Branderson

Hi, I am new to this and was just diagnosed with PCOS last week. I was placed on Met XR last Friday, so far no side effects. I started at 500mg/day and because of no symptoms am now up to 1500mg, my Endo wants me to get up to 2000mg, but on my own time depending on my side effects. I am trying to work on my low carb diet, and I have been working out for awhile now, so far not much weight loss since started Met XR, but am thinking positive.

I do have one question
I recently had my gall bladder removed and was told to help with the bthrm issues I get from that, I should eat fiber, is there any way to eat fiber and low carbs at the same time. Any suggestions would be great.

Also, for those who have PCOS and are IR like me. I used to weigh 232 and was not getting my cycle for mths at a time(lucky if I got 2-3/yr) I lost 47 lbs last yr and the moment I started losing, I got my first 2 cycles in a row, I get them now ever since, but they come late every mth. I am hoping to get more regular and TTC. I tried for 5 yrs with no success at all.

TrishainAZ

You can have whole grains and fruits and veggies, so that should take care of fiber issues. Good luck!

kathymac

I have been on met for a year now and I am doing great! I have no side effects and I am starting to feel like my old self again.

navy_wife_martin

Just wanted to update my "metformin" success while the thread was on top. I've lost a total of 62 pounds as of this morning. I had one cycle since taking met. and it was a 36 day cycle! (shortest one ever for me). Haven't gotten another one yet. But still, even if i have to do provera+clomid to get preggo maybe my body will respond to it better than the first time now that i'm healthier...Congrats to everyone else as well~!!

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pcoscantkeepmedown

Well I have excited news I finally got AF!!!! I have never been more excited to have a period. I was on met for about a month but it made me deathly ill so i stopped. I didnt have AF in june but its now July and she is here!! I went to my doctor and it confirmed that I ovulated on my own.YAY! Now its baby making time.Wish me Luck!

Kareena

I've been taking Metformin for a year and am now preggers with a baby girl due in November! YAY for Metformin!!

kate_1234

it has been great to read all these POSITIVE posts. thanks! I am starting metformin tomorrow and we are so excited/nervous. it is really great to have some hope. and, of course, we'd be happy if i got pregnant tomorrow too! here's hoping for an o!

mswickidkittie

This thread is so wonderful.. I am happy to hear all of the good effects of metformin. It really lifts my spirits and gives me some Hope back, which I just keep loosing over and over. Congrats to all those who've accomplished what they've wanted, and Good Luck to all those working their way to accomplishment! God Bless! Have a Wonderful Day!!

Kareena

Some things to know about Metformin is that if you're on a slim fast diet, you may need to add fruit or another light snack with sugar in it after about 2-3 hours because the metformin limits the amount of sugar you absorb and therefore you can end up with lots of light headed low sugar spells which are not fun. Good luck with it and take care of yourself!

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kkat55

In my new job I found out that the girl that sits next to me has PCOS! I think that is so cool (not for her to have the symptoms, but for someone to chat with about it).

This week she told me that her sister-in-law has PCOS too and had been trying to lose weight for a while with no results. Then her dr suggested she take her Met all at one time instead of splitting up the dose in the morning/evening. She saidthat when she changed the way she took it that is when the weight started dropping off her (with exercise and not eating junk foods).

Does anyone else do this? Do you take your 1,000+ mg dose all at once?

I was just curious about why this worked better for her than to do 500 mg in the morning and 500 mg in the evening.

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Diabetes & Hypothyroidism Dx: Nov '07
Metformin ER, 1000 mg: 7/21/07, Increased to 2000 mg 2/8/08
Levothyroxin, 25 mcg: 11/6/07, Increased to 50 mcg 2/8/08, Increased to 75 mcg 9/9/08




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TrishainAZ

Well, I'm not trying to lose weight, but I take 2000 mg and take 1000 at night and 1000 in the morning.

claudia13839@aol.com

I take 1500mg of Met per day. My Ob/GYN said 500mg 3 times per day. My endo said 500mg in the AM and 1000mg in the PM !!!!

Does it really matter?

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ker310

Hi Ladies I am new here and I have been through many of the posts, it really gives me hope My DH and I have been trying to get pregnant for almost 4 years now and I have just recently been put on metformin. I started July 15th at 500 mg and I was pretty sick but once the side affects subsided I moved up to the 1000 mg and wow I am quite sick again...even worse. I will eventually have to move up to 1500 mg but I am getting nervous as to whether I will be able to. My bp is low and I have lost 8 lbs in 6 days. Is this normal? I have read some women don't lose any weight (which I am grateful for) but this is a little fast and I am getting to the point where looking at meat will make me sick. If some of you have experienced this...how long did it take your body to adjust? Thanks
Kerri

TrishainAZ

About a month and I was mostly over the side effects. Good luck!

ker310

Wow that seems like a long time. I am so sick I can hardly eat...I don't think I could do that. TrishainAZ were you really really sick or just a little?