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Started Metformin after MONTHS of TTC. Got KU 12 days later. It doesn't work for everyone but it's cheap (Publix and I think Meijer have it for free) and a good first step. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me! (Still on it, and was through pregnancy, but didn't help me lose weight that's for sure!)

@MrsBrewer: I take Metformin for PCOS. It helped me start ovulating right away. Like @HOTCHILDINTHECITY, BCP had kept my symptoms in check for years as well. When I went off BCP, I started to rapidly gain weight and I wasn't ovulating. Right after starting Metformin I began to lose weight. I would say I took off 20 lbs pretty easily, but then have had to work hard to take more off after that. I was sick to my stomach a lot when I first started Metformin but I am fine now! Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions!

@Sunshine1810: same exact story here. I had lots of ovarian cysts when i was a teenager but never got diagnosed with pcos. I also lost a lot of weight when i went on birth control @ 17. Last March, went off bc and put on 25 lbs almost instantly.

Now that i'm finally settled and back on birth control it's slowlyyy coming off!

Started taking metformin last month for PCOS. I have been having some mild to severe nausea but I'm taking a bunch of other meds (dexamethasone, BCP, prenatal vitamins, folic acid) that might be the blame.

I have noticed that the metformin gives me a bit more energy. I think because I have an insulin sensitive PCOS.

I'll be staring my 4th IUI but this will be the first time on metformin. I'm hoping metformin and the dex is the the key to get me finally pregnant.

@MrsBrewer: oh no I mean she told me to stop temping, stop freaking out, stop doing OPK's every day post period, etc. I just did the digital (clearblue) OPK"s CD10-20 and took met. She said DTD every other day but I traveled for 4 or 5 days right before I got the positive OPK so we just DTD that day and the next day. I still took some temps, but didn't when I was traveling, so I didn't really rely on them much that cycle. I think toning it down a little helped me not overthink it.

@MrsBrewer: Thanks! Fingers crossed for you, too!

@MrsBrewer: Not that you asked, but this is the cook book I use I like that a lot of the recipes are made with regular ingredients you'd have around the house. I just got it on my nook. http://www.amazon.com/500-Low-Glycemic-Index-Recipes/dp/1592334172

I started Metformin for my PCOS around two weeks before I got my BFP, but I don't think it contributed to it. I started at a very low dose and I don't think the medicine could have helped that quickly.

However, around a month before my BFP I had started a very low carb diet. I think that is what really helped. 2 weeks after starting the diet I got AF all on my own (only a 60 day long cycle, which was good for me) and then 2 weeks later I conceived.

@MrsBrewer: your dosage sounds right for someone just starting. I did the same...increasing every 2 weeks. My doc hoped to get me up to 2,000, but I just couldn't remember to add in the fourth pill. I've stayed at 1,000-1,500 for about a year or so.

I did get a BFP in December, but miscarried (the doctors said it most likely had nothing to do with PCOS though).

@MrsBrewer: I was (am) on a max dosage (2,000/day) and it did nothing for me as far as ovulation goes.
My cycles did go from like 60-70 days back down to about 35.
I also lost weight effortlessly.

@MrsBrewer: here's the thing: I always worked out. But, I used to work out and not lose 1 single pound. With Metformin, I was still working out, but the weight was falling off. So, by "effortless", I mean nothing more than I had been doing for years before that.
I do believe it also stabled my cravings out. I used to have an insane sweet-tooth.

For those that had side effects, when did they start? I just started taking it yesterday and I am really paranoid about the side effects! So far I have just felt a little nauseous but that is it.

@KT326: If it's the metformin that's causing the nausea, it didn't starte getting bad until I was taking 3 pills (1500 mg) per day. So 3-4 weeks after I started metformin, since I'm going up one pill each week.

Still not sure which med is causing it. I did stop taking the metformin and all of my other drugs because I couldn't take the nausea. I started taking metformin again last night (at only 2 pills or 1000 mg), so far today has been fine. I stopped taking the prenatals so I can figure out if it's the prenatal or the metformin & dex combo. I'll see if going up to my supposed 3 metformin pills will affect my nausea.