Metformin

I used to love giving rosiglitazone instead of Metformin, and still do, has fewer side effects, and is a much better insulin sensitizer for PCOS patients. I still give it with caution, although very safe in a younger population, a poor review study showed that in diabetics who were about 65 y.o there was a mild heart attack increase.

Now, I think no one on this site is that age ttc (although nothing surprises me anymore:) so many feel that for all of you guys, ok to take and I do Rx this, just not as frequently and can talk to your doc more about this...

Thanks Dr. Q I will look into that option. It just makes for a really long day when you feel like throwing up all the time and can't get yourself to even cook for the hubby because even the thought of food makes you want to hurl. Thanks again.

Aww Liane,

I hope you feel better! I didnt know Metformin made people feel so crappy! What a terrible feeling... makes you not want to do much of anything especially if you feel that way. Maybe you should ask your doc about the medication Dr.Q suggested and hopefully it will make you feel better! Sending you hugs and prayers :)

Thanks Maria...I will surely be looking into it!! (((HUGS)))

Another quick question Dr.Q. Would it most likely be the metformin or the clomid that is causing this nausea and loss of appetite. I am on 50mg of clomid (finished my pills 11 days ago)and taking 250mg of metformin 3X per day. I am just trying to figure out what in the world is causing me to feel this way. It seems to come and go off and on and has for the last 2 weeks.

Classic Metformin Symptoms you're feeling...

What would make it start all of a sudden last week if I have been on it for over 6 weeks already?

Hey Liane:

Going out on a limb here, but could there be a possible masked pregnancy here? My mom had a problem with 5 out of her 6 pregnancies (back in the day) where she was pg and still having periods til she was 4 to 5 months along. Wondering if this could be a possibility. Never know.

I did take a pg test last week when the nausea kicked in and it was neg plus my temps are down around 36.3ish which is non-consistent with pregnancy. I am just curious as to why this would only be kicking in now. Usually doesn't our bodies adjust better to medication the longer you take it rather than the other way around? Sorry for all the questions Dr.Q!!!! ((HUGS))

Thanks for the input though Marie!

I remember reading that you did a pg test last week, but something seems fishy to me. My gut is telling me that there is more to this then meets the eye. And you are right, usually our bodies adjust better the longer we are on a certain medication.

That is why I am a little concerned....maybe I am being paranoid and it just has to do with the metformin and clomid. I talked to a pharmacist today and she said it would be the metformin but that I should have felt this way when I first started and it should be getting better not worse.....hmmm.

I happen to agree with that. I would ask the doc about this, it just doesn't seem right to me. I have to wonder though, classic metformin symptoms or not, I am going with my gut on this one, I think you will be doing the mommy dance for christmas.

I sure hope so...it would sure be nice!!!

In that case, my fingers and toes are crossed for you sweetie. Billions and billions of buckets of babydust, super sticky babyglue and anything else mother nature can throw your way. You are always in my prayers. ((Love & Hugs))

Thanks Marie!!!

Liane:

Just glad to be able to help in some small way. Chatting with you and the other ladies has really been a source of renewed strength and hope for me after my 2 recent miscarriages. I am kind of anxious to see what the doc has to say though when I see him on the 27th. I just hope I conceive before I see him, that would be so awesome, because my OB and I have a strange but good doc & patient relationship, so I think that would really make his day as much as it would mine. I can feel my ovaries working real hard right now, just hope since I finished my 6th round of clomid last month with the miscarriage, that there is still enough remnants of the drug in my system to still work. Happened once before, so who knows. Only time will tell.

Yeah, tough to say why you're having these symptoms now and don't have a good explanation for them...Taking Tums or Pepcid is always safe to take and/or talk to your doc too...

