Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Metformin and Moods

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>I have a 15 year daughter on 2500 mg.met three x a day and it has not helped >her teenage attitude-we’re waiting!!

LOL…. I was 15 once, nothing will help that attitude but growing up  lol. . God Bless You  <*(((><       Carrie   ;o)~    from Oklahoma Carrie’s Home Page (PCOS) http://hometown.aol.com/cbraly2000/home.index.html For info. on treatment of PCOS with the drug Metformin go to this site… http://www.ivf.com/pcostreat.html

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On 15 Jun 1999 05:55:19 GMT, cdrund…@aol.com (CDRUNDELL) wrote: ><< Will Metformin help my really CRAPPY mood swings!!  ?? >> >I’d like to hear about this, too… I constantly feel like a hormonal teenager. >At age 35, this can be somewhat annoying (probably to those around me, as >well).

I’m 35 and I find that low carbing helped my moods.  They get worse again when I cheat too much.

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CDRUNDELL wrote: > << Will Metformin help my really CRAPPY mood swings!!  ?? >> > I’d like to hear about this, too… I constantly feel like a hormonal teenager. > At age 35, this can be somewhat annoying (probably to those around me, as > well).

My moods have changed, unless I use Provera.  I use metformin and the Zone diet.   — Katharina dav…@german-usa.com 35/5.9/C0-nt/met1500 262(March 15,99)/234

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On 15 Jun 1999 22:51:36 GMT, cbraly2…@aol.com (CBraly2000) wrote: >>I have a 15 year daughter on 2500 mg.met three x a day and it has not helped >>her teenage attitude-we’re waiting!! >LOL…. I was 15 once, nothing will help that attitude but growing up  lol.

My daughter’s 16 and I quite agree with you.  I swear she has PMS down to a fine art.

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Okay…I’m an acronym idiot… Please define: WOE AF YMMV TY! (Thank you!)

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 WOE    =       way of eating  AF     =       aunt flow       = period  YMMV   =       your mileage may vary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Kronschobl wrote: > Okay…I’m an acronym idiot… > Please define: > WOE > AF > YMMV > TY! > (Thank you!)

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On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:26:44 GMT, "MichelleMA" <NOSPAMmichelle.flew…@the-spa.com> wrote: >I follow a relatively low carb diet (not ultra low Atkins although I started >with it for the first month). Besides the difficulty following it during >travel, I have found it pretty easy to follow once I decided that I liked >being thinner & healthier more than I liked bread and pasta.

That’s a great way of thinking about it!  8^) >YMMV, but for me, getting my carbs/sugar under control has made a huge >improvement.

I’m working on it!  I still eat some unrefined brown rice and whole wheat bread, but pasta and refined flours are completely out of my diet now (except for pizza, which I must admit I still have with my DH about once a month).  I don’t eat beef or pork, but I’ve upped my chicken, turkey, fish and tofu intake a lot.  Drinking lot of milk, eating a lot of veggie burgers (w/ soy, and cutting out the bread I used to have with ‘em), trying to broaden my narrow repertoire of bean/veggie salads by adding tuna (my favorite lately is tuna, chick peas and sweet red peppers lightly dressed in no-fat italian). Another thing is that since going on Met. about one month ago, I’ve cut WAAAAY down on hitting the corner store for a chocolate bar (used to be an almost daily occurence).  Now, maybe 2x a week, I’ll still go, but I’ll get a Tiger’s Milk bar (high protein), just to get a leeeeeetle chocolate fix.  8^)  Furthermore, have completely cut out sodas (I now have NO CAFFEINE SOURCE, since I don’t drink coffee! Wow, I’m still alive!).  I look at DH’s empty coke cans, read the panel and see that each one has *39 grams* of carbs, and try to calculate how many of those I’ve downed in my life!  Feeling much better. I guess the best part about the Met. is that I can feel hungry without feeling like I’m about to keel over and die.  I guess this is what a more normal metabolism is *supposed* to feel like.  I can tell you that I haven’t had one for as long as I remember, and it feels great! The weight is not dropping off me, but then again it didn’t "drop" on, either — my weight gain was very gradual and insidious (something like a pound or two a year, steadily, for two decades — I’m 33 now. At 6 feet tall and with a large build, I should be around 180, and I’m currently around 220).  But at least I feel like I’m not gaining, which is wonderful.  I don’t weigh myself at home, but rather go on how my clothes fit, etc., and on that front, things are going well. Thanks to all on this group.  Without you, who *knows* how long it would have taken me to get back to my endo (my OB/GYN and regular MD don’t have a clue beween them and neither ever suggested anything about revisiting endo. treatment!!!).  13 years ago, when my endo first diagnosed me, he had nothing to offer me except the Pill.  I’m glad things have changed! Elise

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Kronschobl wrote: > Okay…I’m an acronym idiot… > Please define: > WOE > AF > YMMV > TY! > (Thank you!)

  way of eating  (also, way of life: WOL) Aunt Flo your mileage may vary I’m just learning these too… Dora

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LOL = laugh out loud – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -PowellGS wrote: > What about LOL > >> Okay…I’m an acronym idiot… > >> Please define: > >> WOE > >> AF > >> YMMV > >> TY! > >> (Thank you!) > >  way of eating  (also, way of life: WOL) > >Aunt Flo > >your mileage may vary > >I’m just learning these too… > >Dora > ></PRE></HTML>

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What about LOL – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Okay…I’m an acronym idiot… >> Please define: >> WOE >> AF >> YMMV >> TY! >> (Thank you!) >  way of eating  (also, way of life: WOL) >Aunt Flo >your mileage may vary >I’m just learning these too… >Dora ></PRE></HTML>

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>LOL = laugh out loud

If it’s really funny, you can ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off We all get support from our DH This means Dear Hubby though in one mb for those married to diabetics it can mean Diabetic Hubby DIL, MIL = Dad-in-law and Mom-in-law TTC=Trying to conceive ( I am not TTC, so don’t pray for me, LOL!) There are even more but it is too early in the morning to think of them. BBS (be back soon)  ^–^ { ‘.’}cathy-to send e-mail, delete edyclub    `   My web page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/8060/index.html Hope for Cysters: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/8060/PCOS.html

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Will Metformin help my really CRAPPY mood swings!!  ??

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<< Will Metformin help my really CRAPPY mood swings!!  ?? >> I’d like to hear about this, too… I constantly feel like a hormonal teenager. At age 35, this can be somewhat annoying (probably to those around me, as well).

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I have a 15 year daughter on 2500 mg.met three x a day and it has not helped her teenage attitude-we’re waiting!!

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Kronschobl wrote in message >Will Metformin help my really CRAPPY mood swings!!  ??

I have found that a combination of low carb WOE and metformin has greatly improved my mood swings in addition to restoring my AF. I have been low carbing for 3 months and on metformin 1000 mg/day for 2 months. I have had 2 normal cycles in a row now, lost 24 pounds, have more energy, and have experienced less mood issues (my husband has commented several times on the improvement). Also my last ultrasound showed that one ovary was still polycystic but the other one seemed to be functioning normally. I follow a relatively low carb diet (not ultra low Atkins although I started with it for the first month). Besides the difficulty following it during travel, I have found it pretty easy to follow once I decided that I liked being thinner & healthier more than I liked bread and pasta. YMMV, but for me, getting my carbs/sugar under control has made a huge improvement. -MNF

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