everyone knows the side affects u get for the 1st time when takin metformin, the horrible sick feeling, the stomach cramps and everything else that comes with it

but after the 1st few months its fine u dont notice it any more

i normaly take one with breakfast and one with dinner

but recently, as iv not been eatin dinner i have been takin the 2nd one at lunch instead (as metformin is best taken with food)

and now i hav realy bad sick feelins and stomach cramps, is this the sideaffects startin up again cause i have changed the times i take it??

i find that taking it with food seemed to help. and the side effects have gotten better - but it took abour 3 months.

but im tryin to find out if it makes a difrence if u take it at a dif time of day, does it bring back the side afects?

Nicola, it may make a big difference as now you have shortened the amount of time between doses by a significant amount. The reason for your 'sick' feelings may be that there is more of the first dose in your bloodstream when you take the second dose. Ideally, to keep a steady amount of medicine in your body, it needs to be taken a certain number of hours apart.
I'm not sure why you are no longer eating dinner, but you may need to find a way to start again so that you can go back to taking your medicine at the recommended interval. At the very least, I would suggest that you check with your doctor about changing the timing of your medicine.

wouldnt it be a benefit though taking it at these new times cause as i feel sick most of the day i wont be eatin as much and there for losin mor weight

I take mine at night before I go to bed. Seems like I sleep through the worst of the symptoms.

is anyone taking this drug for fertility only...not as a diabetes medicine? New to this forum so any and all replies appreciated

is anyone taking this drug for fertility and not to lose weitght or for diabetes...you will all HATE ME I know but to be truthful i dont have the weight gain but everything else that goes w. PCOS.

From the side effects I hear I am petrified to start taking Metformin

Does anyone use Metformin in conjunction with a Progesterone birth control pill (like Yasmin), or is it pretty much and either/or thing?

xnikx, did you ever consider that maybe *what* you are eating when you take it can augment these side-effects? The breakdown of your meal protein/carbs/fat, and the kinds thereof? (Example... hi GI carbs provoking an insulin response paired with metformin, an insulin sensitizer... might throw your body for a loop)

just throwing that out there... maybe playing around with different foods could help
(then again, since this is the low-carb forum... that might not be the case) lol

nope not me, im not takin it for diabetes, or fertility, im takin it to help symptoms of my polycystic ovaries

i wonder about insurance covering this drug-they have not been responsive to allowing me to get drugs for PCOS alone...

I am taking it for fertility purposes. My doc wanted to start with the Met because most insurances will cover it (according to the Doc) because it is a diabetic drug. I did not have to get it preapproved (like I would for any fertility treatments/drugs), I just filled it like any ol' prescription.

HTH!

thanks, that is comforting at least and sounds like they might not count it as actual fertility treatment then but I dont have diabetes (yet but they say it can develop as a result of PCos--did yours develop as a result of PCOS?)

I also know that my insurance considers Clomid (pills) the same as an injectible Cycle which I find ridiculous because the injections are $250 per VILE whereas the pills are pennies in comparison-another loophole we should be aware of where others before us have been found taking advantage of the system kinda like car-insurance rates and we all PAY dearly...all THIS on top of infertility is discouraging to say the least

The financial affects of infertility are stressful - I agree.

I'm not diabetic (or pre-diabetic, unless you count insulin resistance as such) either, but the drug is generally a diabetic drug. I don't need to prove to my insurance that I am diabetic to take Met.