Does Metformin make you fat?
amylouize2012
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Hi you guys!
I was diagnosed with PCOS just before I went away to get married (last October) and I didn't feel like I could deal with it at the time so I still have my referral letter from my doc tucked away at home and I never faxed it because I know they are just going to put me on Clomiphene . I have been warned that this can cause massive weight gain (not for everybody but you just know I'd be one of the unlucky ones!!) and I really want to see what I can do to help myself before I turn to the drugs.
I would be very interested to know what improvements anyone have since going on the Clomiphene if it's not TMI and you don't mind me asking?
I also want to know if it will cause absent Aunt Flo to return and if it helped anyone loose weight or if anyone feel that they just balooned?
I had that contraceptive bar in my arm (Implanon) and it was there for 3 years. My periods stopped when it went in (which the doc says is normal) but I piled the weight on and I haven't been right since. I don't get my TOTM now unless I am on the pill. I am not on the pill at the moment because I am so fed up putting crap into my body which might not help and I feel that taking hormones caused the problem in the first place.
HOWEVER my doc says I have to so something to induce a bleed at least once every 3 months. It has now been 10 months and I am worried. I tried Agnus Castus which is meant to be brill (I think it is Vitex in the states) but I am still the same. I am reading about Inositol at the moment and I think I'm gonna hop onto the forums and see what ideas others with PCOS have.
I have the pill in my handbag today, was thinking of taking it today and for the rest of the week so that I would have a withdrawl bleed but I really don't want to if there is another way.
I don't know anyone else with PCOS so I don't have anyone to turn to about it would love to hear from you all in particular if anyone has any advise. If you don't want to post feel free to send me a private message. Thanks so much Amy-Louize xx
I was diagnosed with PCOS just before I went away to get married (last October) and I didn't feel like I could deal with it at the time so I still have my referral letter from my doc tucked away at home and I never faxed it because I know they are just going to put me on Clomiphene . I have been warned that this can cause massive weight gain (not for everybody but you just know I'd be one of the unlucky ones!!) and I really want to see what I can do to help myself before I turn to the drugs.
I would be very interested to know what improvements anyone have since going on the Clomiphene if it's not TMI and you don't mind me asking?
I also want to know if it will cause absent Aunt Flo to return and if it helped anyone loose weight or if anyone feel that they just balooned?
I had that contraceptive bar in my arm (Implanon) and it was there for 3 years. My periods stopped when it went in (which the doc says is normal) but I piled the weight on and I haven't been right since. I don't get my TOTM now unless I am on the pill. I am not on the pill at the moment because I am so fed up putting crap into my body which might not help and I feel that taking hormones caused the problem in the first place.
HOWEVER my doc says I have to so something to induce a bleed at least once every 3 months. It has now been 10 months and I am worried. I tried Agnus Castus which is meant to be brill (I think it is Vitex in the states) but I am still the same. I am reading about Inositol at the moment and I think I'm gonna hop onto the forums and see what ideas others with PCOS have.
I have the pill in my handbag today, was thinking of taking it today and for the rest of the week so that I would have a withdrawl bleed but I really don't want to if there is another way.
I don't know anyone else with PCOS so I don't have anyone to turn to about it would love to hear from you all in particular if anyone has any advise. If you don't want to post feel free to send me a private message. Thanks so much Amy-Louize xx
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HI Amy,
I was readying your question and I am a bit confused. You said your DR is going to put you on Clomiphene or more comonly known as Clomid but you are on birth control? Clomid is one of the most common fertility drugs used, usually a DR's first go to for fertility treatment. I do find it kind of strange that your DR would have you on Birth Control and CLomid at the same time. I have heard that some people have gained weight from fertility drugs. Since I started Clomid back in May I have gained a little bit of weight however I had a change in my diet at the same time and think most of the weight gain was from that change not from the clomid.
As for your question in the subject line about Metformin. Metformin should not make you gain weight in fact some Dr's use it as a weightloss tool. It is used commonly for PCOS especially those who have insulin resistance. I have found Metformin to help me with my constant hunger I was suffering from. When I started on Metformin my cycle went from a 40 day cycle down to a 31 day cycle. (Clomid brought me down to a 28 day cycle)0
