symptoms changed

Hey Everyone, I was diagnosed with PCOS a while back. My doctor recently put me on Metformin after recieving my Insulin levels. I am on 1000 twice a day. Now my periods have always been abnormal, but semi predictable. I would go for 3-4 months without one then I would have one that was so one and so heavy that I would have to use the super plus tampons and a pad and still had to change them every 2-3 hours. This would last for at least 3 weeks. I started the Metformin this past October, and just started my first period but it is so odd. I will have a little spotting, get a tampon, but when I change it, its is practically clean.

Has anyone else had this same effect from the Metformin?

Thanks!!

When I started taking the Metformin, my periods became regular for the first time in years.

Typically, I would miss one or two periods, and then when I had one it was like my body was making up for lost time.  All of those waste products that would normally have been discarded during the period(s) that I didn't have were still sitting there waiting to be disposed of.  When I finally had a period, there was just that much more stuff to be gotten rid of.  (I know that sounds gross, but there it is.)

If your periods are that light, your Metformin dose may be too high.  Talk to your doctor about it.  I've never had high blood sugar readings in my life.  One of the ways that we could tell my dose was right was when my periods became regulated.