PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for July, 2001: Re: Help!!

Re: Help!!

From: Emma (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:28:52 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Emma wrote: >
>I am hoping someone can help me, a doctor or any body who has PCOS. I
>am 21 years old and live in Australia. About 4 years ago I was sent to
>an endocrinologist for having no periods or very irregular ones. I was
>13 when I started menstruating but by the time I was 17 I had only had
>about 15 periods. I was also quite overweight and had excess hair. I
>also suffered from nauseating fainting spells. The endo ran some blood
>tests and apparently they were normal, or there may have been an issue
>with LH/FSH levels. I also had a CT scan that was normal. He
>prescribed me with a low calorie diet and sent me away. This went on
>for about two years. I happen to go to a female GP for an unrelated
>manner and she asked me if I had ever been diagnosed with PCOS. I said
>no, and explained that I was seeing an endo and he had never mentioned
>it. She said with my symptoms it was likely that I had PCOS. She sent
>a letter to the endo saying I probably had PCOS and for him to test me
>and prescribe me medication. He ran no further blood tests or anything.
>He just started with Diane-35, but that only gave me periods, it did
>nothing for the other symptoms. Then I tried Cyprone, but that did
>nothing either. Then I tried Spironolactone, which I am currently still
>taking. I have been on it for about 4 months, at 3 a day and there is
>absolutely no effect. I have only recently had some more blood test
>which were apparently normal. Incidently I have never been tested for
>Insulin Resistance, only blood sugar levels. I have asked him to do so,
>and have also asked him to prescribe me Metformin, but he refuses. I
>have also never had an ultrasound to check for cysts on my ovaries. So
>the result is 4 years after starting to see him and 2 years after being
>diagnosed by another doctor, I am without periods, very hairy especially
>on the face and am very, very obese. If someoneone out there can give
>me some advice about what to do next or who to turn to next, I would be
>so very grateful.
>P.S. Thanks for reading this long post!!!

I also want to add that I have an acne problem as well and the medication has never helped that either.

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