My doctor thinks I have PCOS so he put me on Metformin. I've been taking it for two weeks now.
After a few days taking it I began feeling different, gender wise. I haven't gotten dysphoria in like one week now and I don't feel the want to call myself a bloke anymore. Maybe it's a phase or I'm overthinking but this is worrisome.
I've heard that some women with PCOS think they're trans men but once they're medicated they think otherwise. I can't find much on that though..
I'd say that just keep on going as you are now, and in time once you're completely adjusted to the meds, it'll be more clear to you. When I got birth control that significantly shortened my time of the month, I got a lot less dysphoria but once i was on the meds for a while, it came back. You could be in that situation, or maybe you will discover that it was just an effect of your pcos. I'm not really sure exactly what to say except that time will give you answers.
I wish you luck figuring out who you are
Metformin is for diabetes, it won't affect anything else.
The medicine metformin (Glucophage) is used to treat type 2 diabetes. It has also been found to help with PCOS symptoms, though it isn't approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for this use. Metformin affects the way insulin controls blood glucose (sugar) and lowers testosterone production. It slows the growth of abnormal hair and, after a few months of use, may help ovulation to return. Recent research has shown metformin to have other positive effects, such as decreased body mass and improved cholesterol levels. Metformin will not cause a person to become diabetic.
Researchers are studying whether the diabetes medicine metformin can prevent or reduce the chances of having problems while pregnant. Metformin also lowers male hormone levels and limits weight gain in women who are obese when they get pregnant.
Source:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/polycystic-ovary-syndrome.html
My Room Mate suffers from this horrible disorder. The name is quite misleading, as PCOS is actually an endocrine disorder and not actually a disorder of the ovaries.
For more information:
http://www.soulcysters.net/forum.php
If you feel good like this, I would keep with it. Being true to yourself means being willing to see more ways to happiness than just one. In other words, if you dont feel like a guy, than dont be one!
Good luck.
the fact that you are worried about not feeling diasphoric and thinking of being able to finally fit into the body you got at birth as a 'screw up' alone proves that you were happier as a transguy than being a cis girl. i think it'll settle back to normal once your body gets used to the drugs and the hormone levels balance out. did i just call being trans as 'normal'? if you feel the same, that being a transguy is more normal than being a cis girl for you, i don't think you have to worry about it.
Quote from: Sarah Louise on November 02, 2013, 10:51:49 PM
Metformin is for diabetes, it won't affect anything else.
That's what I've read, yeah. It's to make you less insuline resistant.
Metformin, like many drugs, has effects on other systems and hormones appear to be one of them. It is worth searching out the side effects.