Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 16:08     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Anonymous wrote:Metformin does little if anything for weight loss.


It's not prescribed for weight loss, but I did lose weight on it. It reduced the nighttime cravings I had, and I dropped 10 lbs pretty effortlessly over a month.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2026 08:43     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
I lost so much weight on metformin I thought I was going to die. It's powerful. Awful side effects if you don't eat properly. Food was disgusting to me. It was like medically induced anorexia.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2026 06:22     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
I dropped so much weight on Metformin alone. I had a bit of intestinal discomfort in the beginning, but it went away. I'm down 30lbs with no other change.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2026 06:28     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
I used it twice to help get pregnant. I didn't lose weight either time.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2026 06:25     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
No weight loss from metformin. On it for 2 years
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:54     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Just say you are having bad GI side effects and that it didn't work for you. No need to actually take it.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:50     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
metformin doesn't help people lose weight.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:34     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Anonymous wrote:I am on Metformin to prevent diabetes (my A1C was just below prediabetic and have a lot of family with diabetes). I don’t have side effects from it and I haven’t lost any weight. I think the only people that lose weight on it are on the dose that might give more GI side effects (as someone with relapsing GI disease, I don’t know why anyone would purposely give themselves GI issues to lose weight but I digress). I am on the dose that prevents GI side effects.


I have been teetering on the edge of being prescribed this due to A1C levels. Have you seen any benefits just from taking the metformin? Or just that it theoretically prevents worsened levels?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:31     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
I am on Metformin to prevent diabetes (my A1C was just below prediabetic and have a lot of family with diabetes). I don’t have side effects from it and I haven’t lost any weight. I think the only people that lose weight on it are on the dose that might give more GI side effects (as someone with relapsing GI disease, I don’t know why anyone would purposely give themselves GI issues to lose weight but I digress). I am on the dose that prevents GI side effects.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:14     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Metformin does little if anything for weight loss.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:09     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Anonymous wrote:you may be able to bypass if metformin gives you bad side effects. idk though.


I'm up for giving it a try; the prescription was $0. I'm on day 3 and so far no side effects at 500 mg. I was instructed to ramp up to a higher dose over 4 weeks if I can tolerate it.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 15:05     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
you may be able to bypass if metformin gives you bad side effects. idk though.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 14:48     Subject: Metformin for weight loss
Chime in here if you have taken Metformin for weight loss. Noom Med, required now by Carefirst, told me I didn't qualify for a GLP 1 until I was on metformin for 180 days. My labs are just below (5.6)
the "prediabetic" range.