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Mission Viejo, CA

Has anyone else had issues with throwing up every few days? No certain types of foods seem to trigger it, and it can happen from after breakfast-waking up in the middle of the night to be sick. I’ve been on Metformin since April, and it was a little rough on me in the beginning, but I’ve been good with it for months now. The only other thing I can think of is that I just got put back on birth control a little over a month ago, and maybe it’s due to my hormones shifting? (Ps I’m definitely not… read more

September 4, 2021
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A myPCOSteam Member

I was like that for the first 8 months on metformin. I stayed on it and it went away. Ive been on it for a year now. Good note cause of it i stop smoking. It also could be some foods ur eating. I stopped eating alot of stuff that helped not getting sick anymore.

September 4, 2021 (edited)
A myPCOSteam Member

When I was on birth control it made me SO sick! It wasn’t until I got off it that I realized that was causing my nausea and general I’ll feelings. When I got pregnant, I realized the birth control had caused pregnancy symptoms for me. Getting off BC was the best thing for me to get rid of the sick feeling.

September 20, 2021 (edited)
A myPCOSteam Member

What sort of foods were triggering you? I’m trying to figure out if it could be, but I just haven’t found a pattern unfortunately. Part of me is wondering if the birth control and Metformin are causing my body to have a reaction. Or if my hormones are just really really fluctuating and screwing me up.

September 13, 2021
A myPCOSteam Member

For me, everyday i took metformin i threw up

September 4, 2021
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