PCO-not seeing my period for over a year now.

[zonian18baby]

Do you know what really works during or having PCOS, what type of exercise or food can I eat to keep a healthy body weight. I'm 35 now, and Since I was 28 I gain lot of weight, I'm 5'3  my weight is 215 lb, I start a diet and only get to loose like 5 pounds and I get tired.  God, but I can't get to keep a good diet.. Doctor prescribed me metformin, but I keep stopping it,I start and stop due to the side effects and my dosage is low. I'm kind of concerned because I have not had a period since 15 months, not gotten pregnant. And I'm overweight. I walk a lot 'cause I don't have a car to go to work, but I know I've been eating a lot. I really want kids, and also be healthy. Any suggestions, have Metformin work for you, what diets. I tried to put myself in treatment to conceive over a year ago,and that did not work.

[jaydentd]

wow 55 lb, that's really good. Did you also follow a diet and exercise plan?  I don't have pcos but I do have irregular cycle, only like once or twice a year.  My doctor gave me metformin back in october and it was making me sick.  I took it for a couple of weeks and then stop.  I'm doing weight watchers to try to loose weight on my own.  In 2 months I've lost 15 lb and I hope this helps me since I been trying for over 2 years.  My doctor gave me clomid a drug that aids to ovulate but it didn't work for me.  I just keep telling myself if I loose 50lb my body will be back to normal.  I'm 27 and I can't wait to have a baby.  

[msniki412]

I too suffer from PCOS. I was given metformin back in 2007 but stopped taking it because my family didnt agree with my doctor. Well, I stopped listening to them and started metformin again in September 2008 1x a day 500mg. I then started on 2x a day in Jan 2009. I beleive it has helped me lose 55lbs so far. I started at 333lbs and I now weigh 278lbs.

[RockynRobyn]

Hi, I came across your post because I too suffer from PCOS and have a similar story to yours, I've started and stopped metformin because of side effects etc...and was on a ttc plan about a year ago but was not totally committed to it.

In December of last year I started metformin again and have been on it now since then and at first your body totally reacts to the treatment, I had no appetite and was very sick for a while and then slowly but surely I gradually increased my does until now I'm up to 2000mg a day I know it sounds like a lot but I'm so use to that I don't have a side effect in the world. However with take the metformin alone it did not start my period right away and so when my body was use to it and my doctor and I was sure I was going to continue to take it without stopping she gave me provera to start my cycle and I am currently in CD 4 and then in two weeks I go for testing and Hopefully everything should go back to to normal. Also recently we have decided that since I've reacted well to the meds as far as everything else goes...now is the time to come up with a good TTC attack plan and the metformin and month testing alone is the first stop so basically this is my first month of trying after a long break. I believe the key to all of this is to STICK TO IT, unfortunately us girls with PCOS don't have the luxary of just coasting our way to a pregnancy we have to work hard, do what is required of us now and until and even after we acheive our goal. Believe you me I know it's hard to stick to the diets heck I'm 5' on the nose and weigh 275 pounds and I have lost about 10 pounds since being on metformin with excercise no diet so far just watching the carbs a bit, but I suppose with a good diet and excercise this too could help as well.

Anyhoo deary. Just try sticking to it for more than a month you body gets use to the meds and from there it's smooth sailing. Like I said we unfortunately have to work a little hard, but I'm praying in the end it's well worth it. GOOD LUCK!!