I live in Moreno Valley, CA so I just wanted to give everyone else a heads up if they are in the area and want to see a doctor here. The first time I went was for a different reason, but my BP was a little high so they wanted to check again at a later date. I have anxiety from driving and this was my first time coming plus i got lost so I just wasn
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also, a metformin question. I ended up choosing to go off the drug because it made me nauseous all the time. Did you experience that? (and you're totally free to not answer that)
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I was given metformin extended release because the normal stuff gave me TERRIBLE stomach pain. The metformin ER gives me nausea sometimes, but i've only limited myself to one time a day at night with food. If i don't eat a heavy enough meal at night I sometimes wake up nauseous.
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I was horribly sick the first two weeks I was on it. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea constantly. After that it settled down a bit but I was still dealing with horrible nausea. I suffered on this medication for three months.
Due to the fact that I was nauseated all the time I wasn't eating as much and I lost 30 lbs in three months. My blood sugar went back to normal and my doctor took me off of it. The nausea stopped when I stopped taking the metformin.
Also, speaking as a medical professional myself, metformin does cause continued nausea (as well as some of the other unpleasant side effects I mentioned above) in some people. Most people only experience the side effects when they first start the medication. They usually go away after a few weeks on the medication. However, they can persist. Its uncommon, but not unheard of.
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Given that at the time he was calling me a liar, telling me to crash diet for surgery, and trying to refuse me that much-needed ankle surgery if I didn't, I think that not being in tears would have indicated mental health problems!
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My mother insists I have diabetes since I take metformin. When I try to explain why I take it (slightly pre-diabetic, plus family history on both sides and weight issues, so doc and I decided to act early on top of looking at food choices and exercise), she goes 'why would you take it, if you don't have diabetes?' and insists pre-diabetes doesn't exist, or that it's just a kinder way of saying 'diabetes'. What's surreal is that she has the same doctor, and is actually diabetic, so it confuses me that she doesn't realize the term 'pre-diabetic' exists.
It's one of the reasons I love my doctor, too- she's frank with me about weight, but never in that lazy 'lose weight and all your problems will go away' way, which I personally love.
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I feel like I've had the same issue over and over and over again with my PCOS. I'm extremely sorry that you had to go though with that, because, MAN it's enough to flip a couple thousand tables over! I have very severe PCOS (my testosterone is/was ridiculous). I do hope you find someone who can help you/have someone who's helping you. I'm at the beginning of a switch to a specialist for me, and compared to my old OBGYN, he is a god send. I'm not even going to go into how upsetting my old OBGYN was.
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