Metformin club

[ceejie]

Hello!
5 years ago I started Metformin(due to PCOS) for the first time before I got pregnant with my daughter. I was taking 2 times a day 500. I remember I had diarrhea and nausea but 2-3 weeks later my body got used it. During my pregnancy I had to take 3 times a day 500 and everything was ok.

5 years later we are trying for a second one...I started again taking metformin 2 times a day and my body freak out!!! So much nausea and severe diarrhea!! I tried to keep taking it so for about a month I had to go to the bathroom all the time and I wasnt taking it when I was at work. One day I even soiled my underwear THANK GOD I was home! I was soooooooooooooooooooooo mad!! I called her (after I showered lol) and she said that I have to visit my endocrinologist to advise me what should do until then I should stop taking them.No kidding!!

Anyway, that means that I'm trying this month without Metformin but Im thinking to go back with 500 once a day and increase very very slow the dosage until I see the specialist.

P.S Always helps eating healthy with this kind of medication...Helps the cycle and reduces side effects.

Good luck girls!!

Hey there! Nice to see a fellow Canadian.

I was reading this article the other day about Metformin & PCOS, and it suggested the following guide lines for building up your daily dose.

Daily dose – slow route to avoid side effects
week 1 250 mg once (half of a 500 mg tablet)
week 2 250 mg twice
week 3 500 mg + 250 mg
week 4 500 mg twice
week 5 850 mg + 500 mg OR 500 mg three times (if on 1500 mg daily)
week 6 850 mg twice OR 500 mg three times (if on 1500 mg daily)

It might be worth a shot! But hopefully this is your month and you won't need to worry about it.

 

[bebehope]

Hello!!
Montreal here

Thank you very very much!!
I will follow this guide! It makes sense!
I'd better wait until my AF arrives though ...what do you think?

I have positive OV tests few days before my AF arrives but I dont get my hopes high as I read that this is common when you suffer from PCOS

Thanks!

 

[Soili]

Hey guys! New here, only been taking Metformin for 11 days so far, gradually increasing it to 3x500mg a day. I need a bit of a reassurance though. If you haven't been ovulating before Metformin, how long did it take till you started ovulating? I'm not so impatient to get pregnant right this moment, but I am impatient to start ovulating.

 

[bebehope]

I believe it can take 1-2 cycles...It wont take long to work!

 

[Soili]

Awesome! I'm on CD48 now and no ovulation and no signs of AF. Temps staying too high to think of pending ovulation... I hope something happens sooner than later.

Another question! Anyone charting and noticed something different since starting Metformin? My temps gone higher right after I started it and rocking a bit more. It actually created a temp shift, so now FF thinks I ovulated the day I took my first 500mg Metformin tablet It's nonsense though, I had no other signs and it would have been too much of a coincidence anyway.

 

[bebehope]

I dont chart yet...so I dont have an answer for that.
I will for my next cycle though....Good luck girl!!!!

 

[ceejie]

Hey guys! New here, only been taking Metformin for 11 days so far, gradually increasing it to 3x500mg a day. I need a bit of a reassurance though. If you haven't been ovulating before Metformin, how long did it take till you started ovulating? I'm not so impatient to get pregnant right this moment, but I am impatient to start ovulating.

I wasn't ovulating and I not only ovulated but also conceived on my second month of taking Metformin. I lost the pregnancy at 10 weeks but I have now been back on the Metformin for 31 days and I haven't ovulated as of yet, but I am hoping it is just around the corner!

Good luck!

 

[betty14]

hello ladies,

i hope you dont mind me popping in with a few questions....

i have been taking met for 2 weeks and basically i should have got af on friday but in place of it i have brown spotting which started thurs.....

what im wondering is could it be the met messing with my cycle even tho i have only just started taking it or is this just a wonderful suprise from the PCOS once again??

im very glad to see so many sucess stories and so hope to be joining you all one day

thanks in advance ladies any advise is welcome

x x xx

 

[bebehope]

oh you will!!
I dont know about metformin messing your cycle..but if so..the next one will be back to normal! Metformin can have nasty side effects (such as nausea,diarrhea,dry mouth e.t.c) so healthy eating (no too much fat,sugar and white carbs) is always recommended!

Good luck!!!!!

