Metformin + Hormones

01-05-2006, 02:22 PM

I really didn't know where to shove this topic so I thought I would put it here. It's almost 4 weeks since I started Met, having been on 500mg for 8 days, 1000mg for just over 3 weeks and upto 1500mg yesterday.

I got to the point where thinking I didn't have hormones having not seen AF since June 2005!

Did anyone else experience totally hormone changes... for the past week I can't stop thinking about babies, being pregnant, men, sex! and I've even found myself going ga ga over people in work talking about there up and coming weddings.....

I always thought I was not into the thought of weddings, babies etc... but now it's all I can think of... could it be a sign that the Metformin is actually doing something to my hormones...

christyz · 01-05-2006, 08:37 PM

Stranger things have happened.

Remember something...this med affects us all differently and it is meant to regulate insulin. Insulin IS a hormone and a major one that affects the way all of our other hormones function. There is a really definite relationship between insulin and male/female hormones, so it stands to reason that your hormones are moving around finding the right 'symphony' for your body.

Hope it helps.

GypsyArdorCyster · 01-18-2006, 12:51 AM

I definitely noticed hormonal-type changes once I reached the 1500 mark with Metformin. For the first time in *many* years I felt aroused for no reason at all--just all of a sudden one day my body woke up from a long sleep. ;-) That day I also felt like I was ovulating for the first time in a long time, too. I also now get PMS and my migraines seem to come with the PMS instead of randomly throughout the month.

I think Metformin (coupled with the IR died) has changed my life for the better.

Love,

GypsyArdorCyster

Br@ndy · 01-18-2006, 03:44 AM

The first unmedicated af I had after I started met was a rough one. I was 27 and had never had pms! Besides that I just feel good