been tracking my cycles for months. day counts, LH surges, progesterone on day 21… felt productive at least, like i was handling something. my endocrinologist kept saying insulin resistance and i kept nodding and changing the subject… cycles are irregular, that’s just how this goes, right? started metformin last week. asked her to check my fasting glucose. 118.
she was like, yeah, that’s why your cycles won’t regulate. suddenly it clicked. i’ve been tracking and managing an irregular cycle when the actual problem is my insulin is broken. if i fix that, maybe the cycles fix themselves instead of me just documenting the chaos forever.
has anyone else realized their cycle problems were actually metabolic symptoms?
“documenting the chaos forever” is the right way to see it. you’re tracking a downstream effect, not the upstream driver. that was my story too, just with different symptoms.
i was focused on fatigue and brain fog, my doc was focused on an a1c of 6.1. the number that actually connected everything was a fasting insulin of 14. once i started tracking my fasting glucose and insulin next to my tirzepatide injections, the pattern was impossible to ignore.
the hormonal stuff is often just the clearest signal that the underlying metabolic engine is struggling. seeing that 118 fasting glucose is a huge piece of the puzzle.
Finding the root cause can be a game changer, as you’ve discovered w/ ur insulin resistance. idk, When you said “i’ve been tracking and managing an irregular cycle when the actual problem is my insulin is broken” it really resonated, because i’ve seen similar patterns in my own glucose tracking. However, it’s also important to remember that fixing one issue might not automatically resolve others, and it’s great that you’re taking a proactive approach with metformin
the ‘problem vs symptom’ distinction is the critical reframing.