Re: [Birth Control] (no subject)
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:47:03 -0600 (CST)
Could be related to the pill or your thyroid. Call your doc.
At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>I have a very important question to ask about birth control? Ever since I
>started to use it I feel like my metabolism has lowered substantially. Is
>this possible? I ask because I have always had a very high metabolism and
>because of that have always had a lot of energy, therefore always felt great
>and ready to workout. Now I feel miserable most of the time making workouts
>horrible. I am always cold and used to never have a problem with that. I know
>having a low metabolism can make it hard to stay warm. I just don't feel good
>anymore and I feel like I complain about everything. I am almost 19 and maybe
>it is just a change I have to deal with as I get older but it seems that it
>started right when I started birth control almost a year ago. Bea1234@aol.com
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James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
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