONE NOTICED GOOD RESULTS ON YOUR HAIR ON MET
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    Hi there,

    I started metformin (850mg once per day) on 2/16. AF arrived, to my shock, one week later on 2/23. I was on CD 40 when AF showed up, and I don't have cycles on my own.

    Not sure if I will actually ovulate this cycle, but I'm hoping it's the metformin and not just an incredible coincidence.

    Best of luck to everyone!
    Cheryl (33) DH Matt (31)
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    TTC #1 for me
    ~Started 850mg metformin 2/16/03
    ~Several failed Clomid cycles - o'ed at 100 mg
    ~HSG 8/02 - left tube blocked, poss. hydrosalpinx
    ~Lap 9/02 - removed cyst on ovary, adhesions on left tube, stage I endo
    ~First Clomid/injectibles/IUI cycle a bust due to thin endometrial lining (*bad* Clomid!)
    ~BCP for *2* months due to *60mm* cyst -- ouch!
    ~Moved on to IVF in Sept. - wasting time on IUI (even though we never made it to one)
    ~E/R 9/10 -- 4 eggs
    ~E/T 9/13 -- 1 beautiful 8-celled embie came home to mommy
    ~Beta 9/26 -- 476 -- It worked!!!
    ~Beta 9/29 -- 1416 -- It really worked!!!


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    Hey there!
    I started met 8 weeks ago. 4 weeks at 1000mg and 4 at 1500mg. No AF so far...but...my face has gone insane these last 2 weeks acne like I only saw near AF in the past. And my CM is through the roof really clear and stretchy. so I hope that something is happening!!
    Anyway I will give it a few more months. I have an appt. to see the RE at the end of May and may ask for clomid then.

    Have faith and give it a chance to work!

    take care
    Henrietta

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    I started having some spotting off and on after about a month and a half on met, and AF came full force after 3 months on it. And it did make me ovulate.
    Ricki, 33 and Jason, 31
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    I finally got a regular 28 day cycle after about 5 months on 1500mg of Glucophage. They have been regular since, although there are some very heavy days and cramping. I am getting my progesterone levels checked -- but my RE believes I am probably ovulating.
    diagnosed PCOS 9/2002
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    Cool I had great results

    I was diag. Jan. 2003 with PCOS, I began taking Met. in Feb.2003, was on it for about 6 or 7 weeks. I found out I was PG in March. I had already lost weight on a low fat diet, but when I started MET, I lost about 6 to 8 lbs a week. My total at time of PG, I had lost down 70 lbs. My dr. says it had to do with the MEt and the weight loss!!!!!!

    I am now 5 1/2 weeks and everything is going well.

    Good luck to you , hope it gives you hope!!!!!!!!!!

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    Default It works!!!

    Hey!!
    I replied to this post on the 4th of Mar. saying I had been on met for 8 weeks and that nothing had happened yet but that I was starting to get lots of CM and acne.

    Well...I got an AF on the 17th of Mar!!! A normal one that was moderately heavy with cramps and all..(not like provera which I didn't even notice). So Yay!!! It seems to have worked for me in 10 weeks with what looks to have been an ovulation! I am on CD 8 right now and hoping for the best this month!

    My question is this: Did most ladies find that their cycles became pretty standard or should I be prepared for a long cycle? I have started charting again would love some input!

    Thanks
    Henrietta

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