PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for July, 2003: Diet and metformin

Diet and metformin

From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:03:36 -0500 (CDT)

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I'm having trouble with knowing what kind of diet to do, and maybe someone here could help me. About a year ago I went on the Suzanne Somers diet and lost 20 pounds. Then a doctor told me it was too high in cholesterol, etc, and I was put on the traditional low fat diet. I puffed out, so I went off that and on no diet. And I gained the rest of the weight back. Then another doctor told me to go back on the lowfat diet. I did, and lost 10 lbs., but really looked terrible, like I was just so puffy everywhere. Then the doctor who put me on metformin told me Atkins Diet was the way to go, but I feel sick eating all that fat on Metformin, and I worry about heart disease and my cholesterol. I want to go back to Suzanne Somers again, but worry about all the fats. Also, someone I know was put on the Sugar Busters diet, but didn't lose on it even though they felt good. They though it was because it is still pretty heavy on the carbs. I have to lose, as I've gained 50 pounds in the 6 years I've been PCOS. Help!!! I am having a very hard time knowing how to eat, and especially how to eat high-protein, low carb in a way that is best for my insulin sensitivity, weight problem, PCOS, and Metformin.

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Barbara

At Sun, 7 Apr 2002, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
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>Hi Catherine,
>
>If metformin at 1500 mg/d helped you at once, but caused intolerable side-effects, why don't you try to diminish the dose. The other option is to try the XR version which usually has less side-effects.
>
>Sam
>
>> Hello to everyone here,
>> First of all, I think this is a wonderful site.  I am thrilled to have
>> found it.  My Doctor's Assistant had misinformed me of some things
>> having to do with the disease.  I was able to clear much of it up by
>> visiting the PCOS site.  I have been diagnosed with this for four months
>> now.  My doctor has put me on the glucophage at a dose of 1500 mg per
>> day.  It helped within the first month to regulate my cycles, and I
>> began to lose a little weight.  However, the GI upset has increasingly
>> gotten worse instead of better.  I feel absolutely miserable most of the
>> time I take it.  I have so much trouble with it that I have a difficult
>> time even going out of the house.  I stopped for about two weeks by
>> accident( simply forgot.  I felt so much better.  Then I remembered and
>> took two doses.  My stomach got so upset while out shopping that I have
>> stopped taking it altogether.  It has been about three weeks and I have
>> felt about a hundred times better.  My problem is that after stopping,
>> all the good things the glucophage has done have also stopped.  Since I
>> want to have children very soon, I must become regulated and lose some
>> weight for health reasons.  I want to find some way to take this
>> medication without all the discomfort.  I cannot stay at home all the
>> time just so that I don't worry about getting sick in public.  That
>> wouldn't be a very fulfilling life.  I would truly appreciate any help
>> that anyone can give on how to take care of these problems and still
>> take this very helpful medications.  Thank you to everyone
>>

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Barbara






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