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Metformin and weight loss
I've been taking 500 mg/day of metformin. Just wondering if any of you have taken this, and if so, have you experienced any weight loss?
Thanks for the info and congrats on getting some relief from your fibromyalgia. I know there is a stigma with that condition from working in the medical field, but I also know first hand the hell people go through trying to understand it and feel better. I hope that in the near future the medical community can get a handle on that illness so many don't have to suffer uneccesarily from a poorly treated and understood condition.
I started the Metformin Rx on Monday and have had little side effects so far, other than some back aches and fatigue.I have an appt. with my physician next Thursday to discuss my labs and futher treatment. I am excited to move forward. Hopefully, since I am newly married, this will also save me some of the frustration and agony of conception and/or miscarriage as we plan to start trying in the next year.
I started the Metformin Rx on Monday and have had little side effects so far, other than some back aches and fatigue.I have an appt. with my physician next Thursday to discuss my labs and futher treatment. I am excited to move forward. Hopefully, since I am newly married, this will also save me some of the frustration and agony of conception and/or miscarriage as we plan to start trying in the next year.
I have Fybro, and was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Am on a diabetic diet and just started Metforman 500mg. I am loosing weight now as before it was difficult. I have not had trouble with tummy trouble but do my diarrhea. Cutting back to 1x after dinner. I take nothing for my Fybro because nothing works. 12 pounds down now and am taking baby steps on exercising. I am going to start back on water therapy at the local YMCA. Tree times a week, low impact for Arthritis. Hope this helps!
I am in my 30's and have been dealing with symptoms from excessive hair growth, hyperpigmentation, and debilitating periods since my teens. In my 20's, I started to experience severe joint pain, lethargy, and now in my 30's, edema and severe weight gain (almost 10 pounds since November). When I say that I eat well and exercise, it is at the point of ridiculuous. I never eat white sugar, white flour, or hydrogenated fats. I can count on one hand the amount of fried anything that I have eaten in the past year. I have pretty much stopped eating bread and cereal and eat rice only occassionally. I have been exercising non-stop since November and have been steadily gaining weight, it has gotten so much worse and is SO frustrating.
I have had a battery of tests on my thyroid, ANA, testosterone, glucose, insulin, cholesterol etc...I always have strange TSH levels and very elevated testosterone, but my cholesterol and gluose/insulin are great. I also have tons of autoimmune related problems in my family. One doctor will tell me "you're tests are strange, let's do that again," and when the next lab is normal, they dismiss me. I was even put on an anti-depressant for awhile which made all of this WORSE! I was like a ghost in my own body and felt terrible.
Finally, today on the recommendation of a dear friend, I went to a doctor who actually listened. He did a battery of blood tests but said he would put me on Glucophage regardless and then we could discuss the labs when they returned and what to do from there. Talk about relief! I am looking forward to not only losing weight, but feeling better and actually getting a handle on these problems that have now plagued me for over 1/2 my life....I know my body and I am glad that some else realized that too.
I have had a battery of tests on my thyroid, ANA, testosterone, glucose, insulin, cholesterol etc...I always have strange TSH levels and very elevated testosterone, but my cholesterol and gluose/insulin are great. I also have tons of autoimmune related problems in my family. One doctor will tell me "you're tests are strange, let's do that again," and when the next lab is normal, they dismiss me. I was even put on an anti-depressant for awhile which made all of this WORSE! I was like a ghost in my own body and felt terrible.
Finally, today on the recommendation of a dear friend, I went to a doctor who actually listened. He did a battery of blood tests but said he would put me on Glucophage regardless and then we could discuss the labs when they returned and what to do from there. Talk about relief! I am looking forward to not only losing weight, but feeling better and actually getting a handle on these problems that have now plagued me for over 1/2 my life....I know my body and I am glad that some else realized that too.
Hi, I've been reading comments on this thread until my eyes blurred late last night and was wondering whether you've continued to experience post meno-hell periods -- assuming you're still on met. Also, did anyone reply to your question? I could easily have missed it. I'm 56,turning 57 in April, post meno-hell some years ago, and I'm about to begin taking met. If it helps me lose weight I'll buy more tampons and suffer through some periods for a while. I, quite unexpectedly, had a one night period a couple years ago, had to "borrow" a tampon from my neighbor, and bought some just in case. It hasn't happened since.
