Weight gain

[casey22]

Most of my teen years I was obese. I weighed atleast 200 pounds at 5'2. I ended up having 2 children and got to my lowest weight after my second child which was 145 pounds. I only stayed that way for about 2 years and then I ballooned back to 220. My doctors told me that I had type 2 diabetes, polyistic ovarian syndrome and thyriod problems. I have never had any problems with cyst but i have been irregular every since I started. I will only have two periods a year. My doctor put me on metformin, but i can not tolerate it. I would eat with it but still get very nauses and weak. I struggled for 2 weeks on it thinking my body would get use to the medicane but it didn't. I ended up loosing 7 pounds, but the symptoms were unbearable. I ended up having to stop the metformin. My weakness is sugar. I hate this. Is there any other people suffering with the same problem with metformin? Is it normal to get sick with it?

[JDRF-Team-LRS]

Hello Casey,
I start again with an apology that we didn't respond to your Question sooner.  We are volunteers and not medical professionals, so please review your situation with your doctor, too.

Our forum volunteers are very experienced with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease where we're all dependent on insulin to live.  I know very little about Type 2 (a completely different disease that is not autoimmune), but I do know that the American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org has lots of information.

I did find some info on Metformin & PCOS & diabetes.  The side-effects you describe are similar to what is "known" about this med.  http://metformin.drugs.com/  

You might also ask your doctor about Amylin/Byetta
http://www.nfb.org/vodold/vspr9901.htm
http://www.amylin.com/

As I'm sure you know, one the most important recommendations for folks with Type 2 is to achieve a healthy weight.  It is often very frustrating to hear that because it also seems more difficult for folks with Type 2 (particularly with thyroid issues) to do so.  Nonetheless, whatever you can do to increase your activity and your motivation -- will help you in the short and the long run.  If it's too hard to do for yourself, do it for your children who need their mommy to be healthy and active for the next 100 years :-)  Good luck, Casey.  It may look like a long road, and yet youll be on that road whether you take healthy actions or not ;-)