What was your insulin levels before you wen on Metformin?!?!!?!
__________________ Me 27, Hubby 33, Stepson 6, 3 furbabies (2 dogs and a rabbit)
DX PCOS June 2006,
Hyperprolactinemia June 2006
CurrentlyTaking Yasmin, Dostinex, Metformin, B-complex, multi-vitamin
Doing WW, and walking 40 minutes a day
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Mine were always borderline or normal. My Dr diagnosed me by symptoms and gacve me a trial of metformin. I'm glad he was that open-minded, because insulin lab tests can be really inexact.
__________________ Christy
33 yrs, 1 precious hubby, 2 miracle kids, At Goal Wt for 4 yrs, Trygly's down 445 pts, Free Androgen down from 20 to 2, 3 half 'thons ran, 2 mtns hiked, 1 crazy run in the Rockies, 4 forest trail races, profiled in 2 magazines...1 woman determined to kick PCOS butt!
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My fasting insulin level was 13. That fell well within the lab's "normal" range, but I've read on PCOS and IR websites that anything over 10 should be considered IR. I had acanthosis nigricans under my arms, and that is a sure sign of IR.
What is acanthosis nigricans? I gues i could just research it....i think i need sleep!!!
__________________ Me 27, Hubby 33, Stepson 6, 3 furbabies (2 dogs and a rabbit)
DX PCOS June 2006,
Hyperprolactinemia June 2006
CurrentlyTaking Yasmin, Dostinex, Metformin, B-complex, multi-vitamin
Doing WW, and walking 40 minutes a day
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Acanthosis nigricans is dark patches of velvety skin that are often at the neck, underarms, groin and elbows. Some people also have dark places under their breasts, around their waist or behind their knees.
My fasting insulin levels are normal, but my 1 hour and 2 hour levels after having the glucose drink are abnormal. I have heard that this can happen with IR. Also, diagnosing IR seems to depend on factors such as weight, age, ethicity etc., not a number alone - I looked on the internet and could not find any exact numbers as to what is 'normal' because of this.
When I was a teenager I had really bad acanthosis nigricans under my arms - I never wore anything sleeveless because of it!! I remember once at a swimming carnival for school when I was wearing bathers / swimmers, and a friend of mine commented that I was 'all brown' under my arms -I felt so embarrassed! But I have noticed that recently the dark patches are not as bad - almost disappeared - which I think is because of diet and exercise improvements over the past 2 years.
I wonder if anyone else has noticed this?
__________________ Me - 23 DH - 23
married July 3 04
stopped trying to avoid prg Jan 05, started ttc using Billings Sept 05
dx March 06
healthy weight IR - monthly bleeds but no O
__________________ New Year's fitness Celebration: In 2006 I cycled approximately 1800miles, hiked up 4 mountains, took a walking tour of San Francisco, hiked in 4 california national parks, swam in a pool with palm trees on my birthday, hiked and biked along the Oregon Coast, climbed to numerous breathtaking waterfalls, explored a gold mine, a silver mine and a cinnabar mine, and walked a fantastic loop along frozen streams and icecicle waterfalls at Opal Creek in winter.
Insulin Levels 
