Vitex and Metformin anyone??

shahsosweet · 10-22-2009, 05:07 PM

Hello Cysters!

I was just diagnosed with PCOS one month ago. I started taking Vitex(800mg day) 2 weeks ago to regulate my period (which has been MIA since July) and i am already on hydrochlorothorazide(25mg day) for high blood pressure. I just started taking Metformin for insulin resistance (500mgs 2x's day) exactly one week ago and here is what is going on with me:
Goods:
-My skin is clearer than its ever been. I havent had a new pimple since starting the Vitex....and I have been struggling with acne since a teen, I'm 29. I thought I was imagining it until my friends/family started commenting.
-My appetite is waaaaaaaaay reduced. I cant eat as much as I used to at all and Im just not that hungry all the time.
-Ive lost 4 pounds in 7days. Seriously...I kept getting on the scale to check and its true. 212 last Thursday, 208 today.

Bads(TMI):
-Ok. So when I began the Vitex my BM's became looser and more frequent but not diarrhea at all. However, this Metformin has afflicted me with the runs! Its not uncontrollable diarrhea all day, just when I eat. It's like as soon as I eat...like clockwork an hour later, the runs.

-One violent episode of vomiting yesterday after I decided I wanted an egg salad sandwich for lunch. I felt queasy for about 10 minutes and wham! Barf-ville.

No AF yet but Its only been 2 weeks so Im patient. Anyone else on Vitex and Met at the same time? Tell me any and everything....I wanna know what your experience has been. Did you have bad s/e? Lose weight? Have a baby? No results?

rachelltaylor · 10-23-2009, 12:13 AM

I'm not on them at the same time, but your bad symptoms are exactly why I stopped taking Met. It messed me up too bad to keep with it. Now I'm taking Fertilaid (which has vitex in it) and I haven't had any symptoms even remotely close to what Met did to me.

ErikaG_78 · 11-05-2009, 01:34 AM

Hi,
I have just started taking Vitex today.

I tried it last year, although it did not regulate my cycles but I did ovulate twice within 7 months which was a miracle for me. Plus on the second time I ovulated I got pregnant. I lost the baby, but probably it does not have anything to do with Vitex.
After my m/c I saw my Dr, she gave me Metformin and Clomid. I ovulated but I did not get pregnant. So now I am trying Vitex again, but this time with Metformin.
How much Vitex and Metformin do you take?
Fingers crossed it will work for both of us! Good luck!