just started metformin for pcos and I want to know how long it takes for the side effects to begin?
Monday, December 21st, 2009 at
12:01 am
Serious answers only ! From anyone who has taken it for pcos and is not insulin resistant.
I have only been taking a few days but i have heard that it can make you very really unwell, I have a mellatic taste in my mouth of a morning and I wake up in the middle of the night very hungry.
I am only on one tablet at the moment but I need to move up to taking three tablets daily, when sould I intoduce the second tablet. How long did it take you to fall preganant.
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I’ve been taking it since February. It was right around the beginning of the third week when I started getting sick. I was put on 4 pill a day dose but started with one. I can’t take four because it makes me too sick. Stomach cramps, bloating, horrible loose bm’s. It’s June now and I just started my first clomid cycle (should find out in about 2 weeks if it worked). My doctor told me 1 pill for 7 days, then start taking 2, 7 days later move to 3. My dosage was based purely on my PCOS and trying to get pregnant, nothing to do with insulin. Other side effects? Sometimes I get a real craving for something sweet or if I don’t eat I get a low blood sugar and have to have some juice.
I hope it works quicker for you, I’m still waiting. Good Luck!
I am also on the four pill a day. My RE (reproductive endocrinologist) said I am borderline pcos (I have some signs but not other) and he suggested I try metformin. I’ve been taking it for about three months now. I started with 1 (500mg) pill at breakfast for 7 days, then 1 at breakfast/1 at dinner for seven days, then 2 breakfast/1 dinner for seven days and then to 2 breakfast/2 dinner which is what I am taking now. He said some people can’t tolerate the higher doses, and if the side effects were too bad I could take less, but to take the highest level I could tolerate.
I didn’t have bad side effects until I got up to the higher doses. They weren’t as horrible as I had expected (thank goodness!). I definitely visit the bathroom more (sorry if tmi, lol). I’ve noticed that if I eat a lot of carbs, that is when gi side effects are worse. I can’t eat as much, not that I overate before, but I’m leaving half my food on my plate (a good result of which is I’ve lost about 20lbs since I started taking it). I also get REALLY hungry if I wait too long to eat.
I can’t answer how long to get pg, I’ve been on bc for the last couple of cycles and we’re planning to start ivf soon.
Good luck! Hope all goes well for you!
You can introduce the next pill in a week to ten days, but really, the key is to listen to your body and make sure that you’ve gotten used to the dose. It may take you a bit longer to feel okay at a particular level. I think it took me the second or third dose to feel the side effects, and for me, they were mostly diarrhea and some nausea.
I believe it is different for everyone. I started it a month ago, I still get the metallic taste which the pharmacist told me would stop after a week.
On day 2 of taking it for me I had diarrhea which stopped after about a week. However I did figure out if i eat too much fatty meat I get diarrhea again. After 3 weeks of taking it I menstruated for the first time in almost 3 years.
My doctor recommended following the South Beach diet to lose weight, since I started that I no longer feel like I am starving in the middle of the night, which before was like clock work at 2am always raiding the frig.
Good luck with the treatment.