metformin???

[bellabee84]

i was wanting to know how many people have had success with metformin ...and at what doses how many times a day??

how long did it take??

i have beenb on metformin for the last 6 weeks i am not pregnant now and i am currently taking it 3 times a day...downside i am loosing ALL my appetite and hardly eating anything at all...i have had 8 mouthfuls of food in 36 hours i know this is not healthy but i cant eat i feel too nauseated is this normal??? and i have had CONSTANT dioharrea up to 10 times a day and bad instant almost go in my pants is this happening to anyone else???

[nothing2lose]

When you say 'how long did it take?', what do you mean???

I have been on 1500mg of metformin since the end of last October. The side effects will go away if you take the tabs with food, and the food you eat is low fat and low carb.

[briggsy's girl]

yeah eating with the tabs tends to help the side effects. it's horrible though while your body adjusts. if it's making you really unwell, you can ask for the extended/slow release ones that tend to have less impact on your body

try for a REALLY low GI diet - it helps. eliminate fat, low carb etc. try for protein rich food if you can

unfortunately, metformin never helped me - just made me unwell. although i was taking it alongside other meds when we had success with DD's pregnancy

[me4ever]

I have been on metformin for about 6 weeks as well, taking it twice a day. FS told me to try to work it up to 3 a day, but told me if I took 2 it was okay. I'm taking it at the same time as an IVF cycle of which I'm almost in the TWW. We'll see what the result will be...
I'm not feeling too bad after the initial side effects, feeling heaps better now, even though I've got side effects from other meds and epu.
Hope all will go well for you!