Re: Nearly 6 months - Dr Sam or anyone?
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:15:49 +0100
Hi Sally,
How long have you been amenorrhoeic before starting Diane? Have you had a period before starting it?
Most probably your endometrium is so thin that there is nowhere to bleed from.
For your innfo
Sam
> Hi,
>
> Would appreciate anyone's comments or experience.
>
> Have been on metformin and levothryoxine sodium and diane-35 for nearly
> 6 months. Still not having regular periods..... sometimes I get some
> spotting during the month, and at the end of the 7 day-break I get 1/2-1
> day of light bleeding (I don't think this is normal - when I was much
> younger I used to have 4 - 5 day periods). Any idea how long before
> things should normalise? Also I have breast discharge still - despite
> 'normal' prolactin levels (dr has tested twice already - though I
> haven't told dr. recently that am still having this). Is this
> something to be concerned with?
>
> Not all is bad however, and actually all else is going fine. Lipid
> profile have improved dramatically (about 10% decrease in all
> parameters, and about 16% increase in HDL (though it is still very low),
> and am losing weight slowly but surely with strict dieting). Could the
> weight loss/strict dieting be contributing to my not having period? I am
> trying to eat approx 1000 - 1200 calories a day (lower carb, low fat
> diet), but never more than 1500 and with this and exercise can lose
> about 2 - 4 pounds a month. Without doing this I still have problem
> losing weight and would probably gain.
>
> Best wishes and thanks to everyone.
>
> Sally
>
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