pythoness

Hi there! I have been on metformin 500mg x 3 a day. Since April 2005 and it regulated my period, got rid of excess hair and helped me naturally lose weight. Thing is my last period I started taking St Johns Wort as I was feeling depressed, and my normal period had not started and I started getting the pregnancy style symptoms I used to get pre-metformin. I did not realise the St Johns Wort was interacting with the metformin. I was two weeks late panicking because I thought I was pregnant, I read up on metformin and St Johns Wort, it does not tell you a lot about interactions and pharmacists do not have a lot of details, however I stopped the wort and AF makes an appearance, so if you do decide to take St Johns Wort with Metformin for PCOS, DONT!! It will make the Metformin ineffective.

PCOS2009

thanks! that is something to remember!!

Annis

Thats good advice, i am very frustrated as no one around me seems to realise the inplications of pcos, even i dont know eveything about it there seems to be no local help regarding this at all, think im going to try and google and specialist in my area. Thank for the info

pythoness

I know what you mean guys!! I was exhausted had headaches always feel sick and have IBS and my doctor looks at me like I am some sorta hypochondriac, I am pretty sure its the Metformin dosage in my system for so long.
I wanted the St Johns Wort to help me happier and it did I was high had no pms felt good then I started panicking because I also had no AF on the actual day!
Now it is here it is killing me! Hopefully had a blood test and will talk to my GP lets see what he says