PCOS, Overweight and Metformin? Anybody?

[Manchester_Lu]

just a quick follow up......went to the GP this morning to share my copncerns and ask for some support, nothing. She looked at me blankly and even suggested that I went on the pill for a while!!! I told her that I've been dieting for about 6 months with no success and that I have tried to up my activity the only way I can which is by using things like Wii fit at home and this was due to working full time and having a young son to look after so her answer for this was to take up squash!

Anyway I explained how worried i am about my periods being absent and my weight steadidly increasing yet PCOS being ruled out but she didn't seemed concerned at all.

That's when I burst into tears. I'm not usually a crier and especially not to a stranger but I think it was her uncaring attitude and lack or any constructive help that got to me. the next thing on her list was to offer anti-depressants, I politely told her "no thank you" and she shrugged her shoulders so I left the surgery in tears.

I'm not looking for a miracle cure but I thought I might have a bit of support, even if all she did was offer me some bed time reading.

Hopefully the fertility hospital will be able to help us succeed in having a healthy pregnancy and that is my main priority but I am also really concerned about my complete lack of periods and would've liked this addressing as well, alongside any fertility treatment.

Sorry for the story, but I was in bits earlier. I guess I'm picking my way through this situation using sites like this one for guidance.

xxx

 

[kit603]

just a quick follow up......went to the GP this morning to share my copncerns and ask for some support, nothing. She looked at me blankly and even suggested that I went on the pill for a while!!! I told her that I've been dieting for about 6 months with no success and that I have tried to up my activity the only way I can which is by using things like Wii fit at home and this was due to working full time and having a young son to look after so her answer for this was to take up squash!

Anyway I explained how worried i am about my periods being absent and my weight steadidly increasing yet PCOS being ruled out but she didn't seemed concerned at all.

That's when I burst into tears. I'm not usually a crier and especially not to a stranger but I think it was her uncaring attitude and lack or any constructive help that got to me. the next thing on her list was to offer anti-depressants, I politely told her "no thank you" and she shrugged her shoulders so I left the surgery in tears.

I'm not looking for a miracle cure but I thought I might have a bit of support, even if all she did was offer me some bed time reading.

Hopefully the fertility hospital will be able to help us succeed in having a healthy pregnancy and that is my main priority but I am also really concerned about my complete lack of periods and would've liked this addressing as well, alongside any fertility treatment.

Sorry for the story, but I was in bits earlier. I guess I'm picking my way through this situation using sites like this one for guidance.

xxx

That's pretty poor really I really just can't understand why people like that would ever decide to become a doctor. In the last couple of years i've been to so many GPs like that and seen so many specialists that its just made me not want to go to the doctors anymore

Seems like you had about the same treatment I got from my gynecologist.

Hopefully the people at the fertility hospital will be more helpful, when's that appointment again?

 

[manchester1]

well my doctor wouldnt prescribe metformin even with pcos, being over weight, no periods....and just suggested........... WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY!!!!

 

[sparkle83]

Hoping in on this a little late, have been AWOL for a while (moving house, overtime at work). Those who find metormin causes major tummy trouble, talk to your docs about adding a small amount of codeine phosphate, this is what my consultant recommended, and I rarely get trouble now, when before I had days where I couldnt leave the house!

starting again with the weight loss, got a long way to go, but I think it'll be the only way I get pregnant again.

 

[MrsPhillips]

Well my BMI is high. I was given metformin to get my cycles on track after I had a large cyst and ovary removed. Yes, metformin does make you feel grotty but within 2 weeks it should have stabilised. I lost half a stone in 5 weeks on metformin and then got my BFP. Good luck with it, I hope it works for you x

 

[louise1302]

i was given metformin after gaining 7 stone in as many months, my periods disappeared and i was covered in spots, they diagnosed pcos via a scan and it was the scan technician who has pcos herself who told me about metformin, i went to my gp and hed never heard of it but decided to try it anyway
i had lots of side effects for a few weeks such as dadgy tummy and feeling sick and ligtheaded but 6 months later id lost 2 stone and got a very surprise bfp after no periods for 2 years,
the best piece of advice i ever got was to aviod carbs like the plague. pcos causes insulin resistance and the sugars in carbs turn to fat and generally put more weight on you that other foods like meat
hope your doctor is being better

 

[kit603]

Hoping in on this a little late, have been AWOL for a while (moving house, overtime at work). Those who find metormin causes major tummy trouble, talk to your docs about adding a small amount of codeine phosphate, this is what my consultant recommended, and I rarely get trouble now, when before I had days where I couldnt leave the house!

starting again with the weight loss, got a long way to go, but I think it'll be the only way I get pregnant again.

Sorry to hear that you're also having trouble hun, just hang in there with the weightloss though hun Give me a shout if you want anyone to chat to, we both have quite a lot to lose and its quite a daunting task

Well my BMI is high. I was given metformin to get my cycles on track after I had a large cyst and ovary removed. Yes, metformin does make you feel grotty but within 2 weeks it should have stabilised. I lost half a stone in 5 weeks on metformin and then got my BFP. Good luck with it, I hope it works for you x

i was given metformin after gaining 7 stone in as many months, my periods disappeared and i was covered in spots, they diagnosed pcos via a scan and it was the scan technician who has pcos herself who told me about metformin, i went to my gp and hed never heard of it but decided to try it anyway
i had lots of side effects for a few weeks such as dadgy tummy and feeling sick and ligtheaded but 6 months later id lost 2 stone and got a very surprise bfp after no periods for 2 years,
the best piece of advice i ever got was to aviod carbs like the plague. pcos causes insulin resistance and the sugars in carbs turn to fat and generally put more weight on you that other foods like meat
hope your doctor is being better

Thank you both for the stories hun, it gives me quite a lot of hope.

 

[Manchester_Lu]

Such lovely stories about getting BFPs, wishing you both all the best.

I just wish that someone could give me a proper diagnosis as to why i've piled on the weight and my periods have stopped. I know it sounds silly but in a way I wish I did have PCOS, when I was mis-diagnosed with this at least I could read up on possible treatments and hear other ladies' stories. Now I'm in limbo land and it seems the GP won't even offer any support at all.

Hopefully St Mary's will be able to shed some light on the symptioms and help me to get a BFP....fingers crossed.

 

[sparkle83]

Lu- been tested for hypothyroid hon?

 

[Manchester_Lu]

Yes, I've had my thyroid tested loads and each time it's smack in the middle of normal.

I've also been tested for Diabetes as my uncle has type 1 but that was negative as well (thank god).

It's just hard when all the advice you get is "try really hard to lose weight" if it was that easy I would've been 2 stone lighter by now or not put it on in the first place.

i just hate not being in control, especially when it's my own body that's letting me down.