Re: Dealing with Metformin side effects..
From: shelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:06:02 -0800 (PST)
I have a question. I just was diagnosed last week. I
am 21 and my GYNO put me on Ortho-Cyclin. I still need
to see my Endo next month. Does all the meds affect
your daily living like work and such? Can you go on
disabilty due to this. I know its hard for me somedays
cause I get intense stomach pains and painful heavy
bleeding when I get my period. Just curious.
Thanks,
Michelle
--- Tonya <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> At Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Krystal wrote:
> >
> >I have been reading up on the different meds
> available to ask my doctor
> >about on my first pcos consultation. Metformin
> seems to be getting the
> >best feedback. I am really worried about the side
> effects thing though.
>
> This is actually another question on the same
> topic... I started the
> Metformin 3 weeks ago and also noticed that high
> carbs or milk really
> affects how I'm feeling. My doctor wanted to put me
> on Progesterone
> only because I don't have problems with hirsutism
> and he said that he
> didn't think the Metformin would be as effective for
> me. The first
> couple days I took it, the side effects were better
> and worse, if you
> know what I mean. My stomach didn't really bother
> me but the diarreah
> was really bad. And I felt like I had a lot more
> energy. Now I'm
> really exhausted in the mornings until I get
> something in my stomach and
> I'm getting nauseous, but the diarreah's better.
> I'm still taking 500
> mg 2x a day and I'm wondering if I should talk to my
> doctor about
> changing the dose? Browsing through the messages, I
> see that most people
> are on an increasing dosage schedule - is this a
> tolerance thing? My
> doctor has been open to suggestions since I brought
> in the information I
> downloaded from the PCOS net site.
>
> The other thing I was wondering is if someone could
> help me find some
> information about a diet (Ooooh, wrong word!) that
> would help the
> nausea. Like I said, I've been noticing that with
> carbs it's worse and
> so I've been cutting carbs down but I wonder if
> there's something else I
> can do to make the Metformin more effective.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tonya
>
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