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Hiya everyone!
I started on metformin on Friday prescribed by my GP (but the question was initiated by me).
Would love to hear from anyone who has taken or is on Metformin. Did it regulate your cycles? Weight loss? Side effects?
So far I've got a bit of GI upset, but nothing too major. I'm on CD11 today so not sure if anything exciting is going to happen this month (i.e a "regular" cycle).
Any feedback/stories would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Erica x
OMG the side effects are HORRENDOUS! :wall:
I hope my body gets used to the side effects soon! I don't think I could handle it if I had these GI problems ALL the time.
Anyone else have any side effects while on Metformin?
Yes the side effects are awful! I had stomach cramps, the runs, vomitting and nausea but it only last 1-2 weeks. I was on a trial for 3 months and i lost 9kgs the first time. I think i had one period while on it and then had another and after that one i concieved DD but we weren't trying.
Thanks for the feedback Summer! Thats awesome that you lost 9kg and that Side effects only lasted a couple of weeks. And yay for conceiving your DD without even trying - thats what happened with my DS too.. but I'm not expecting it to be that easy this time round :pray:
Hi Black Rose,
Metformin has been recommended to me by one of my docs. Can I ask why you were prescribed it??
Hope you feel better soon!
N2L
When I first started on Metformin the specialist (I have PCOS) advised to start on a smaller dose and gradually increase. Half a tablet for a week then a full up to the dose I was on I think it was one and half at the time but they weren't the slow release as I started taking them in 2004. Also I would recommend taking them with food if you are not already. In the beginning I took them in a morning before I left for work and then ate my breakfast when I got to work, but by then I couldn't eat as I felt nauseas as the tablets had kicked in.
Your body will get used to them it will just take time. I conceived both my babies taking metformin. DS1 was a it will happen when it happens. DS2 was planned and it took 2 months to fall pregnant with DS2. Please remember I had been taking it a while. I look at metformin as diluting the the environment around the ovaries to give the egg chance to ripen and be released.
GL
Hansie x
Hiya N2l,
I was prescribed Metformin cos I have PCOS, overweight and insulin resistant. I had GD with DS so have to be extra vigilant. We'll trial this for 6 months and if it doesn't get my cycles more regular then we'll give clomid a go and get referred on to a FS.
Thanks for your response hansie. Good to see some mamas have some positive results from it
Erica xox
Hmmmm... My insulin is 15.2 and blood sugar 4.6. Do you mind me asking was yours higher?
I have pcos and am overweight too....
I need to get a Fasting BGL so I'm not 100% sure what they are. But with my family Hx, the GD, being overweight and the PCOS it's highly likely that I could be insulin resistant :(
Hi All!
Well I've been on the metformin 1 week and I've already lost 1.4kg! :jawdrop: I didn't really do much to change my diet. I exercised twice this week but other than that, nothing major. The side effects are still there.. but less when I take the medication with food.
AND.. I have been getting +ve OPKs for the past 3 days, so looks like I'm O'ing Normally.
Super excited. :happydance:
Erica x
Oh wow hun thats AWESOME!!!! :D :D How are the side effects going? have they eased off. And GL for this month being your month! :D
Thanks hun
Side effects are still there but it depends on if I've taken the meds with food or not.
Don't think this month is my month. I think we DTD too early and haven't had a chance to BD again since. But it's only the first month so I'm just hoping that I ovulate more than anything :)
Any others on metformin?? I'd love to hear your experiences! How did it work for you??
Erica x
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Well I haven't O'd this month yet like I thought as no rise in BBT even with +ve OPK. Last cycle was 47 days so hoping it's short than that. Now CD 22 and have had EWM but -ve OPK. We shall see!!
Have had to crush my diabex tabs as they are too big for me. I've been crushing them and mixing them with OJ and drinking it like a shot in one gulp. Not too bad. The only prob is that I get nauseous after taking it but then when I eat something I'm ok.
Erica x
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Hi,
I was on Diabex and was also advised to start at a low dose and gradually increase to the full dose. Apart from some mild nauseau when I first started on it I dodn't have any other side effects.
It definately regulated my cycles. I was having a regular 31 day cycle and fell pregnant with DS2 after 5 months on Diabex. I stayed on it until I was 16wks pregnant. I hope that it works for you but it may take a little while :D
Thanks Tara! I love hearing stories like that. Thank you for giving me hope :hug:
I've only been on it for 2 weeks so I'm prepared to ride it out for a few more months yet! :)
Update: according to FF I O'd on CD23 :hooray: I had lots of EWM and a -ve OPK.
10 days earlier than my last cycle. :leap:
Metformin might be having the desired effect! :loveshower:
I am going to see GP next Friday to see if I can recommence on Metformin. We conceived DD after 2 cycles on Metformin (almost 3 months). It did bring my cycles back after having an Implanon in and regulated them.
