I just started Metformin 500/3x a day. I have started feeling so much better after taking it. I was on it when preggo with my son and it really helped me. My daughter I was on nothing and gained 110 pounds, got thin and got pregnant with my son 10yrs later. Started gaining weight again and having blood sugar attacks so they put me on the met and I only gained 40 pounds with him!! So he is 2 now and I am back on the met and loving it.
I have also read a lot about people using organic apple cider vinigar deluted with water in stead of met. Said it does the same thing. Something to think about!

I was diagnosed 7 yrs ago by my GYN. She immediately put me on BC (Yasmin) which helped regulate my cycles. I'm fortunate in that I haven't had any side effects. I immediately noticed my hair growing slower. After a year of starting Yasmin she put on Sprio 100 mg/day. The nasty minty after taste made me stop (I think it wasn't coated because it was a generic form) however I forced myself to continue cause it made my hair grow even slower. My self-esteem got a huge boost!!! Finally I didn't have to shave my legs every single day!!!!

2 months ago I switched from Yasmin to Micronor, a progesterone only pill because I didn't want the extra estrogen (I have low progesterone but my estrogen is fine, plus my aunt died of breast cancer) but the timing of a mini pill is very precise and I often forget to take it, thus my cycle is out of whack. My gyne discouraged me from switching because I won't have the benefit of the progesterone in the Yasmin which is an anti-androgen. I'll give Micronor another month or 2 and if it still doesn't work then I'll switch back to Yasmin. I've continued taking 100 mg of Sprio but my hair isn't as thin as it used to be.

I got a home light pulse hair remover which is a God send!!! Even though my hair is coming back because of my medication change, I still have patches of NO HAIR!!! :happy:

Been on Birth Control Pills from age 14 to age 27...never even KNEW i had PCOS until i took a break from the PIll last year. my libido went way up, but so did my acne, and the beginnings of hair growth,. hormonal test confirmed, high testosterone....

i really want to get off the Pill eventually ( i am the type that prefers to be on NO medications if possible), and i am hoping that once i lost 35 lbs and get to medically sound weight, i can go off the pill and have my levels checked again.

very happy on a vegan, no junk, no sugar way of life. pretty active. if i get to goal and my hormones STILL ain't balanced, guess I'll be on the pill for life

I was diagnosed 10yrs ago and have been on and off metformin for years. I recently started to take 1000mg of Glumetza (name brand for metformin) because I could not tolerate the nausea with metformin. I also take 3000mg Vit D3, Biotin, 3000mg Fish oil and a multi. I also just started taking Yaz due to my horrendous cycles and acne. Not sure if any of it really works. Ultimately I know I feel my best when I stick to about 50 g of carbs a day, but that is very hard to do.

I take Metformin and Maca. Maca has done wonders in regulating my periods and reducing PMS symptoms. I started taking Maca just a few months ago. I've heard of women that have been able to conceive while taking the Maca. I'm not trying to get pregnant just yet because I want to lose weight, but I am very hopeful that when I lose the right amount of weight, I will be able to get pregnant!

I highly recommend that you do research about the Maca before taking it, that way you are aware of all it's benefits. One thing I recommend when buying Maca, make sure it is organic and it has no fillers in the ingredients. Basically, the only ingredient you want on there is the vegetable capsule itself and nothing else.

Good luck, and thanks to everyone else who shared their info too!
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I have taken Metformin for the last 12 years. Recently I started Spironolactone which has helped with the water weight greatly. I also take two multivitamins and a complex B vitamin because I am a Vegetarian and the Metformin slows down the absorption of B12. I add cinnamon to what I can and have it daily usually in unsweetened applesauce.

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I have been on Metformin 1,500 for 3 years. It has regulated my periods (I used to bleed non-stop and never go off of my period), and after the first few months, I have had no problems with it.

I was on Spiro for a few months, but I went off of it because I felt that it was unhealthy as a long term drug.

I used Vaniqa for awhile, but it is so expensive.

I have also been on Victoza for 1 year. Victoza is a blood sugar medication and you inject it into the fatty part of the stomach below the belly button. It has an appetite suppressant, and has helped me lose some weight.

I was on Metformin and did not see any change in my PCOS. The only thing that has helped is my hysterectomy because I only have one ovary now and it only gets bad one or two times a year. This past week was one of those times. I took the two Tramodol I had left from when I had sciatica and it seemed to help. By day three, all I needed was Pamprin. However, it has to be the blue box. The pink one doesn't seem to help. I also went to the chiropractor and he did some work on the nerves that go to the ovary. Not sure if that helped or not, but could have made it a shorter period of pain because it was only like two really bad days this time.

My doctor did put me on Depo Provera shots. I was finally pain free the whole time I was on it, but it almost ruined my marriage and put me in jail for child abuse. DO NOT EVER let your doctor talk you into taking them. Why? Search the web for Depo Provera Horror Stories. I'm one of them.

Im currently on Spiro for acne/facial hair... doing wonders for the acne done nothing for the hair ... sad !

Same here. No acne but still having hair issues!!!

I wish i would have found this DR sooner. No doctor was ever able to diagnose me. If one of my other doctors would have figured out I had PCOS for year, it may have saved me from terrible scarring on my face..