Thanks, everyone, for all of your feedback and experiences on this! I just received a return call from my psychiatrist telling me to stop taking the Metformin. I had left a message on his voicemail telling him what I read about the contraindications relating to kidney damage.

After receiving my message, he did a little much-needed extra research himself. He had access to extra blood work results information for me that I was not aware of. Apparently, he should have done a bit more checking on this before prescribing it for me. His boo-boo! He apologized. It goes to show how important it can be sometimes to do a bit of your own research. I assume he's learned a little lesson, too.

I actually don't feel that well at all right now. I'm not certain that it's related to Metformin, though. I have had what feels like a bad sinus headache most of the day. If it is related to Metformin, another