Are there any ladies out there who have been put on met., but are not IR?
I ask because my RE is thinking about putting me on met. I have VERY mild PCOS symptoms right now- I am 5'11'', 135 lbs, no hirsutism, low testosterone, other horomones all in normal range. After a vag. u/s yesterday, looks like I ovulated (corpus luteum cyst) and ovaries were not overly polycystic (even though they had been in 1991).
We are first going to try low carb diet to get my cycles a little shorter (they are regular but range from 30-39 days). If this doesn't work, he wants to try met.
He doesn't want to do clomid because he doesn't like the increased risk of twins.
Any opinons or experiences?
Thanks!
Jen
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I'm supposedly not-IR (normal fasting glucose and insulin), all hormones in the normal range including testosterone, a thin cyster like you, slight hirsutism tho, and have been taking 1000mg met for about 4 weeks. It shortened my last cycle from 70 days to 36, and I didn't start the met until mid-cycle. AF showed up 13 days after my first dose. I didn't O (well, I was only one it two weeks out of the cycle, I'm not surprised!) and this month I'm on Clomid too.
Personally, I'd love to have twins! Actually I figure my chance of twins or multiples is a lot lower than most because I've got one blocked tube, so only eggies from one side count.
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Hi Julie,
Thanks for the reply. Sounds like met is really working for you. If this low-carbing doesn't work to get my cycles shorter- I am going to try it. My cycles have been really regular through 2002 ....30-35 days. Right now I am waiting for AF (or maybe I am pg with no symptoms..had a beta yesterday at the RE waiting to hear)....I am on CD 39 and this is the longest cycle for me since getting off bcp over 4 years ago. I don't think i am pg, but don't know WHY I haven't gotten the regular visit!
I like the IDEA of twins, but I think the reality would be REALLY overwhelming. Twins actually "run" in my family...if you believe a predisposition to twins is heritable. Twins are spattered throughout my mother's family tree. If diet change and met don't work over the next 6 months, I will be going to someone who will try clomid!
Good luck and babydust
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9 month: 19 lbs. 12 oz.; 28 in.
12 month: 20 lbs. 12 oz.; 29 1/4 in.
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I had my fasting insulin done in May, after having gone off BCPs, and it was normal. Then I was dx'd in December and put on Met. The did another fasting insulin, but I don't know the results. So - it appears that the doc put me on Met knowing that seven months earlier my levels had been OK.
Probably not that helpful, but my 2 cents nonetheless..
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Jen, I have mild PCOS symptoms as well with regular AF and non-IR and I am on Met. I just finished my first month so I don't know if it is working yet. Hopefully, it will help me get pregnant in the next couple months.
Good luck with the pregnancy test! Keep us posted!!!
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how many on met and NOT IR 
