Anyone else have TERRIBLE sugar cravings??

I am 3 years post op, haven't taken anything for my PCOS since before my WLS and recently my VERY oily skin, acne, facial hair and awful, constant, nagging cravings for sweets have begun to resurface.  Of all of the symptoms, the sweets cravings are the worst because I've started to regain quite a bit of weight and of course, because I'm eating sugar, I dump.  It's awful

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to curb cravings for sweets?  I mean I know what I could be eating instead of sweets, but I need help to try to get the cravings stopped (or at least reduced) in the first place.

Trying to avoid the inevitible of getting back on Metformin....

hi! I'm in the same boat as you are.  the sugar cravings are pretty intense! thx for posting this....I'll be checking in to see if anyone has any suggestions for us.

Metformin worked wonders for me. I was the biggest sugar-addict there was until I started taking 1000mgs a day. I just had my VSG surgery 3-11-11. I stopped taking my metformin the day of surgery and OMG my sugar cravings came back really really bad. I started taking it again about a week ago and now my cravings are starting to subside. Hope this helps.

I finally went back to my Ob/gyn and got back on my meds; he actually gave me Actos instead of Metformin, which is just a different medicine to treat the insulin resistance but I only have to take one a day AND I don't have ANY side effects of nauseau or fatigue like I get with Metformin.  My cravings have completely gone away - whew!  And I've gone down at least 10 lbs and a pant size - YAY!

Well, my suggestion was going to be a low dose of metformin.  When I first started taking met my cravings for sweets almost disapeared.  Have you had lab work recently?