Re: Sounds like I'm backwards compared to everyone else
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:17:53 -0400
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I am sorry - I should have clarified...what I ment was when and if I allow them to
put me on the Met and/ or Spiro...I will gain instead of loose, have more hair on
body, less on head...
what made them diagnose you...under what symptoms?
Monique Mason wrote:
> AMY: I'm new to this forum so I don't know your history. Are you taking
> Met as well? How about spironolactone? My doctor put me on Met at my
> request, although he was informed and agreed it was a good idea but now
> that it seems to be doing the opposite for me, I'm unsure if I should
> give it more time, or ask him to take me off. Another question for
> you...what PCOS symptoms do you experience? Everyone here seems to have
> very few periods, acne, body hair, eating binges, etc. I have no acne,
> no hair loss, no eating binges and these very very long, heavy and
> frequent periods. Sometimes I think I was mis-diagnosed.
>
> At Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Amy wrote:
> >
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> >MONIQUE - THAT WILL PROBABLY BE MY LUCK!
> >
> >"Mason, Monique" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm confused. I was diagnosed with pcos about 7 years ago, given clomid
> >> twice (have two wonderful boys), then not treated with any medication
> >> until two years ago when my doctor put me on cozaar for high blood
> >> pressure and spironolactone for all other symptoms. He recently started
> >> me on Met and I have now graduated from 500 to 1500 a day. My symptoms
> >> (both before and after taking Met) seem to be backwards compared to all
> >> of you. Although I am and have always been very overweight, excess
> >> hair, etc., my menstrual cycle was as regular as clockwork until I began
> >> (very briefly) the BCP. I never craved sugar (just the opposite) and
> >> had a very small appetite. After my pregnancies, my cycle became
> >> irregular and the spiro. put me back on schedule. Now that I am taking
> >> Met., my appetite has increased, my cycle has become irregular and I am
> >> craving more sweets. I have had no other side effects from the Met
> >> other than some bloating/gas. Any explanations for me out there?
> >> Perhaps two months on Met is not long enough to judge? Help.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Monique
> >>
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> --
> Monique
>
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