Hi all! I've been quietly lurking, but now I have a question for everyone. I'm 5'5 and 145. Was almost down to 130lbs, but weight is coming back and symptoms (we all know the list) are worsening. Doc wants to check my thyroid and try Met. Will my weight go back down maybe? Or am I not heavy enough for that? And does Met do as much good for less-overweight women? I'm small framed and could easily weigh 125-130 and be healthier. So will it help me if I'm not as heavy and not very IR? My tests BTW for IR come back ok, but I have very distinct symptoms of it. Is that normal too? I test neg for hypoglycemia also, but I have to eat often or I get so miserable and sick. Help me please!
Diagnosed at 15, finally being treated at 23.
Springfield mo
I lost 5+ lbs during my 2 months on Met. It also helped me conceive (woohoo!). I'm assuming I would have continued to lose weigh on the Met. I'm 5'10" and was up to 165lbs when I started Met. My comfortable weight is 150-155lbs although I'd love to get back to the 140's (exercise, yuck!).
BTW, I'm also not diagnosed IR. Previous doctors have told me that there were lots of false positive of false negative with the test. I'd like to be tested eventually. Anyway, I seem to have highs and lows with my blood sugar if I just eat whatever is in front of me. I've found sticking to lower GI foods helps with that.
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I'm also a thin cyster on met - 5'4" 124. I've been on 1000mg ofmet for 6 months and I am slowly increasing my dose to 2000. At first I gained weight on met - I ate everything in sight - In september I put on a quick 5 lbs and was up around 132. I'm back down to 124 right now - I've noticed in the past few months I've steadily been dropping 1-2 lbs a month. This may be from the change in diet - you'll find on met that it punishes having tons of sweets. So I don't know if its the drug or the diet that goes with it. Of course in my case I don't want to lose the weight really... weight never does what you want it to...
Hmm, well I could stand to lose a little more weight. My main concern is hoping the Met will stop the major hypoglycemia symptoms. That just is miserable! So it helps with that? I'm just tired of having to eat all of the time or else suffer for refusing to.
I was in a very similar situation as you were when I started Met -- probably 5-10lbs heavier, but same height. Four years prior to starting met, I was 125lbs and quite fit (although never really had regular cycles). My doctor felt that at my age and level of health, my fasting insulin was higher than he wanted, but technically still in normal range. I was also extremely cranky when hungry and had some hypoglycemic tendencies. Anyway, I was on the maximum dose of Met (2250mg daily) but the side effects were too much. I switched to GlucophageXR (1500mg) and I felt so much better. In the process, I lost about 10lbs and started ovulating again. After 7 months of Met or Gluc., I got pregnant with my now 21-month old son. I'd say it both helped me lose weight and helped with other hormonal symptoms.
I stopped taking Gluc. at 20 weeks pregnant (as I decided I'd rather not take meds while pregnant unless absolutely necessary). I ended up with gestational diabetes, and I also haven't gone back on met since. I am, however, still nursing my son, and that has kept my symptoms at bay -- I've had 3 normal cycles in a row, I've lost 11lbs since starting Weight Watchers 6 weeks ago (I was 163 when I started WW...definitely some baby weight there). Anyway, I'm going to try to see if I can lose a decent amount of weight before I stop nursing my son, and then try diet/exercise to manage PCOS before turning to Met again. I may need the medication to help my body function correctly, but I want to see if getting to a lower weight and maintaining will do the trick. I'm somewhat convinced from past experience with diet/exercise, that once I lose the weight I need to lose, I may be able to manage PCOS without it. The hard part is getting back to a lower weight, and if I weren't nursing, I'd likely be taking met to help get there.
__________________ diagnosed 2/2003, Symptoms: oligomenorreah, high LH:FSH ratio, mild IR
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