Until age 50 I weighed around 110. (I'm 5'4-- more accurately 5'3 & 3/4") I wore size zeros, some of which had to be taken in at the side seams. I went on a cruise with my mom & sister when I was 49 and looked better in my bikinis than the vast majority of much younger women. Over the next couple of years I began gaining a little weight, not unexpected at my age, but still managed to take it off by cutting back on my already paltry calorie intake. Then, over the last 5-6 years, I began gaining weight rapidly regardless of how little I eat. Walking/jogging 2-3 miles/day did NOTHING to help me take any off so I became fed up and stopped. During the last two years my weight gain has been fast and relentless. A normal day's food intake for me has petered off to one lean chicken breast or fillet of fish for dinner and my cup of hot chocolate (lowfat milk) at bedtime. Knowing I need to eat something for breakfast I have a small piece of low fat cheddar cheese when I remember. I have no appetite and often forget to eat. When I do I force myself to choke it down. I've continued to gain 2-5 lbs./month. I've gone from a 110 lb. size zero to a 150 lb. size ten and counting. I've been going up one clothing size/year.
Some background. I have a wonderful psychiatrist through a non-profit mental health clinic who is treating me for depression and PTSD. I've suffered from both for decades, it's a long, ugly story. The antidepressant I take NEVER caused weight gain in the past but things change. I'm positive I'm hypothyroid but since I don't have insurance I'm forced to go to free clinics. I have every hypothyroidism symptom on the "official" list (except problem periods and inability to become pregnant--DUH!) Drs at the free clinic are volunteers, mostly residents, patients never see the same one twice. Some agree I am hypo and prescribe levo--synthroid, others disagree. They weigh me on each visit and my weight continues to increase. When I express my concern about how fat I've become they dismiss it. Obviously, THEY THINK, I'm lying about how little I eat. One young male POS resident told me to RUN 5-6 miles/day. When I was his age I DID RUN. My knees can't handle it anymore. I know several also OLD people who haven't become FAT because of age and they're less active than me.
Fasting forward. My psychiatrist recently ran my labs and said my THS--thyroid stimulating hormone-- is slightly high but within range. I reminded her that less than two weeks earlier the last inept resident I saw took me off levo because my TSH was very low. She was shocked it has risen so quickly and so much and told me to resume taking the levo. She is limited in the kind of meds she can prescribe because of clinic rules but can prescribe levo if the stooges at the free clinic refuse. Aside from the increase in my TSH my labs, BP and EKG are excellent. My blood sugar tends to be on the high side most of the time.
Getting to my point and decision. I REFUSE to continue gaining weight. At this rate I'll reach 200 lbs. within six months. I feel like I've been swallowed by a whale. This weight is EXTREMELY uncomfortable for me and I cannot afford to buy larger sizes every few months. I refuse. Just because most women here in OklaRedneckHoma are morbidly obese does NOT mean I will accept that as my lot in life. So, having done extensive research on various options, I've decided to try metformin. I ordered some online a few days ago. I CAN'T WAIT until it arrives! Granted, I'm not a medical professional; I'm an attorney with top-notch research skills. I intend to begin slowly, the way other posters have, and increase the amount in increments. I may or may not be pre-diabetic because of this weight gain but it's only a matter of time if it continues at this rate. Fortunately, I have experience with diabetes, my dog is diabetic; I give her insulin injections twice/day and know the signs to watch for if she begins to exhibit signs of low blood sugar. Thankfully, after four years of injections she's never experienced a low. I do not intend to tell my psych or the free clinic I'm self-medicating but I'll be able to monitor myself using the labwork they run. Time will tell if met is the answer. I think being prescribed the PROPER med for hypothyroid would help immensely, and I also ordered some of it online, but first I'm giving met a chance.
I will let you know if it causes me to resume having periods; please let me know how you're doing also. It disgusts me that the majority of physicians adopt a blame the patient mindset when we've been struggling to lose weight. NO, we are NOT over-eating, nor are we sedentary couch potato gluttons lying about how little we eat; this IS a medical problem. I've lost respect for medical professionals as a whole because they refuse to treat the patient's symptoms they only treat lab results and blame us for the rest.