 

[betty14]

oh you will!!
I dont know about metformin messing your cycle..but if so..the next one will be back to normal! Metformin can have nasty side effects (such as nausea,diarrhea,dry mouth e.t.c) so healthy eating (no too much fat,sugar and white carbs) is always recommended!

Good luck!!!!!

thanks bebe,

i am doing slimming world and have lost 38lbs so far and i thought that losing the weight would help with my cycles but they are getting worse so the healthy eating is all good with regards the met....

the only side effect that got me was the nausea but thats stopped now

thanks for the reassurance just wanted to know this is normal (as normal as you can be with PCOS!) i hope the next cycle is ok....if this one ever ends!!!

x x x

 

[bebehope]

38!! Good job!!

The first time that I got pregnant I wasnt taking any vitamins, any medication, no metformin...NOTHING!!
I had achieved my ideal weight and I was exercising regularly!

My next two ...I had gained some weight back and I wasnt exercising but I was taking metformin twice a day from 500mg ,vitamins, e.t.c.

I believe the next one will be ok ...Its going to get better and better!

 

[betty14]

Thankyou bebe, it's very kind of you to reply, and thanks for your words of encouragement!

X x x

 

[TryingTimes]

Hi ladies, I've been on Metformin for about 5 months and it is making me ovulate and I've lost around a stone and a half. However..... I've stopped losing weight this past couple of weeks, is this normal, will it start again?

Thanks all x

 

[erikaducote]

Hello Ladies. I see that we have some new TTCers here experienceing with metformin. Im waiting to see if my doctor will prescribe it to me, however, i still need to do more blood tests. My question is for the people on Metformin, are you insulin resistant? I dont believe i am, but i would like to see if the meds can me me normal.

 

[Soili]

Erika, you don't have to be insulin-resistant to benefit from Metformin. You don't even have to be overweight apparently. They basically prescribe it for girls with PCOS by default (if the doctor is anywhere familiar with PCOS) to see if it helps things.

 

[Soili]

Hi ladies, I've been on Metformin for about 5 months and it is making me ovulate and I've lost around a stone and a half. However..... I've stopped losing weight this past couple of weeks, is this normal, will it start again?

Thanks all x

Hope you don't mind me asking, how what is your BMI now? I keep thinking that I shouldn't expect to ovulate before I loose enough weight, but still hoping that maybe Metformin would make it possible already.

How are you cycles now, regular?

 

[betty14]

Hello Ladies. I see that we have some new TTCers here experienceing with metformin. Im waiting to see if my doctor will prescribe it to me, however, i still need to do more blood tests. My question is for the people on Metformin, are you insulin resistant? I dont believe i am, but i would like to see if the meds can me me normal.

i was never tested to see if i am insulin resistant, my gp said that it doesnt matter and that the metformin should help regardless.

have you had PCOS diagnosed?

x x x

 

[ceejie]

Hello Ladies. I see that we have some new TTCers here experienceing with metformin. Im waiting to see if my doctor will prescribe it to me, however, i still need to do more blood tests. My question is for the people on Metformin, are you insulin resistant? I dont believe i am, but i would like to see if the meds can me me normal.

According to tests I am not insulin resistant, though my FS still thinks I am. I had a fasting glucose test, and my results were right smack dab in the middle of the "normal" range. According my last few blood test my hormone levels are totally normal too, but I am still considered to have PCOS.

I can't say for sure if Metformin will regulate cycles, because on my second cycle on it I not only ovulated, but got pregnant (miscarriage). I have now been back on Metformin for just over a month, but haven't ovulated yet...but I hope it's coming!

So, from someone with anovulatory cycles but no insulin resistance, I can tell you that Metformin does work.

 

[Impatient TTC]

I'm not insulin resistant, and I'm also not overweight, but I was prescribed metformin for my pcos (although my pcos was diagnosed due to lack of ovulation and visible cysts when tested with ultrasound, but hormones apparently 'normal'). Have been on it since April, and it made me ovulate in July for the first time since December (at least I assume it was due to the met anyway), and I got a bfp! But sadly ended in mc. But yes have faith, I was getting frustrated thinking it wasn't doing anything, then look what happened! Good luck, hope it works for you!

 

[bebehope]

Hi girls!!

Just discovered something new....diarrhea/nausea stops or reduces a lot when you take the pill ALONE!! Not compined with vitamins like I did!! Your meal + metformin thats it thats all...If you have to take vitamins like me just take them much later or prior you take Met.