Period for 3 weeks on metformin?
Hey, not sure if I picked the right flair so let me know
I have mirena IUD that controls a lot of my period symptoms by simply preventing them. Recently, I started metformin to try to help some of the insulin resistance.
I started on June 1st and had a period (light to medium flow) for the first time since February. It lasted for 3 weeks. My doctor (gp/pcp) never heard of that happening with metformin but figures it was my hormones figuring out a new normal.
Now 12 days have passed and I got my period again.
Has anyone else experienced this when they started metformin? Did it level out after a while of consistent use?
Thanks in advance ☺️
Posted Jul 13, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC
15