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On the Metformin front... I used to be on 2000mg a day, but my new doc dropped me down to 1000mg a day, which doesn't make me as sick. I am still VERY fatigued all the time. I have been taking a "Super B-Complex" vitamin and that seems to help.View Thread





Good news first! In the past 5 weeks on Met + 1200 cal/day I went from 208 lbs to 193 lbs! I'm super psyched because doc said if I didn't loose "substantial" weight he was going to put me on BC and a diet pill... not good. He said today I'm "on the right track" so that's awesome, don't have to stop TTC to loose weight.
Bad news.... now I need to know if anyone has heard of this before... I was having SEVERE pain around my ovaries over the past week and it culminated yesterday while I was at work. The pain plus dizzieness/ lightheadedness caused me to pass out (one of the offenders I was instructing caught me before I hit the ground... yea I was surprised, and very grateful) Anywho, went to the doc today and he did a UA to test for urinary tract/ bladder infection which was neg, but I had a high WBC. He mentioned pelvic inflammatory diesease. After pelvic exam he said probably I ovulated (woohoo!) but releasing the egg ruptured a cyst that ruptured a blood vessel. Since I'm not loosing the blood it is between my uterus and bladder. So basically I'm just in pain till the bleeding stops. But this is all "probably" He put me on antibiotics just in case and gave me darvoset for pain. He said if the pain gets worse tomorrow to get to the office/hospital for an ultra sound to get a better idea of what's actually going on, for sure.
Anyone heard of this happening?View Thread

On another positive note, along with the metformin I've been on a 1200cal/day diet for the past 5 weeks and I went from 208 lbs to 193 lbs. So even the weight loss help is kicking in fast! Before the metformin it was nearly impossible for me to loose any weight regardless of the diet I tried.View Thread


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Most people's stories that I've heard are similar to mine (other than they had less periods than normal, not more like me) PCOS treated by BC, not caused by it... but this is definitely a relevant point of view on the subjectView Thread

My doc warned me that stomach problems are a "normal" symptom with this medication, and one girl I work with also took Metformin for PCOS and it made her so sick that she had to stop taking it. Just one more thing for us to deal with right? Now our medication is giving us false hope!! I'm right there with yaView Thread
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