Re: PCOS-MEDICATION digest 550
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 26 Aug 2001 09:08:42 -0700
Are you eating a low-carb diet? Eating carbs is what causes my hot flashes. It
wasn't early menopause or anything like that. When I start to get hot, I eat
a piece of cheese, and I cool off. If you're hot, your blood glucose probably
dropped. That could make you feel tired, as well. Eating a "regular" diet
causes your insulin to spike, and drains your sugar, causing fatigue (and
other problems).
The glucose panel (I haven't heard of a glucose panel before--is it glucose
and insulin? Fasting? Post-pradial?) should show high insulin, but you already
knew that. However, it may be normal since you're on glucophage. I don't
kno what a "health panel" is, maybe a chem 12 or chem 24? That's some general
information (blood counts, elecrolyties, kidney function, etc.). You may want
to see the endo again. Hormone panels could tell them a lot mroe about how
your condition is being managed now.
Good luck.
Renee
anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
> HEY SAMANTHA,
> I AM 22 YEARS OLD. I FOUND OUT AT MY GYNOCOLOGIST I HAD POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN
> CYSTS ON MY OVARIES WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. I FOUND OUT FROM AND
> ENDOCRIDOLOGIST WHEN I WAS 20 THAT I HAD THE PCO SYNDROME WITH INSULIN
> RESISTANCE. I HAVE BEEN ON GLUCOPHAGE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND CAN
> NOT REALLY TAKE MORE THAN 1000MG. IT MAKES ME HAVE TOO FREQUENT BOWL
> MOVEMENTS AND I GET NAUSEATED AFTER TAKING 1500MG FOR 2 MONTHS. SO I HAVE TO
>
> BE ON WHAT I CAN TOLERATE. I TRIED ADVANDIA AND IT MADE ME SICK AS A DOG. SO
>
> I STUCK TO GLUCOPHAGE. I HAVE BEEN ON YASMIN 28 FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 MONTHS. I AM
>
> ALSO ON .25MG OF XANAX 4 TIMES A DAY FOR PANIC ATTACKS AND ANXIETY. I HAVE
> BEEN ON 15MG OF MERIDIA TILL ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, BECAUSE I CAN'T
> AFFORD IT ANYMORE. SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON A ANTI-DEPRESSANT THAT IS
>
> AFFORDABLE. MERIDIA DID NOT HELP ME LOSE WEIGHT. T CUT MY APPETITE A LITTLE
> IN THE BEGINNING. I WAS ON IT FOR TWO MONTHS AND I THINK I GAINED WEIGHT. I
> DON'T REALLY EAT BAD OR OVEREAT! I AM TOO EXUSTED AND TIRED ALL THE TIME TO
> EXERCISE. I HAVE BEEN GETTING SERIOUS HOT FLASHES AND FEEL FAINT A LOT. I
> WENT TO MY REG. GYNO AND HE TOOK A HEALTH PANAL AND A GLUCOSE PANAL (BLOOD
> TESTS). HE SAID HE DOEN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL ME IF THEY COME OUT NORMAL!
> I NEED HELP! WHAT DO I DO? WHATS WRONG????
> THANKS , MICHELLE
> EMAIL-SHELL211979@AOL.COM
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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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