Re: My daughter
From: Sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:38:45 -0600 (CST)
Hi,
I am no dr. But recently I read about a study that used Met with obese
adolescent girls to help them with weight loss. It was sucessful. At
16 your daughter is actually nearly fully grown and because of her
symptoms it would be important to try to get things working better.
Perhaps you could convince your dr. to let you daughter at least trial
metformin for a few months and see if it makes a difference - after all
it is the one drug known to treat the cause not just the symptoms (BCP
only mask the symptoms) - remember to start slowly. Then if she has no
major adverse effects she should continue with it. Whey wait till she
is 18 or 20 to use something that can address the problems now. It
important to treat PCOS as early and agressively as possible to avoid
complications. BCP is not the only option. Many of us here wish we had
been diagnosed and treated early. How much suffering (mental and
physical) could have been avodied.
Best wishes to you and your daugher.
--
Sally
At Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Molly wrote:
>
>Hi Betsy, my heart is with you both. My daughter Rachel, now 18, had some
>rough years with PCOS, getting a diagnosis and getting healthy. She is now
>a senior in high school and is thriving. I also was hesitant about
>glucophage (or "met" as we call it.) She started on it two and a half years
>ago. It really regulated her body. She also take aldactone and Diane 35
>birth control pills. I have nothing but positive things to say about met.
>I realize it does not work for everyone but adolescents seem to tolerate it
>well. Please feel free to email me privately with any questions!
>
>Good luck!
>Molly
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
>Behalf Of Betsy
>Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:56 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: My daughter
>
>My daughter Samantha is 16 and after 3 years of different doctors she
>has finally got a diagnosis of PCOS. They tried to use Aldactone and
>Orthotrycline - but neither worked. She is seeing a great Nutritionist
>- who has finally got her on a low carb diet and she has lost 20 pounds
>in about a month and a half - but she still has the most unbelievably
>unregulated periods. She is a varsity athlete throwing both shot put,
>disc, and weight and still bleeds about 3-4 weeks a month. She has
>terrible mood swings and she is getting pretty depressed about the
>entire situation. I have been doing a lot of reading about Glucophage -
>but from what I am reading it is not recommended for pediatric patients.
>Are most of you followed by an Endocrinologist or by a GYN and what
>birth control pills have you tried that you have found to be successful
>- or what other medications have worked for you. I can not tell you how
>thrilled I am to find that there are places like this to ask these types
>of questions. When I get home tonight I will have Sammy log onto her
>computer and check out this page. I would like to thank anybody who
>takes the time to answer this and I truly appreciate all of your
>assistance.
>
>Betsy
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