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Re: Birth Control Pill question; to Jessica
From: Teresa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:42:53 -0600 (CST)
If you are looking for a doc in the LA area, I see Dr. Martha Gonzales
in Ventura. Kinda out of the way for you, but she is up on PCOS (she's
an endo) and I would highly recommend her. I drive three hours just to
see her. Good luck, Teresa
At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Jessica wrote:
>
>Thanks. I just got confused reading that. Birth Control Pills have
>always been a wonderful thing for me and my husband. I'm hopeful that
>when the time comes I won't have to go off of them. I must say I'm
>dreading that a good bit. I obviously need to contact a doctor about
>this. I guess it's time to start looking for one in the Los Angeles
>area.
>
>At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Sally wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>If the triphasic is working for you ok and you have no side effects,
>>probably no reason not to continue, as long as other PCOS symptoms /
>>insulin resistance are treated (if you do have pcos) at the same time -
>>using an insulin sensitiser.
>>
>>BCP is not banned for PCOS and many women find them very helpful with
>>symptom control and in fact they are traditionally one of the key
>>treatment approaches. However, the general consensus at the moment is
>>that the monophasic pills are better for us than the triphasic. Also
>>some of the antiandrogenic pills can be useful if you have excess hair
>>and skin problems (I use diane-35) and there are some others (Yasmin - I
>>think? - someone one else can advise on that).
>>
>>By the way, BCP can mean that any hormone testing is not accurate. If
>>you are going to be tested for hormone levels, probably you should be
>>off the pill for about 3 months in order to get more accurate results.
>>
>>Other forms of contraception - are condom, spermicides, IUD (though they
>>don't recommend that for women who have never had children), etc.
>>
>>Best wishes
>>
>>--
>>Sally
>>
>>At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Jessica wrote:
>>>
>>>Holy smokes.
>>>
>>>So I'm reading some of these messages now (just realized there was more
>>>than one forum) and I saw something about the tri-type BCPs. That's
>>>what I'm on. I've been on them for years. I went on them for two
>>>reasons. The main being birth control and the second I thought it would
>>>be helpful to regulate my cycle.
>>>
>>>Now my cycle has never been normal but it's also not been anywhere near
>>>as bad or crazy as many of you here.
>>>
>>>Now I'm reading that if diagnosed with PCOS I will probably go OFF these
>>>pills? I know it's difficult to get pregnant when you have this
>>>condition but the thing is right now at this time I don't want to get
>>>pregnant anyway. So I guess I'm wondering for those of you NOT on BCPs
>>>now do you use some other kind of birth control?
>>>
>>>I'm getting used to the terms and names of things by reading these
>>>forums and hopefully that will help me when talking to my doctor very
>>>soon.
>>
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