Met is making me friggin' crazy. I had side effects for the first several weeks and was able to deal with it because I figured it was temporary. (I started Met on 3/17) I am on 500mg twice a day. Someone had suggested taking it with peanut butter and it seemed to work for about a week. But, the damn nausea and vomiting started again on Saturday. I HATE it. My doc told me a couple of weeks ago to go back down to 500 mg. and just stay there. But, I'm not sure what to do.
The benefits have been no chin hairs, (but I only had a few) and an initial 6 pound weight loss. I haven't been exercising and/or dieting and won't begin until the first week in June.
AF showed up on time for the first time ever and then again after 25 days. I do NOT want to get pg so that is a negative for me.
I didn't take my met last night or this morning and am not sure what to do. The nice thing is that I am not nauseated. Compazine and Dramamine knock me out and ginger and peppermint only help a little. I just don't want to live my life around taking things to stop the nausea.
I haven't decided what to do. I don't know if I am going to quit it all together or try the 500 mg. for a little bit. I'm thinking the natural way may be the way for me to go and just diet and exercise.
HELP!
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I couldn't handle met. I took it for months, waiting to adjust to it. It never happened for me. I guess I just have "one of those stomachs." My RE changed my rx to Avandia and I never had any trouble on it at all.
I gave up Met too. I couldnt handle the urgency that came with the upset stomach -- hard to be talking with co-workers and just have to stop them mid-sentance to run potty. It was just too much to deal with at work. I didnt really see any benefits from the Met either.
I have also previously tried Avandia -- I gained weight with it
I have recently begun an herbal routine. I take Vitex and EPO along with NPC. The EPO has really helped with the acne and hair loss. I was so very suprised to see AF spotting today, so Vitex must be helping too!
))) Hugs ((( And I hope you find the right aides for your body ~ Jenn
I have been lucky..I have no bowel problems, but the extreme sleepiness and dizziness had made me question taking met. I know how you feel. We want it so bad...but is it worth it to you? I think I at least have to give it a try.
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I'm off it. I went back down to 500mgs for a week and was still vomiting. I went out to dinner with a friend last night and I had to pull over when we were driving back. I deposited my tiramisu in the bike lane. I dropped her off and hurled the whole way home. Thank goodness I have barf bags in the car. I vomited close to 40 times yesterday. I went to my GP today who told me to stop taking Met - which is NOT a problem. I wasn't going to take it anymore anyway and I sure didn't take it last night.
He gave me suppositories for the vomiting - how thrilling.
Now I just have to figure out what I am going to do next. I think I will do the Soy Zone and get back to exercising. I just hope I can find some energy somewhere.
I really miss fen-phen. (sp?) I lost weight and everything was really, really clean!
__________________ Joann - old enough to know better
You don't have to see the whole staircase,
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You ask people why they have deer heads on the wall. They always say, "Because it's such a beautiful animal." There you go. I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her.
Ellen DeGeneres
The first time I went on met it was horrible!!!! I stopped taking it. Then after I had all my many cysts removed in surgery #2 I tried it again and it was good. I got pregnant after 2 months of taking it... However it is a very very hard drug on the body... at least on ours from the sounds of things....
Karen
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Have you tried the XR? extended release? i have read that some who can not tolerate the regualr met have good luck with the XR.
Also i have read that some use Fortamet and do well onit. Maybe its something to talk with ur doc about especially since your seeing some good results.
Good luck hope you get feeling better!!
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I can totally relate. The first time I was on met it made me so sick. I am now taking Fortamet which is a different formula of met. It has very few side effects. I love it! I take 1000 mg a day and I am having no problem at all taking it.
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I had terrible problems with met and quit taking it for 2 years, tried the diet/exercise thing and I was getting worse and still gaining weight. Finally I went back to the dr. and got on Met XR and it's been great. I feel a lot better!
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Married
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Age 31
PCOS diagnosed 03/03
Hypertensive Heart disease - dx'd 03/07
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - dx'd 03/07
Metformin 2000mg/day
Dermatographia (a type of hives, cause unknown)
Longest time gone without AF - 10 months
Fibromyalgia (dx'd 7/07)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (dx'd 7/07)
Glutathione/ATP injections :
Pulmonary Obstruction (dx'd 3/5/08)
Inhomogeneous Endometrium (2/08)
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