PCOS-DIET Messages for June, 2001: Re: Can you have normal test results and still have PCOS?

Re: Can you have normal test results and still have PCOS?

From: Becca (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:01:06 -0500 (CDT)

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Yup, you can have PCOS without having "abnormal" labs. However, one thing I discovered is that some drs. have sketchy ideas of normal labs. For example, You aren't considered to have Type II diabetes unless your fasting blood suger is over 125. However, a woman of child-bearing age really needs to have one lower than 90, 100 at the outside, or ttc is much more difficult. If the doc doesn't realize that, he/she might tell you it's normal. Also, some women are in normal ranges of their hormones, but the hormones are at a different ratio...for example it you are high-normal for testosterone, but low-normal for estrogen, you might have a problem.

As for help, I'd look at the medication and general disscussion boards on this site, and search the archives of the boards as well.

Good luck! Becca

At Wed, 20 Jun 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Has anyone ever had normal test results (tesosterone, FSH, LH levels,
>etc.) but still been diagnosed with PCOS?
>
>My doctor thought I might have PCOS, but all my labs came back within
>normal ranges. But in doing my own research, it seems like every
>symptom I have is listed somewhere under the syndrome. I am 31, have
>had irregular periods since my early 20s, now don't get a period unless
>I take bcps, recently gained 50 pounds, have excess facial hair, acne,
>feel constantly headachy and fatigued, nausea, sensitivity to light and
>sound, etc.
>
>I do have cysts on my ovaries, but an ultrasound shows large cysts, not
>small ones. Two years ago, I was at the point I'm at now, went to
>several doctors who did not diagnose anything; then the cysts burst and
>it was complete, immediate reversal. I lost 30 pounds in about two
>months with no special diet or exercise and continued to lose
>weight/maintain normal weight for about a year and a half, then it
>suddenly switched again.
>
>Has anyone else had these symptoms?
>Does this sound like PCOS?
>My doctor says he doesn't know how to help me. Does anyone out there
>have any advice?!?
>
>dawna

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