I will wait this nausea thing out for another week or so and see if it improves. If not I am goign back to my Doctor on December 15th and I will talk to her about it at that time. Maybe my dose it just to high and we need to cut it down or something. We'll see. Thanks for the reply anyway Dr.Q. Also Marie I am wishing you the best and sending loads and loads of babydust and +++++OPK and ++++HPT and STICKY GLUE YOUR WAY!!!!!!!!!! (((HUGS))) I am glad that you found this site as well.

Liane:

Thanks. It sure is awesome to have this site and to see others like you, who are all in the same boat. It somehow makes things a little easier to bear. You could be right about the dose being too high, I would check into that. Oh by the way, my OPK was positive and the hubby and I bdced a couple of times this weekend, so I am hoping for that +HPT when the time comes. Its only 4 almost 5 dpo, so we will have to see. I'll keep you posted. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for us all. It would be so awesome to have you and all the other ladies to continue to share our ttc journeys with. God will bless us all when the time is right, but it sure would be nice for all of us to get those positive results for christmas wouldn't it? Sending you babydust, sticky glue and +OPK's and +HPT's your way. (( Love & Hugs))

Hi Marie. Today I am also 4dpo so it looks like we are in this together!!! It woudl sure be awesome if we could get our BFPs in time for xmas...that would be the best gift anyone could ever ask for. Lots of love and hugs to you along with a heaping load of baby dust, and ++++HPT dust!!! ((((HUGS))))

Hi Liane:

Right back at you. The countdown has begun. I go see my OB tomorrow so I hope that all will turn out and we get those BFPs in time for christmas like you said. It will sure be totally awesome to be in this together. Sending up a few extra little prayers. Lots of love and hugs to you too along with truck loads of babydust and + HPT dust to you too!!! ((HUGS))

I hope that all goes well tomorrow at your appointment and remember to keep me updated as to how thing went...I'll be thinking of you!!!! (((HUGS))) We will have our turn...I just know it!

Hi Liane:

I could just cry, and the tears aren't very far believe me. Life truly stinks rigth now, I couldn't have received worse then what I did today. Clomid will no longer work for me. My hubby is now also part of the problem. He won't do another sperm analysis because he feels it invades his privacy just too much. Doc said though that from his other results, he has a low or borderline sperm count. He also informed me that the only way for me to get pg now is via IVF and some other form of fertility drugs, but it is just way too expensive. Oh how it hurts to have your hopes dashed like that. Do I just give up or could devine intervention send me some magic ovulation and sperm dust? I really am at a loss. My heart has sunk to an all time low. As much as the hubby wants to have one more child (as do I), he just isn't willing to do anymore testing. I feel like I'm not on a rollercoaster anymore, but I'm on the Titanic. Dear Lord please help!!!! Thank you so much Liane for caring as much as you do, but it seems that I'll just have to root for you because my turn may never come now. Loads and loads of babydust to you, I just know this is your time. ((HUGS))

Marie I just left you another post on my other thread because I didn't understand why you thought your time was up until I read this. ((((HUGS)))) I am so sorry to hear about that news Marie. You must feel like someone hit you with a ton of bricks. Just know that anything is possible and that even though the hubby has a low/borderline sperm count doesn't mean anything.... There are many women on here with similar stories and some of them are currently pregnant. I know it is hard to take in that type of blow from a doctor....bad news is never easy to take. It is awful to think that you and the hubby can't have one more the way you both wish you could. Keep believing Marie because miracles happen everyday and if this is a miracle that you truly want and are willing to fight for then that miracle may one day come true. You will always have me here to support you no matter what you choose. You are an amazing person and you deserve all that life can give. I can understand your husbands frustration because my hubby feels like his privacy has been taken away from him as well. We do not have any children at this point and so therefore he is for trying to conceive 100%. I hope that you are doing ok and I just want you to know that if you ever need anything that I am here for you!. I am still sending you some ++opk and +++hpt and babydust because I still think there is a chance....my gut feeling tells me so. (((HUGS))) Lots of love to you Marie!!!! You can get through this!