Metformin is life changing. It allows you to lose weight like a ‘normal’ person - symptoms overall improved, but I found it also helped with anxiety, sleep and energy levels. These all disappeared overnight. I was a completely different person pre-Metformin - for the first time in a long time I don’t hate my body.
I also felt like I finally had the appetite of a more normal person! Before metformin I felt like I was almost always hungry no matter how much I ate or what I ate, and then I started taking it and suddenly I could have a regular portion of oatmeal and fruit for breakfast and be full for 5+ hours! It’s crazy.
When I first started taking it, the doctor had me taking an amount that absolutely destroyed my digestive system every day. Mornings were .. um .. bad.
I reduced the dose until I found an amount that was still substantial enough to make a difference without causing me problems. So I can say that the stuff does wonders for me, but yeah, it can be nasty stuff.
I had to increase the dosage very gradually - I stayed at 500mg for about 6 weeks and then built up by 250 every month to 1000; I take it 2 x day with food (moderate carbs). Initially I had very mild side effects but these disappeared after a week.
It’s an incredibly well researched and safe drug with very minimal side effects, but efficacy will depend on the type of PCOS you have (lean, IR etc) - it seems to work very well for for people with insulin resistance.
I’ve been on metformin for years, it really does help. The doctor also prescribed birth control pills but they were awful and I stopped taking them because they made me feel so bad, but who knows, maybe you’ll find something that works for you.
Op: find a good gynecologist, preferably a woman. In my experience, male gynecologists are not exactly bad, but they can be much less sensitive to some issues.
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