Poohbearkate

hi

just wondered if anyone is taking metformin and finding that it gives them mood swings?
i am suffering from then quite badly where one day i cry and then i am happy and then i am so angry!

if you have this and have any suggestions on controlling it i would be very gratefull

thanks
kate

moonflower

Hi Kate

I do take it but dont get any more mood swings than before i started them.

If i do get stressed a warm bath with relaxing music if eve, deep breathing and EFT if really stressed and a good diet I found that if I dont eat regular meals then I do get upset easy. What you must do is let all the tears go as if you hold them in the are worse the next time

Ali
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zillie

From someone who used to take metformin, i think some of your mood swings might be caused by a drop in your blood sugar levels. With me and being on metformin, if i skipped a meal of was really late having one and had taken my tablets, i could feel my blood sugar dropping which made me very cranky and i couldnt concentrate on what i was doing. So while on metformin i would say missing meals isnt a very good idea. Also i read on another post that you are trying for a baby, i understand that for people like me and you with pcos, ttc can be a very stressful time, and although it might not seem like it if its niggling in the back of your mind it can stress you out even more, so like the last poster said take some you time out on an evening to destress yourself and concetrate on you. From taking metformin i dont think my mood swings got any worse than before when they were caused by the pcos. But if you think that they are going to affect you and your relationship then i would definitely go back to your gp and discuss other options.

Good Luck and hopefully i ll hear from you soon in this forum

lizzie xxx

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flutterworc

Poohbearkate - like Zillie, I suspect it'll be the blood sugar levels - I don't take them anymore, but when I did I was advised to follow a low GI diet to ease things, and that seemed to work - Metformin is a diabetes drug (as you probably know) and it works by adjusting your body's reaction to insulin, so a more sugar-moderate diet helps it along rather. Good luck with it - hope it works for you!

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Mood swings are not really one of the popular side effects of metfomin but then again everyone is different. I suspect the mood swings are more something to do with other stressful events in your life than due to the metformin. By the way, even having PCOS and its asociated symptoms can weigh you down. If problem persists, a chat with your GP should help.