Post DD I am averaging 41 day cycles - I had some 50+ day cycles and am roughly now around 33 days.
I am hoping that recommencing metformin will help shift that stubborn PCOS weight and recommence ovulation!!
Oh cool TK! Hope it works for you. Sounds like it did before
I've only been on it 3 weeks so I've still got to give it a couple more months. But already my cycle shortened by 10days so yay!
Update on the metformin situation... my last cycle was 37 days :happydance: I'm hoping to have a shorter "normal" cycle this month. Have lost 2.5kg since I started taking it (5 weeks ago) and have not changed my diet on little bit. That is awesome too!
TK - how did you go at your GP?? Have you started back on Met?
xoxo
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Picked up my metformin yesterday. I am on 1500mg a day (one tab in morning, two at night).
Not sure why, but I am nervous about starting. I hate nausea :(
Really hoping it will help me shift some kgs!!!
Good luck n2l. I managed to lose 5kg in 3 months without changing anything. Metformin also helped shorten my cycles and I got a BFP after the 3rd month so I'm a believer in the stuff. May have to go back on it for my GD but have to speak to my OB.
Hope you don't get many side effects. My only one was diarrhea. :redface:
Good luck Hun xx
You will feel nauseas, most likely have stomach cramps and have diarrhea. I had all those for about 3 weeks. I did manage to drop 9kgs in 6 weeks without changing a thing. I was only on it for 12 weeks and concieved DD 2 months later.
nothing2lose: i haven't read the thread but i just wanted to ask you if you are starting with the full dose straight away ? when i started it i started on a low dose and built it up slowly to reduce side effects
Thats a good idea!:
Thanks everyone :)
My FS (who is a reproductive endocrinologist) didn't mention starting slowly but based on what I have read I think I will. I took my first tab this morning (with a big bowl of porridge). Not sure whether to just take the 500mg for three days, then add another 500gm at night for another few days, then add the final 500gm at night...
I guess it wouldn't hurt!
Just took my second tablet. No effects yesterday, so will see how I go today and up the dosage on Tuesday to 1000 if all goes well.
Got on the scales this morning (I am a daily weigher :( ) and I was 500gm less than yesterday. Haha! I know it's not the metformin but I am pretending it is to keep me motivated ;)
Awesome n2l!! Hope it makes a difference for you
xoxox
hi all :)
Question: did anyone get a metallic taste in their mouth from metformin?
I upped my dosage to 1000mg a week ago and for the past two days I have had the worst metal mouth :(
Not sure if it is the metformin or not?????
Thanks!!
I can't answer the question re a metallic taste (although I have heard that is a pg symptom which I never had). I just thought I'd add my story.
I have PCOS & I conceived both my babies on Metformin. I too started on a low dose (1/2 tab) and increased by 1/2 a tab every three weeks. When I got to 2 & 1/2 tabs, I started having side effects (mainly nausea) so dropped back to 2 tabs.
My cycles went from 90+ days to about 40 days with DS & 35 days with DD. I lost a couple kgs with DS too but I didn't lose anything with DD. I was focusing a lot more on eating low GI with DS though. It took 6 cycles (9 months) to conceive DS & 5 cycles (7 months) to conceive DD. I started taking the tabs prior to TTC DD so I would be on the full dose when we started.
Good luck with your cycle N2L :goodluck:
Thanks Rowellen!
I have been prescribed 1500mg. I started with 500mg on October 29, then upped it to 1000mg nine days later. I am 9dpo today on an IVF cycle (so technically I am pregnant until proven otherwise with one embie on board). I won't up it to 1500mg until after I have my blood test on the 23rd. I have only had a couple of days of diarrhoea early on so symptoms have been ok. Just this metal mouth has now started.... :dunno:
I went back to the GP in August and then to my Gynae in September... still PCOSing away but am no longer insulin resistant which means that metformin will do diddly squat. My Gynae prescribed clomid but I am too scared to start it (scared of what I am not sure).:
ETA: My cycles are still all over the shop... currently CD57 with no sight of any ovulation and my 'normal' cycles are usually 41 days... did a HPT but it was BFN
How are the other met mummas going?
Hi all,
Just thought I would poke my head in with an update.
I am on the full 1500mg (started a couple of weeks ago). The only symptom is a daily dose of mild diarrhea (sorry tmi!)
no real weight loss to speak of (a kilo or two :( ). I have not had any nausea, cramping or vomitting at all....thankfully!!
Today is cd16 and I had an opk surge yesterday so my cycles are right on track.
One thing I have been reading about is metformin can really help with egg quality. I am praying this is the case!!
Hey n2L I had those same symptoms on 1000mg metformin. It settled down after a week or so.
I believe the metformin helped shorten my cycles a bit, each month for 4 months I would ovulate after less and less time until I was averaging ovulation at around CD 20. I'm not sure about egg quality but I don't think this was or is my issue as I'm still young.
Good luck babes!!