ENDO Messages for February, 2003: Re: Considering Lupon Depot - questions about Danizol and Dietary alternatives

Re: Considering Lupon Depot - questions about Danizol and Dietary alternatives

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Feb 19 15:43:45 2003

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Thanks for your response, ZH - and I guess I should address that to everyone who has hopped onto this posting thread. I don't expect to have an easy time with Lupron - even the drug company only claims a 50% efficacy rate and I wouldn't expect the significant physiological disruption to be symptom free.

Congratulations on your successful adoption! Incidentally - I suspect you've also heard that couples who adopt increase their chances of biological conception for some (as yet unspecified) reason, should you desire more than one :).

No one on this site seems to be discussing Danizol (Danicrine?) - which seems to have equally grisly side effects but has the great bonus of being in pill form and thus something that one can 'stop' relatively easily. I've gotten two Gyn opinions and they're split - equally vehemently - over the drug to choose.

I am currently in school for Acupuncture, so every western option that I've read about so far seems like a relatively painful crap shoot. I know from past experience that my Acupuncturist in SF was able to relieve my ovarian pain, severe menstrual cramps, headaches, and depression (that seemed hormone related). There are Acupuncturists who specialize in fertility issues who probably see endometriosis issues regularly.

So: does anyone have any websites or books that they've found helpful as sources on endo(preventative) eating? Beyond the basics like 'caffiene exacerbates cramps' and 'calcium is a natural muscle relaxant', etc.

Thanks, good luck, Julia

At Wed, 12 Feb 2003, z.h. wrote: >
>At Sun, 9 Feb 2003, anonymous wrote:
>>
>I have been on Lupron Depot two different times -- first in my late
>twenties and most recent at 33 yrs. old. Please understand first that
>every person is different and reacts to medications differently.
>However, MY experience has left me to never want Lupron again (my doc
>has just suggested it again). I told him no. I did go through all the
>possible side effects -- hot flashes all summer, extreme mood swings
>that I was aware of but could not control, bad vaginal dryness, and
>worst of all it decreased my sex drive to zilch. Three years later I'm
>still wanting the sex drive to return -- just ask my husband :)
>
>I don't remember it affecting me so bad the first round years ago.
>However, the second did me in.
>
>Gather as much info as you can. I understand the estrogen "add back"
>may help with the side effects.
>
>There are other things to consider such as fertility, etc. But you are
>young--i'm 36 yrs. old and still hoping to get pregnant. I'm in the
>small % of unexplained infertility. However, I am the proud mama of a
>little boy from Romania!
>
>--
>z.h.
>

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