PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for May, 2000: Re: Have PCOS But Doc Won't Prescribe Metformin

Re: Have PCOS But Doc Won't Prescribe Metformin

From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 May 2000 23:29:33 -0400

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Samantha:

Your story sounds identical to mine!! I can also imagine how many others are saying the same thing!! I am also fed up with hearing "lose weight" as a solution to all my problems! It's like...."hello...I try...it won't happen...no matter what I do!!" Took me a long time to realize that YES, THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM!! (soory about the scream!) Anyway, if it's possible, you may want to consider looking for a new physician...one that can actually "help" you. The PCOS support site has recommended physicians...check it out! Also, no one could help me with my weight either. I tried and tried and tried. Four doctors later...I was still trying to lose the 100+ lbs I had gained in the past 6 years! Then, I got involved in this board...it has helped tremendously. I have been following a low-carb diet (and taking supplements) since the end of March and have lost 18 lbs. I feel alot better & have much more energy!! Also quit smoking as of yesterday!! I chose to do this on my own because of advice posted here & hope to continue until my appt at Bringham & Womens in Boston on June 30. Not sure if I want the Met...I'm a little scared of some of the side effects people have described.

Good Luck, :-) Alexis Samantha wrote:

> 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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