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Re: All those taking Metformin .........
From: Melanie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 05:01:19 -0600 (CST)
Hi Tracy
Has your doc done regualr day 21 and 28 bolld test to confirm that you
are ovulating/ Its just that my cycle seemed relitively regualar and my
doc decided to do some blood tests o check i was ovulating only to find
that all 5 months that i had blood tests for i did not ovulate once even
though my cycle seemed regular, hence me now being on met, plus he feels
that as i was so down about weight that it would help me menatally as
well as physically. And it has, i suffer from IBS symptoms, so he
perscribed an antacid twics a day and to be honest the gastro problems
are a mall price to pay for the weight loss and feeling of finally being
in controll of my boday and destiny. I ahve found that mt tummy and
bikini forest seems to be thinning slightly as well. It can also help
imporve fertility, so you have a strong pro met case.
Good luck and take care
Mel
At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, TJ wrote:
>
>Hi Jodi,
>
>Your numbers are an exact match to mine, exept I got an extra 34 lb on
>ya! Did you experience weight loss with Met? See, I guess since my case
>is "mild" my Endo didn't want to give me the Met. I get my period every
>35-42 days, no visible facial hair but hair on my tum and on my boob,
>and I have an insane bikini "line" (hahhaha.. that just cracks me up..
>more like bikini "forest"). The oily skin I could definitely do
>without, but I'll live with it for now. I DO however have colitis that
>is kind of flaring up these days. She didn't really want to give it to
>me because of the possible gastro effects; she thought the possibility
>of bad gastro results with the Met at this point would probably outweigh
>the benefit of the Met. She said most women take Met with the goal of
>regulating their periods and inducing ovulation and that since I'm
>"getting my period basically every month I AM ovulating." She doesn't
>think I'm going to lose much weight, if any, with it. I already know
>it's not really going to do anything for the hair/skin issues. Since I
>hope to try to get pregnant in the next year, Spiro is out. So, we
>talked about it and she felt that exercise and a healthy diet would give
>me much more benefit than these pills, but I told her I really wanted to
>at least try it so she gave me a bunch of samples. And now I can't even
>start to try them until after 12/11 because I have an Endoscopy that
>day.. grrrr.. So anyway..... I guess I'm just looking to hear some
>good news from someone who may be sort of similar to me so I will know
>that the probable and unbearable diarrhea will be worth it...
>
>Thanks so much,
>Tracy
>
>At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, jodi wrote:
>>
>>Samuel Thatcher says, with regard to fasting insulin levels, that
>>"usually levels over 20 are associated with insulin resistance and
>>levels under 10 are normal. We use 14 uU/ml as a cut off point of
>>normal." He also says that a fasting glucose to insulin ration that is
>>less than 4.5 is suggestive of insulin resistance. I guess maybe
>>"associated with" and "suggestive" are the key words... he doesn't say
>>for SURE you can tell... :-)
>>
>>I personally only had a fasting sugar/insulin ration drawn... never did
>>the tolerance test. My insulin was 19, my glucose was 82... my doctor
>>gave me met without any further testing. At that time, I was 160 and
>>5'4, so not enormously overweight...
>>
>>They have found met to work in women with PCOS who didn't test as IR...
>>and they have found met to work in women who are thin... I think it
>>might depend as much on how with it your doctor is. I've seen some
>>pretty out of it doctors in my time... i.e., the gynocologist who told
>>me I couldn't possibly have PCOS because I wasn't severely obsese... ha
>>ha ha...
>>
>>- jodi
>>
>>At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>>>
>>>A fasting glucose test won't tell you whether or not you are IR, though.
>>>It will only tell you whether or not you're diabetic. (I had this
>>>trouble with my doctors in Australia, btw - every time I mentioned the
>>>IR thing to them they would promptly check my blood sugar, see that it
>>>was fine or slightly low, and dismiss me entirely!)
>>>
>>>I think though that you may have something with the overweight
>>>connection. Even though we know Met is good for treating PCOS whether
>>>or not you show up as IR or ar overweight or slender, I think us big
>>>girls get the prescriptions for it more often. Maybe they look at us
>>>and assume that there MUST be something metabolic going on in there, or
>>>our case is worse, or something? DOctors are frustrating!!
>>>
>>>At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, UK wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Just a quick question ....
>>>>
>>>>Did you have a fasting glucose test before being prescribed Metformin to
>>>>check if you are Insulin Resistant ?
>>>>
>>>>Some doctors are saying that Met only works if you are IR, yet they
>>>>prescribed it for me without testing if I was IR.
>>>>
>>>>Also, do you think that weight makes a difference as to whether Met is
>>>>prescribed ?
>>>>I wonder if the more overweight you are, the more likely they are to let
>>>>you try Met.
>>>>
>>>>Would be interested to hear peoples opinions.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Gem
>>>
>>>--
>>>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
>>>
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