How long before taking Met do you feel the side effects?

[julianyc]

I was wondering how long after taking Met the side effects take to kick in. I put off taking Met for weeks out of fear of the side effects..... now it's my second day on it and I'm okay. I have major exhaustion (which isn't fun... but everyone says that goes away), but no stomach issues. Should I count my blessings and go to work without fear...... or should I prepared for the stomach issues to hit me later?

Also, I'm just on the 500 Met (I go up to 1000 in a week).

[froggy_74]

I started met at 500mg also and didn't have any side effects. It wasn't till I upped it to 1000mg that I felt the SE. I just had gastral discomfort. I stayed on 1000 mg for 1.5 months and I couldn't stand that SE plus I was always feeling tired (probably cause of my lack of protien) I followed the rules of eating before I took the met and to watch my carb intake but it didn't help. I just went off the met and started taking cinnamon pills and I feel much better. Not saying that you should try cinnamon but met is a harsh med. and everyone reacts to it differently. I lost 3 lbs while on it for 1.5 mo. but I wasn't sure if it was from the met or because I was watching what I was eating because I was on the met. All I know is that I wasn't going to endure the discomfort just to lose weight, there are many other options and you just have to find the right one. For a lot of people, the SE went away but for me they didn't so my advice would be to give it some time. I would have stuck to it longer but I'm in sales and can't be running to the bathroom all day. Good luck.

[tweety]

I felt side effects within the first week of starting 500mg but they were not bad. It was after I started 1000mg that I seemed to have more stomach issues. Which lasted a couple of weeks. Now if I have any problems it is usually due from what I ate.

[kells22]

I didn't have any side affects up until recently (i've been taking them for 3 months now), i get indegestion and the runs if i'm not careful.I can't eat spicy food's as often as i'd like! I have to have them with a decent sized meal or i get stomach cramps. Besides this everything's going fine for me. Hope you don't get any!!