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Frustrated please help!!!

Hello all!! I am so frustrated. I was diagnosed last fall with pcos. I am 25. I was prescribed 850mg twice a day of Metformin. That helped make my menstration right on time. Well I went in to the doctor at the end of February and she raised my dose to 1000 a day to see if that would help even more since I wasn't pregnant yet. Well now that my dose was raised I am having terrible side effects. One of them being very painful muscles in my legs. So I called today and she said I need to go down to 1000 mg once a day. I really don't want to take it at all anymore! I have had terrible stomach upset since she put me on it in the fall. But I'm worried if I stop all together then my periods will be all messed up again. I know when she first tested my blood she said I had a very bad lh to lsh ratio. Will that make it hard to conceive? I am also worried because for the past two years I have been spotting for 3 days before my period starts. Could my progesterone levels be off? I really don't want to be taking progesterone pills either. Can that be raised naturally? I'm so confused. I don't think I ovulated this month either. I am menstrating now and it is so heavy. I used 2 different opk's and one was digital and it never indicated I did. I had the advanced clear blue and it just kept saying my estrogen was high. I go in to talk to my doctor on Monday and I do not know what to ask? I am new to this and clueless. My husband and I just want a baby so bad. If anyone can shed some light and advice that would be wonderful! Baby dust to all!!

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Have you looked into herbs at all? Like Vitex an Maca? I have had PCOS for 14 yrs now. I was offered metformin by my doc but no real reason why I should take it. If im not diabetic I see no real reason to take a chemical when my body is so sensitive to them from the pcos. I started taking vitex in July 2013 an by sept was prego! Sadly I lost that pregnancy. But it has helped me ovulate an regulate my period on my own. I added Maca after my loss just to help my hormones a little extra since it was a super food anyway. I also take red raspberry,Apple cider vinegar, Cinnamon, prenatals, an fish oil. All of these help with PCOS an help regulate sugars ect. Herbs take a little longer to get into the system an work but I feel like its the best way for me. I don't need any ill side effects from drugs to add to my list of crap from PCOS. =) btw im 33


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