Until age 50 I weighed around 110. (I'm 5'4-- more accurately 5'3 & 3/4") I wore size zeros, some of which had to be taken in at the side seams. I went on a cruise with my mom & sister when I was 49 and looked better in my bikinis than the vast majority of much younger women. Over the next couple of years I began gaining a little weight, not unexpected at my age, but still managed to take it off by cutting back on my already paltry calorie intake. Then, over the last 5-6 years, I began gaining weight rapidly regardless of how little I eat. Walking/jogging 2-3 miles/day did NOTHING to help me take any off so I became fed up and stopped. During the last two years my weight gain has been fast and relentless. A normal day's food intake for me has petered off to one lean chicken breast or fillet of fish for dinner and my cup of hot chocolate (lowfat milk) at bedtime. Knowing I need to eat something for breakfast I have a small piece of low fat cheddar cheese when I remember. I have no appetite and often forget to eat. When I do I force myself to choke it down. I've continued to gain 2-5 lbs./month. I've gone from a 110 lb. size zero to a 150 lb. size ten and counting. I've been going up one clothing size/year.
Some background. I have a wonderful psychiatrist through a non-profit mental health clinic who is treating me for depression and PTSD. I've suffered from both for decades, it's a long, ugly story. The antidepressant I take NEVER caused weight gain in the past but things change. I'm positive I'm hypothyroid but since I don't have insurance I'm forced to go to free clinics. I have every hypothyroidism symptom on the "official" list (except problem periods and inability to become pregnant--DUH!) Drs at the free clinic are volunteers, mostly residents, patients never see the same one twice. Some agree I am hypo and prescribe levo--synthroid, others disagree. They weigh me on each visit and my weight continues to increase. When I express my concern about how fat I've become they dismiss it. Obviously, THEY THINK, I'm lying about how little I eat. One young male POS resident told me to RUN 5-6 miles/day. When I was his age I DID RUN. My knees can't handle it anymore. I know several also OLD people who haven't become FAT because of age and they're less active than me.
Fasting forward. My psychiatrist recently ran my labs and said my THS--thyroid stimulating hormone-- is slightly high but within range. I reminded her that less than two weeks earlier the last inept resident I saw took me off levo because my TSH was very low. She was shocked it has risen so quickly and so much and told me to resume taking the levo. She is limited in the kind of meds she can prescribe because of clinic rules but can prescribe levo if the stooges at the free clinic refuse. Aside from the increase in my TSH my labs, BP and EKG are excellent. My blood sugar tends to be on the high side most of the time.
Getting to my point and decision. I REFUSE to continue gaining weight. At this rate I'll reach 200 lbs. within six months. I feel like I've been swallowed by a whale. This weight is EXTREMELY uncomfortable for me and I cannot afford to buy larger sizes every few months. I refuse. Just because most women here in OklaRedneckHoma are morbidly obese does NOT mean I will accept that as my lot in life. So, having done extensive research on various options, I've decided to try metformin. I ordered some online a few days ago. I CAN'T WAIT until it arrives! Granted, I'm not a medical professional; I'm an attorney with top-notch research skills. I intend to begin slowly, the way other posters have, and increase the amount in increments. I may or may not be pre-diabetic because of this weight gain but it's only a matter of time if it continues at this rate. Fortunately, I have experience with diabetes, my dog is diabetic; I give her insulin injections twice/day and know the signs to watch for if she begins to exhibit signs of low blood sugar. Thankfully, after four years of injections she's never experienced a low. I do not intend to tell my psych or the free clinic I'm self-medicating but I'll be able to monitor myself using the labwork they run. Time will tell if met is the answer. I think being prescribed the PROPER med for hypothyroid would help immensely, and I also ordered some of it online, but first I'm giving met a chance.
I will let you know if it causes me to resume having periods; please let me know how you're doing also. It disgusts me that the majority of physicians adopt a blame the patient mindset when we've been struggling to lose weight. NO, we are NOT over-eating, nor are we sedentary couch potato gluttons lying about how little we eat; this IS a medical problem. I've lost respect for medical professionals as a whole because they refuse to treat the patient's symptoms they only treat lab results and blame us for the rest.
ty I just starteds taking this pill 500mg twice DAY,Ididnt see any side effects saing you lose weight,I was wondering why?And did you lose any more weight,since then?
Split your first pill of the day in half take the first half after you have eaten and the second half abot an hour later that really helps but you have to start slowly otherwise you wwill alwsays fill sick!
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