can anyone tell me how long the runs lasts for? i have had to stay off work coz its so bad but obviously if its going to be for a while i will need todeal with it. also, i missed a day the other day coz i had been sick. all day i felt so dodgy and ill. can you have side effects from NOT taking it?
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21 years old
diagnosed feb 1999
suffer from depression, severe mood swings, and i'm fat and hairy!!
started metformin end of december 2002. started gradually beginning of jan and up to 3 a day on 10 feb 2003,
also on sertraline one a day
tranexamic acid 4 a day when i have my period
stopped sertraline 20 june 2003
started xenical (weight loss pill) 22 june 2003
started dianette 22 august 2003 stopped dianette on 31 october 2003
2005 update - not been on for a while. now get the 3 month jag to stop my bleeding.
Well, just from my own experience, I started to feel better about a week after starting the Met, and then had recurring nausea/bathroom trips each time I upped the dose. I'm currently at 1500mg.
I have to take my Met with food or else I feel nauseas all day. And drinking water seems to help lessen the side effects, too.
Oh - but if I eat like four slices of pizza? I'll be in the bathroom all night. I guess it's the carbs, or the greasiness of the pizza.
Good luck!
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i have just been reading other posts and have realised that everyone seems to have been put on this gradually. i was started straight on 1500mg. is that normal??
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21 years old
diagnosed feb 1999
suffer from depression, severe mood swings, and i'm fat and hairy!!
started metformin end of december 2002. started gradually beginning of jan and up to 3 a day on 10 feb 2003,
also on sertraline one a day
tranexamic acid 4 a day when i have my period
stopped sertraline 20 june 2003
started xenical (weight loss pill) 22 june 2003
started dianette 22 august 2003 stopped dianette on 31 october 2003
2005 update - not been on for a while. now get the 3 month jag to stop my bleeding.
my doctor started me out on one 500 mg a day for two weeks then went up to two 500 mg after that, i never did get to go up to 1500mg since i still get sick from the 1,000 mg.
Hi. I've been on Met for a month and I still have diarrhea just about every day. My doc started me on 500 mg once a day for a week, then twice a day for a week, and then increased to 850 MG twice a day. The first day that I took the higher dosage I was literally in the bathroom half of the day.
I keep hoping it will subside, but it sure hasn't yet. Some days I've had to take Immodium to get through the day because I work too and I can't spend all day in the bathroom at the office.
Good luck.
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DS, Nicholas born 3/19/04
12/2002 DX PCOS symptomatic & IR
(acne, obesity, excess facial hair, high blood pressure, high insulin level, Hidradenitis Suppurtiva)
850MG Met BID (stopped at 27 wks pg); Hyzaar (for high BP)
2 spoiled doggies
Take 500 at bedtime for a week or too.
As soon as your feeling up to it then increase your dose to 1000.
Again in a week or too(sometimes longer) You can increase it again.
I personally have terrible anxiety when I go over 1000.
(Side effect of GlucXR)
I also have had 2 DR's tell me it is ok to stay at 500-1000.
As long as I'm taking it. I am IR and they want me to keep taking it for that.
Good luck,
Patty
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I started taking mine on the evening of the 10th. Dr
said start out slow, 500 mg once a day, for two weeks
then up to 1000mg. So far its been ok. I take it just
before I go to bed so I can sleep through any side affects.
I've noticed the first two nights I was really tired and if
I woke up, I was nauseous. Haven't really had any
diarrhea problems, have had gas though. Its not
as bad as I thought it would be. Tonight makes night
5.
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