Re: Confusion!
From: Erin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:21:31 PDT
When I was in my early twenties I was thin, too; I stopped working out when
I took a job in management and had no time. Don't fall into this trap!
Keep on exercising unless you find it aggravates medical problems (this
happened to me eventually, but I've got it under control now). Most of my
weight gain was not from lack of exercise, though, most of it was a side
effect of Depo-Provera, which I tried for 3 months several years ago and
which made me balloon up to 200 lbs.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Mary)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Confusion!
>Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 00:58:46 -0500
>
>I was diagnosed with PCOS about 8 months ago. My only symptoms were no
>menstral periods and acne, both of which I thought to be a result of
>stress. Since I was diagnosed, I have been on the birth control pill. I
>am not a fan of the pill. I have been on it in the past and have always
>experienced side effects that bothered me and made me feel unlike
>myself. I wish that I could treat this without the pill or a hormone.
>Do you have any suggestions? My doctor told me that sometimes just by
>adding more protein and less carbs to my diet and reducing stress, PCOS
>can correct itself. She said that after one year on the pill, I could
>stopp taking it and see if my body could produce a period on its own. Do
>you think this will work, because the pill is driving me crazy!
>ALSO, I am very confused. Everthing I read about PCOS says that the
>women who have it are usually obese! I am 25 years old, 125 pounds and
>wear a size six. I work out regularly. I don't have facial hair
>either. Are ther any other women out there like me who have been
>diagnosed, but do not have a weight problem? Also, should I anticipate
>growth of facial hair, obesity, etc.???
>
>--
>Mary Beth
>
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