Metformin question

ok so i was started on metformin in may and since then its been good and horrible.  my period came back heavy and extra painful, but the horrible thing was it was causing major diarrhea.. i already have ibs and it made it from 3-6 number 2s a day to 20-25 i could no longer go anywhere, i tried camping for a week and spent the week in the bathroom and basically starved that way it had nothing to come out. i can eat something and then 10 mins later it was coming out.. ..
anyway to make sure it wasn't my vitamins doing it, i didn't think it was been taking them for years.. so i stopped everything even the metformin the only thing i kept taking is my birth control.   and my bathroom visits have gone back down to the  6ish...

my does was suppose to be 2000mg per day so 4 pills a day.. i got to 1 and a half and it was awful then i was told by my doc to go back down to 1 pill and decided that i only go up to 2 pills a day instead of 4.. it was still horrible on the one pill. 

anyway the question i have is, is there any other pill that will deal with PCOS and Diabetes, my doc put me on it mainly for diabetes and then secondary for my period and hormones etc.. I'm not trying to get pregnant but do have PCOS and type 2 Diabetes.  I'm afraid i wont be able to stay on the metformin because its making the ibs thing real bad..  i just really want to keep my period and such and im afraid she will just put me on a pill for diabetes and ignore the pcos.

Thanks a bunch
Stephie

Of course there are other options for managing diabetes...PCOS or not. You might want to ask about Glyburide. I hope you feel better soon!!

Kristy

thanks i looked it up but it doesn't seem to regulate periods like metformin.. the metformin helps the diabetes and the prob with not ever getting a period it actually jump started my periods again ...    but it just gave me horrible intestinal cramping,  and really bad diarrhea

thanks for the info

Isn't this all FUN??? no.

Metformin is notorious for causing nausea, diarrea etc. and sometimes you have to work your way up slooooowwwwwly.  I also was on 2000mg a day (pre-sugery) for the PCOS and cronic insulin resistance.  My PCP has been telling me forever that the best thing I could do for the PCOS is to shut down my ovaries all together, stop the cycling & periods.  I was very sceptical but I trust her so I had an IUD/Merena put in (OUCH!!!!!!!), not a treat to say the least, but being on the metformin I was still getting my period but with major cramps.  Since surgery and no more Metformin I feel like a MILLION BUCKS!!!!  No more low blood sugar, no more constant sweating, no more chroic fatigue/feeling crappy and so far no period. 

My advice, if you're not interested in getting pregnant just stop your periods all together.  This is polycystic OVARIAN syndrome so shutting down the ovaries would be logical. 

Good luck!!!

I've been on met for nine years and still get the all the side effects.