Re: Help!?! - I was feeling so good...what happened?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?
From: Theresa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:07:51 -0600 (CST)
Hi everybody. I'm new here. But I had to reply to this because I've
been through it too.
I've also had this and I know it's the PCOS. I had similar symptoms
before I started taking Glucophage in October, and my Glucophage side
effects have been different.
I stopped taking the Pill about 15 months ago, and stopped having
periods...you know the story; I was diagnosed with PCOS in September.
Anyway, after I stopped taking the Pill, I would have "episodes" that
lasted 1-2 weeks that were like extreme PMS without a period at the end.
They included heartburn, constant nausea, exhaustion, headaches,
crankiness, extreme bloating (gaining 10 pounds overnight), etc. I've
had some nasty PMS, but this was way beyond. I actually thought I was
somehow pregnant a couple of times.
The only things that helped were lots of exercise, me-time, NO caffeine,
and nibbling on crackers and diet ginger ale. Every time, it went away
in 7-10 days.
The good news is, I had a period on my own last month, with more
"conventional" PMS. I think from things I've read and things my GYN has
said that your body is building up these hormones expecting either
ovulation and no pregnancy, or pregnancy, and it gets neither, so it
just builds everything up and waits for a signal.
That said, I had a scary episode two weeks ago where I was very
dehydrated and had lactic acid in my muscles from extreme physical
exertion, and it caused some very strange reactions with the Glucophage.
So call your doc just to be safe.
At Sat, 10 Nov 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>I apologize to everyone that I have not yet answered on e-mail (Christine,
>Carol, & UW Team...I'll get back with you ASAP...sorry). I had to go out of
>town for a week on a family emergency. I've been back for several days now,
>but I've been feeling so crappy that I haven't been up to doing much.
>
>I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. For several days now
>I've been nauseous on and off all day long, felt light-headed/off-balance,
>bloated feeling, completely exhausted (even more than usual), sore and achy.
>At first I thought maybe it was from eating too many carbs the last day I was
>out of town...but that was only one day..and it wasn't THAT overboard that I
>should still be sick almost a week later. Then I wondered if maybe I was
>getting a stomach virus that's been going around work...but I haven't had the
>diahrrea and fever like everyone else who's had it.....I've been nauseous and
>have gotten sick several times, but no one else that I've talked to with the
>virus has been sick like that. I don't think it's from the Glucophage XR
>that I'm taking...because I haven't had any bad side effects since the first
>few days I started taking it, and I haven't changed dosages or anything.
>UUUUgggghhh...it's driving me crazy. It almost feels like when you have a
>really bad migrane (except without the headache this time), and you get so
>nauseous that almost anything sets you off...and you feel like the floor is
>moving, or like you're walking leaning sideways or something, because you
>feel so loopy headed. Of course, being me, I've put off calling my doc
>because I thought it would go away soon, and now it's Saturday, almost
>Sunday...so it will be at least Monday before I get to talk to him again.
>I'm afraid to take anything like Pepto or even TUMS, etc...because I'm afraid
>of interactions with the meds I'm taking. *sigh* Anyone have any
>ideas/suggestions? Any safe home remedies that might help until Monday?
>
>Thanks,
> Jessy
>MyHealthMyLife@aol.com
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