PCOS Messages for October, 2001: Re: Help! Not sure if metformin is helping...

Re: Help! Not sure if metformin is helping...

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:15:24 -0600 (CST)

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Hi Caroline

I guess I'm sort of in the same boat as you, only I'm not TTC. I went off the Pill because it made me want to kill myself... I have been off of it for about 4 weeks now and my hair is falling out like crazy. I pull of gobs of it in the shower especially. It's lousy... I can't remember if it was this bad before going on the BCP.

Yes, you can have a period without ovulating. If you don't have clear ovulatory signs - I always have egg white cervical mucus the day of and get sore boobs for two weeks after, for example - you might want to try charting to see if you really are ovulating.

What dosage of met are you on? The problem with met that i am begining to see is, well, there is no "right" dosage that can be determined by whether or not you are having periods. Met is not supposed to give you periods... that's just a side effect some women experience. I am beginning to wonder if for some of us, the met doesn't do enough to counter the high tesosterone... someone said that actos or avandia really does a good job of getting that to go down, i forget which...

Your body could still be nutty from going off the pill... i don't know. some women do say they have less or no hair loss on the met. I wish there were some easy answers to this...

- Jodi

At Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Caroline wrote: >
>Sorry about the lengthy post. I'm hoping someone who's been on
>metformin for a while can help me with some questions. In July I went
>off BCPs because my husband and I wanted to (hopefully) start a family.
>I've had two menstrual cycles since - one at 36 days and the second at
>30 days. However, at this point I still haven't gotten my period, and
>it's going over 40 days and I know I'm not pregnant. (I've taken 4 at
>home tests and one test at the drs). I've been on metformin for PCOS
>for about 8 months, and am wondering if I even ovulated during these two
>cycles without the BCPs - can you have a period without ovulating? Also,
>is it typical to skip periods while on metformin? And how do you know if
>you need to up the metformin dosage? I've also noticed that I'm losing a
>lot of hair (I've noticed it while in the shower, but it so far hasn't
>shown up in thinning patches on my head). Does this mean the metformin
>isn't working?
>
>Please help. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
>
>Thanks!

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