Experiences of metformin

[Pollypoppins]

I've been diagnosed with PCOS and the gyneacologist that I saw wants me to start taking metformin. I have a normal bmi, an imbalance of hormones shown in blood tests and cysts on my ovaries shown in a scan, no periods since stopping the pill in Oct 2014.
It would be great to hear about people's experiences of using metformin, good and bad!

[CastielsClevererBetterSister]

I have terrible PCO and was put on metformin years ago. Best thing I ever had. Word of advise though, take it before a meal. It will curb your appetite but if you take it after food you'll just feel constantly sick (wellI did) I was overweight though.
In regards to periods it seemed to kick them into a more regular cycle but nothing I could pinpoint and say "oh I'll have a period then" in advance. However it did allow me to conceive naturally when I'd been told since the age of 14 I'd never have children without fertility treatment.

[CastielsClevererBetterSister]

Oh I'd go back on it in a heart beat btw but they won't prescribe it for PCO here

[CrumpetHead]

I've been on metformin twice due to pcos, the first time was a few years back and I was fine on it and my periods went back to normal. I stopped taking it because we found out that my partner at the time of 7 years couldn't have kids so I thought it was pointless and that it didn't matter wether I had periods or not. I'm with someone new now and decided to give it another try, this time I felt really ill with it, bled a lot for the first week (tmi but lots of large clots) and was feeling sick and dizzy all the time, but I got pregnant within a month of starting it!! Could be coincidence though because I'm pregnant again now and this time I caught whilst I wasn't on metformin, haven't taken it since I was 12 weeks with my first pregnancy but it could have given me a kick start I guess