Two early miscarriages 11/06 & 8/07 July 2008: metformin + gonal f w/IUI = BFP!!! Colin & Avery arrived April 1, 2009!!! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
I have been on 1500mg for over a year now and looking to ask doc to increase it.
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Me (26) To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. DH (37)
BFP 9-17-08
First Beta 480
Second Beta 1,982
Third Beta 15,471
1st U/S 10-10-08 HB 156!!!
2nd U/S 11-20-08 HB 154!!!!
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Ok, I just bumped up to 2000mg and have lost pounds already. I am definitely having dizzy spells and bouts of nausea alternating with hunger pangs. It is strange. I am sure it is from the increase and am waiting it out.
I was on 1000mg for years and then my new doctor said that staying on a low dose for that long is like trying to fight a bear with a feather. So, up I went!
I am currently taking 1500 mg of XR. I am rx'd 2000mg but can't deal with the side effects. I seem to have little to none of the side effects on 1500mg but I'm afraid it doesn't seem to be doing as good a job on 2000mg. Although 1500mg is still better than taking nothing at all.
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Ali (31) DH (33) married 4-04
7-05 bfp Met XR 2,000mg 1-09 bfp 2nd round clomid 50mg + Met XR 2000mg
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I started at 1500mg 3 weeks ago, right out of the gate at diagnosis because my IR is so pronounced. I go back in October and she'll move me up to 2000mg if we haven't seen enough improvement in my insulin levels.
Edited to add - I experienced some of the basic SE's when I first started - dizziness, nausea, diarrhea - but for the most part they went away after less than a week. I still get diarrhea if I eat something stupid - which is rare, because the Met has killed 95% of my lunatic sugar cravings. I feel like a different person. Its wonderful.
__________________ Alison (36) and DH (40)
PCOS / Insulin Resistance diagnosis after abnormal bleeding - 7/3/08 (also MF infertility)
Have lost 60 lbs and hope to start IUI/donor sperm this fall
Meds/Vitamins : Yaz, Met 1500; Chromium Picolinate; Celexa; 2 HBP meds; prenatal; extra folic acid; Super B Complex;
Last edited by waterbaby; 07-24-2008 at 01:19 PM.
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Quick poll...what is your Met dose?? 
