Metformin users

wannabealewis · August 2009

Do u take your blood sugar daily and take the metformin? Or just take the metformin.

taraandkyle06 · August 2009

i just take the metformin at prescribed; i don't have diabetes.

Peanut1334 · August 2009

I have insulin resistance that is why I take 2000 mg per day. I don't test my blood sugar.

DaniGirl0517 · August 2009

I won't be taking my blood sugar levels as I'll only be taking it for IR not diabetes.

wannabealewis · August 2009

Thanks for answering. I just started my rx today and wanted to make sure I didn't need to do anything else. Taking a pill seems too easy. But I guess there I'd nothing easy about taking it three times a day eventually.

taraandkyle06 · August 2009

ask your doctor to prescribe you the extended release formula pills. you only have to take it once a day and it makes life so much easier than having to remember 3x/day.

WaitingforGrace · August 2009

I really hope it turns out different for you, but Metformin is no walk in the park. Most people do better if they take it with a large meal. For me, it doesn't matter. I feel like crap all the time and I'm only on 1000mg. I'll start 1500mg next cycle.

And for the poster that commented on the ER version. I was on that and just switched to the other since I did some reasearch that the ER version wasn't as effective for the treatment of PCOS. Wish I could remember the study, sorry.

MrsWood1228 · August 2009

I'm supposed to take it every morning before I wake up. I was doing that for about a month.

It got old - fast.

Since I don't take any insulin correcting medication (i.e. regardless of my blood sugar, my meds remain the same) I kinda slacked off. Every once in a while I'll check it after I haven't eaten for at least 8 hrs. I am IR/Pre-Diabetic but my HbA1c levels are within normal range.

katieranck2202 · August 2009

I check mine because I was diagnosed with diabeties along with the PCOS, also because I have a family history of diabeties. That is why you should push for the glucose and insulin testing because it can reveal either IR or prediabeties. Almost half of PCOS ladies will end up one or the other in their lifetime, especially without treatment now.

ETA: IR is when your insulin is skewed, PD is when your glucose numbers are skewed. If anything, I would get your A1C checked every 6 months and your liver function checked as well with Metformin.

MrsWood1228 · August 2009

DaniGirl0517:
I won't be taking my blood sugar levels as I'll only be taking it for IR not diabetes.

IR = Pre-Diabetes

My Internist wants me testing everyday. Are you seeing an Internist too or just your GP? If not, you should be seeing an Internist. My RE said they are better able to handle IR while TTC than a GP would be.

madelyn07 · August 2009

taraandkyle06:
i just take the metformin at prescribed; i don't have diabetes.

ditto

wannabealewis · August 2009

my re is the one who ordered my blood tests and told me the results showed high levels of insulin which indicates IR. Then he prescribed the metformin and that was that.

SweetDahlia · August 2009

I don't test my blood. I have been on Met for 5 weeks. I am not up to 1500, 3 pills a day.

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