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Re: pcos, metforming and low carb
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:43:43 -0600 (CST)
I know your letter was written a while ago. My ?: Atkins helped for a
while (didn't know at the time that I had PCOS), but now it doesn't. Did
you find that you needed to go on Met as well as stay on a lo carb diet?
Also, I have fibromyalgia, so it can sometimes be very hard to exercise
regularly!
At Fri, 16 Jun 2000, christine wrote:
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>I went on metformin in april 1999 and had no results until iu switched
>to a new doctor in september 1999 and increased to 2100mg per day. At
>about the same time I started a low carb diet, atkins. i also started
>running 2 miles per day for 5 days a week. I started to get a period
>(about 45 days apart) in december, then january. i lost about 45 pounds
>and am at my goal weight of 145. I then did not get a period in
>february. turns out that I got pregnant. i was floored. i did not
>intend to do so. i have 5 1/2 year old twins w/perganol. anyway, i
>miscarried about 8 weeks. i had to stop my metformin during that time.
>plus I had stopped low carb diet and am just continuing to exercise and
>have been able to maintain my weight without gaining. my ? is now that
>I have been back to my metformin since april 4 (that's when I
>miscarried) I have not had another period? I am confused and trying to
>figure out if the reason I started getting periods was not really the
>metformin but was the low carb diet? i have heard people who that worked
>for? any ideas?
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