COMING OFF OF MET, HELP.....

[Sarah Rivas]

I HAVE SOME OTHER MED ISSUES RIGHT NOW AND MY DOC THINKS THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO COME OFF OF THE MET.... I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON IT FOR A MONTH AT 500MG 2X DAY. I AM NOT IR, SO JUST TAKING IT TO SEE IF IT HELPED ME AT ALL WITH PCOS SYMPTOMS... I ALSO TAKE ORTHO TRI CYCLEN AND WILL STAY ON THAT.

OK SO BIG ? SHE IS HAVING ME SPLIT MY REMAINING PILLS (6) SO THAT I TAKE ONE PILL 500 MG, BUT SPLIT IT TO TAKE 2X A DAY. SO BASICALLY NOT TO JUST COLD TURKEY IT. HOW HAS ANYONE ELSE GOT OFF OF MET, AND WERE THERE ANY EFFECTS??? THANKS FOR ANY INPUT ANY OF YOU MAY HAVE.

[esarah]

Sarah- when I went off the met in the past I did it cold turkey and the only problem that I had was that I gained a little weight and it was a little harder to keep the weight off that I lost while on the met. I hope that you don't have any problems coming off of it. I bet it will be ok though. I hope that your other health problems are resolved soon.

[jennydean]

my endocrinologist asked me to stop taking met cold turkey to start over fresh with new "untainted" blood tests.

i've been off for a week. so far, no side effects, but i am exhausted alot lately, but that very well could be related to other stress in my life.

i was wondering the same too.. if there were any ill effects while coming off the drug since there are so many going on it.

[teegra05]

After a failed IUI, my RE pulled me off metformin. I have been off for 2 months now. I do not feel any change at all, no side-effects.
Good luck