Minna,
Your situation sounds exactly like mine. Doc told me he thought I had PCOS but I am not insulin resistant and there has been no detection of cysts on my ovaries. Also, I am 5'3", weigh 112 lbs, and exercise regularly. The only thing that I have that may indicate PCOS is darker body hair (I, too, have some middle-eastern decent) and I have started to get mild acne (mostly on my forehead) since I stopped taking the pill 2 years ago. But that's really all--aside from periods every 36-45 days)
I was prescribed Metformin also. I took 4 rounds of Clomid alone (no ovulation) and then this last cycle my doc had me take Metformin, too. I have taken it for a little over a month. The first 2 weeks were horrible. I was nauseous all day long. I did some online research to see why Metformin is prescribed and I got really mad and called my doc and asked why he put me on the meds if I wasn't insulin resistant!!! He said that studies show that Metformin works in conjunction with Clomid regardless if you are insulin resistant or not. I don't know if that is true--I still did not ovulate on this cycle.
I have an appointment with my RE on Monday and plan on telling him that I am not up for taking the Metformin anymore. I would like to move toward injectables since Clomid has not worked for 5 cycles.
Your situation sounds exactly like mine. Doc told me he thought I had PCOS but I am not insulin resistant and there has been no detection of cysts on my ovaries. Also, I am 5'3", weigh 112 lbs, and exercise regularly. The only thing that I have that may indicate PCOS is darker body hair (I, too, have some middle-eastern decent) and I have started to get mild acne (mostly on my forehead) since I stopped taking the pill 2 years ago. But that's really all--aside from periods every 36-45 days)
I was prescribed Metformin also. I took 4 rounds of Clomid alone (no ovulation) and then this last cycle my doc had me take Metformin, too. I have taken it for a little over a month. The first 2 weeks were horrible. I was nauseous all day long. I did some online research to see why Metformin is prescribed and I got really mad and called my doc and asked why he put me on the meds if I wasn't insulin resistant!!! He said that studies show that Metformin works in conjunction with Clomid regardless if you are insulin resistant or not. I don't know if that is true--I still did not ovulate on this cycle.
I have an appointment with my RE on Monday and plan on telling him that I am not up for taking the Metformin anymore. I would like to move toward injectables since Clomid has not worked for 5 cycles.
July 16, 2008
This is only in the last few months these thoughts have been published, but prior to this, the treatment Rx was the mainstay and would talkto your doc more about this