PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for August, 2000: Re: Confusion!

Re: Confusion!

From: tarina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:57:09 -0500 (CDT)

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hi ya mary ann do what is right for you... but from my perspective... STAY ON THE PILL!!! two years ago i was 23 years old 5'7 and 110 pounds, i went off the birth control pill and for the first three months i had no period... second three months no period AND gained 30 pounds, grew course and dark hairs on my chin, nipples, chest and belly.. developed acne... (i didn't even have acne this bad at 13!!)lost hair on my head..started producing breast milk... and worse of all... lost self esteem. let me tell you. i have had several treatments in the last two years includeing homopathic ones. and nothing helped. i am back on the pill... so far i have lost 10 pounds (with diet and excersize) but i still have all the nasty hair, acne, and of course trying despratley to recover some sence of stablility after being told of the problems i was likely to have trying to conceive (that is why i had gone off the pill in the first place) and the sudden and severe cosmetic changes. anyway... from my experience, (you may not get all these symptoms... but.. once you do...)it is VERY difficult to get rid of them.

also... i found that taking the pill.. in a way was depressing me... it was a reminder every morning of my condition, of the changes in my body and what that may mean in the future. is it possible that your "not feeling like yourself" may be something similar? and if so... your not alone :) just read some of these posts from these great ladies... they have so much to offer

take care of yourself, and keep working out... it will help both emotionally and physically

-- tarina

At Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Mary wrote: > >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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