PCOS Messages for July, 2003: metformin and hypoglycemia

metformin and hypoglycemia

From: AH (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 05:53:08 -0500 (CDT)

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For those who used to suffer from hypoglycemia before dealing with IR aspects of PCOS, did symptoms subside fairly quickly when going on metformin? Of course my low blood sugar symptoms vary according to what I have been eating or drinking, but I kind of expected that I would have less problems and more energy as a result of metformin, and so far there have been no further improvements. I don't really expect anything much from this drug unless I get some further reduction in hypoglycemic symptoms that are not solely due to being careful with diet. This is for me the best indication I would have that it might be working at all. I have been on it (generic) about 5 months now at 1500mg per day. The only thing is that I have been a bit haphazard about taking it at every meal, but I am now being very good. I know it can take months and months to work at all, especially if one is not being very very good about diet and exercise (and I have been only somewhat good-and occasionally outright bad!(I am also on dianette BCP, but I noticed no further deterioration of hypoglycemic symptoms after going on it.) I will experiment with Glucophage soon as soon as I get my hands on a credit card and can buy some online, but surely I may have to try that for months before knowing if there is any difference, which means paying for 2 lots of drugs, neither of which may work.

So to sum up, did it take anyone ages before they even felt different on the met- you know what I mean... (when I asked the endo who prescribed me this, if anyone ever said they 'felt better' on the drug, he looked at me like I was insane, and said, 'why would they? They feel better if they lose weight, but they only lose weight because they've been dieting.' Perhaps next time I shall use that dirty word 'hypoglycemia'- I think a lot of British docs don't believe in hypoglycemia unless you're diabetic. Or perhaps they think you only get it if you've been downing some indecent mix of caffeine, sugar and alcohol all day...god knows...)

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