Ladies w/PCOS or Infertility, ever heard of Inositol?

Supposedly this is supposed to taken instead of metformin, but not completely sure lol hoping someone can fill us in on this, i know alot of women that try for so long to have a baby and ive read of multiple ones that finally conceived after taking this. Just not sure if its special cases or probable for everyone. Im gonna keep researching and see what i come up with, hopefullythere is someone on here who has heard of it lol

Thanks faith!

Not trying to steal your board, but has anyone had any trouble with male pattern hair growth? What are you doing about it (besides waxing, plucking, shaving)?

I've been on metformin for a year now, and the hair isn't budging. It might be growing SLIGHTLY slower, but I haven't noticed that much of a change so far.

Ive been lucky and havent had too much of a problem w this, but i do get a few scragglers here and there, and i dont get them as often since ive lost weight. It should get better the more weight u lose i believe

I just wanted to share my experience with you. I'm 28 years old, very fit (I'm a personal trainer), and I was diagnosed in January with PCOS. They put me on Clomid for 6 months. I ovulated every time but could never get pregnant.
So I decided to try the natural approach and started taking Myo inositol in powder form. Within three months I became pregnant, after trying for almost 15 months before the inositol. I truly believe it made a difference in the way my body functioned.
Unfortunately, due to blocked fallopian tubes, I lost my baby and my right tube just two weeks ago. This is not at all related to PCOS.
There is actually a new supplement on the market, it's been given out in Italy for the past ten years and has just hit the US in May. It's called pregnitude. It's myo inositol and folic acid in one. You can get it online or at your local pharmacy. You do not need a prescription for it, but you do need to ask the pharmacist to order it for you. You can also go to www.pregnitude.com to see more information.
I did not use pregnitude because I was taking a prenatal vitamin already with folic acid. So I just supplemented with the myo inositol (and it was cheaper). I had absolutely no side effects since inositol is a form of B vitamin that already accurs naturally in your body. I did notice that my cravings for sugar and sweets was diminished and I did end up losing some body fat (which was a nice plus). It's worth a try at least. The research I did says to allow 6 months for it to really work in your system.

Hope this helped! Let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with it! I just started taking it myself and am hoping for good results!

Also, if anyone is interested, I posted a thread under P.C.O.Sis Group about myo inositol vs d chiro inositol and the benefits of both and also some links to good reads on the subject! Please check it out, I keep hearing great success stories from women using this, so I can only highly recommend finding out if this is something that could work well for you!!

Wow, glad to see to see a thread about PCOS. I was diagnosed in high school and started taking metformin as I have a strong family history of diabetes to begin with and my doc mentioned birth control would also be a suitable treatment but I was more concerned with my diabetes risk. I go on and off metforim since it can make me really sick in the stomach. I did do electrolysis for awhile and I really didn't feel like i was getting results. Since I've stopped that, I'm not seeing the results were better than I thought. Its pricey and frankly it hurts and I was just sick of going there every other week. I do plan to go back on metforim soon, every time I tell myself I will just fight through the side effects. I've continued to have regular periods even when I'm off it. My mom and grandfather were both on it and had no effects. We are generally an upset stomach kinda family so not sure how I got the short end of that stick. I hadn't previously heard of hair loss with PCOS. I do know it can be really difficult for me to loos weight. What have y'all done to have success with excess body hair and difficulty loosing weight?

hair loss is definitely a side effect, also male pattern hair growth unfortunately and we can thank that wonderful hormone testosterone for that! I had my hormone levels checked at my last check up and my T levels were way high compared to the Progesterone and Estrogen levels. This is also what causes infertility. Progesterone is needed for pregnancy and having high levels of T Makes it very difficult to conceive.

I did take metformin right at the beginning when I was diagnosed when I was 18, but it didn't do anything for me so I stopped. I am still on the pill which I take to regulate periods, and I am a bit fearful of getting off of it because I worry my period will disappear again I have been taking the inositol for about 3 months, along with biotin. I haven't noticed any changes as of yet, could be that I need the d-chiro inositol as that not all people can break down myo inositol.. I am going to buy one more bottle and see if anything changes. Some women have to start with the d-chiro, and unfortunately it is more money than the myo and is not as easily found in stores, most have to be ordered. The one I found was I believe $50 a month, which is not cheap, at least for me it is not lol

I have been doing a lot of research and have found a lot of women that have gone raw and vegan and have eliminated their symptoms and pretty much are PCOS free - no side effects, able to conceive, everything working as normal. I believe this is because they have fixed the hormone problem. I am taking baby steps to see if this could work, having lived with this for so long, I am determined enough to give it a try and see how it works for me. I don't feel deprived not eating junk food, I have never been a daily sweets eater (with the exception of TOM times sometimes lol), and I feel satisfied eating the way I am, but I am definitely taking baby steps to keep this as a lifestyle. Besides a few "meat moments", I have eliminated meat (except for fish), eat a lot of raw veg and fruit, so I am on my way. Even in regards to sweets, I am trying to find healthier alternatives when those cravings come on. I will say so far that I feel great, not sluggish at all, I have lots of energy, I can see my skin is getting better daily, so so far so good! lol This isn't something that is going to change over night and I am in this for the long haul.

I will keep you all posted about my progress, when you go to the Dr. all they do is put a band-aid on it because this is an illness they do not know how to cure with medicine. It does not mean it is incurable! I have seen others cure themselves with nutrition and I am willing to try and see if I can do the same I am tired of allowing this illness to get the best of me and I am determined now more than ever to get to the bottom of the issue. I don't want a band-aid, I want to fix this problem and I am gonna do whatever I can to try and achieve that. And if I don't cure it, I will still be healthy and eating great food, I see no downside to that