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Have PCOS But Doc Won't Prescribe MetforminFrom: Samantha (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 25 May 2000 21:28:01 -0500 (CDT)
I am so upset I have been crying for days. I was diagnosed with PCOS 2 yrs ago and was put on The Pill to "control it". After reading countless magazine articles and web sites, I learned that birth control was just treating the effect and not the cause so I decided to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist to talk to about getting put on Metformin. Armed with all of the information that I could find about PCOS (all of which sounded like it was written about me), I had my appointment and the doc scheduled an ultrasound and blood tests including thyroid, insulin, glucose, hormone and others. A week later I went in for my results and her "advice" was to lose weight. I burst out in tears in her office and said that that was the reason I came to see her. I have tried EVERY diet known to man. I exercise regularly, but the weight doesn't come off. When I told her that I wanted to try Metformin she said I didn't need it because, although I DO have pcos, my insulin and glucose levels were normal. She wants to put my on birth control pills again........exact what I DIDN'T want to do. I am going to get a second opinion. I am even thinking of buying Metformin over the internet. I am desperate. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it.
-- Thank you, Samantha
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