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Re: 1 month on met and... nothing
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:21:25 -0600 (CST)
Jodi, hang in there with the Met! I know it is soooo frustrating when
you've looked forward to it making you feel better and then it just
doesn't seem to. I know quite a few women have taken several months to
see the benefits start showing up. remember, it took your body years to
get into the state it is in now, it will take a few months to get it
back to healthy! For some women that lucky number is one month, for some
it is 4 or 6, for me it was 15 :) Well, as far as ovulating anyway.
Stick with it, just because it hasn't fixed everything yet definitely
doesn't mean that it isnt going to! Good Luck honey -
Sonn
At Thu, 15 Feb 2001, jodi wrote:
>
>my hopes of metformin helping me are dwindling... if they haven't
>burned out already. i have been on 1500mgs a day for 4 weeks now and i
>have had NOTHING... no side effects, no positive effects. my period
>should have come 2 weeks ago and it didn't. i am basing this on how it
>settled into an every 6 week pattern for a while... but i only had 4 of
>these so i guess i shouldn't have figured that. before that, i had no
>periods from april till spetember.
>
>the single thing i have noticed is my sex drive has become nil. i
>thought it was due to the met but the more i think about it, the more i
>think it's just cuzed i've stopped cycling again... last summer i
>noticed i had no sex drive, too. i think it's due to that and not the
>met...
>
>i guess i am going to call my doctors office today and ask if i should
>do anything... i don't have an appointment again till april 20th. she
>sent me home with the met prescription and instructions to get blood
>drawn 3 days after a period just before coming back so we can see how
>things are... especially my 17-hydroxyprogesterone level as that was
>elevated... since my DHEAS and androsterone (sp) were normal she didn't
>THINK it was an adrenal problem, but she said if the
>17-hydroxyprogesterone was still high then we'd do a dex test and see...
>since my insulin was high (19, fasting, to a glucose of 82) she thought
>i'd be a good candidate for met...
>
>but like i said, i've been on it a month now, and nothing at all has
>happened. i've lost hope for it... after looking forward to trying it
>so much!!!!
>
>has anyone else had it take that lond to do anything?? i'm not feeling
>any signs at all of ovulating so i know that even from this point, if i
>were to ovulate right now, i won't be getting a period for at least 2
>more weeks... that'll be 10 weeks since my last... it's rather
>frustrating.
>
>and the hair is getting worse...
>
>has anyone else here been treated for an adrenal component of PCOS and
>was your treatment successful?? i really dread it being adrenal for some
>reason... the thought of taking steroids and gaining weight terrifies
>me as i'm already overweight (160 at 5'4)... but i guess it'd be better
>than staying on a medication that isn't doing anything at all...
>
>*sigh*
>
>like i said, i'm gonna call my doctor today but i wondered if anyone
>else either had met take a looooong time to kick in, or has had adrenal
>components treated...
>
>- jodi
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