Julie v

Hi everyone,
I am new to this site, but not to the wonderful world of PCOS. I was diagnosed at 13y/o and I'm now 29. My husband and I went thru 6 years of infertility treatments. We decided enough was enough Oct 2001 and threw in the towel for good. Low and behold I got pregnant on my own Jan 2002. Our dd is almost 4 months old.
I have been doing a lot of reading on the internet and have found wonderful information about the low carb diet and metformin. I'm thin, and couldn't find much information regarding thin people with pcos. I decided to give the low carb diet a try. I have been pretty faithful for almost a month now. I don't know if I am imagining it, but it seems like the hair growth on my face has slowed a bit and I started my period on my own, which if very, very rare. I have an appt. fri and was going to ask the dr. for a script for metformin. What is the difference between metformin and glucopage? Also, once I start the metformin, do I need to continue the low carb diet? I have been tested, and am not IR, but I can't help but still think there is correlation.
Thanks in advance for any information.
Julie

youlittletart

Metformin is the same thing as glucophage. Met is the just a brand name.
Someone else just posted about low carbing and met...I don't know for sure, but it seems logical that doing both would be useful (see that post). I am curious to hear what your Dr. thinks.
jen

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4 month: 16 lbs. 4 oz.; 24 1/2 in.
9 month: 19 lbs. 12 oz.; 28 in.
12 month: 20 lbs. 12 oz.; 29 1/4 in.

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JulieC

Metformin and Glucophage are the same thing, but actually Glucophage is the brand name and metformin is the generic. Some cysters take Glucophage XR (XR = time release)(no generic available), same basic drug but the delivery is different.

I'm a thin cyster too, also non-IR. There has to be some link because met shortened my cycle a LOT. I don't low carb.

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