Re: Newbie with Lots of questions!!!
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:19:40 -0500 (CDT)
Hi,
you may need to play with the met dose to find one that works best for
you. Ask your doctor about trying a higher dose. Met can take some
time to work as well.
If you are not planning to become pregnant you could try an antiandrogen
bcp such as Diane (but not available in US) or Yasmin which may help
with the skin and oiliness. Some women use a drug called spironolactone
- but if you take this you must use a very effective form of birth
control becuase it can cause birth defects in male babies.
For carbs, it is not good or healthy to cut out carbs completely. Some
women have to be more strict than others to get effects however would
recommend a moderate approach first which is more likely to be
sustainable. Probably most important with the carbs is to avoid
anything sugary, starchy or highly refined (ie soft drinks, fruit juice,
white bread, white rice, pasta, noodles, cakes, cookies, potatoes,
anything highly processed - ie. fast foods) and get most of your carbs
from vegetables (other than potatoes - though some is probably ok) and
whole grain and other high fibre sources. Fruit is pretty high in sugar
and while it is healthy don't overdo it.
Best wishes
Sally
At Wed, 28 Aug 2002, suzanne wrote:
>
>At Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Angie wrote:
>>
>>Hi, I'm new the this board and to the diagnosis of PCOS. Never knew
>>what was wrong with me all of these years. Just enough problems to make
>>me think I'm crazy, but thought it wasn't worth mentioning to a doctor.
>>I have been losing my hair for the past 4 years (since my husband joined
>>the Army---thought that was the problem). Just recently my hair and
>>face started getting extremely oily. Thought the oil was the same, but
>>thinning hair maybe made it more oily since there was less hair to soak
>>up. I went to a doc---just happened to me an endocrinologist that
>>understands this stuff. (army doc too!!!) I asked him to test my
>>hormones, thyroid, and whatever else may be causing the hairloss. He
>>said that my testosterone was 110? I assume that is pretty high. I
>>haven't had any strange hair growth, but have had infertility problems a
>>few years back. I do have 2 children of now. I have a regular period
>>all except a little heavy, little painful, little long...but it comes
>>every month. My chest/neck have been breaking out for months and I
>>never knew why. My doc put me on met 500mg twice a day.
>>
>>Questions:
>>
>>Is the dosage of Met I'm taking sufficient? I think I'm tolerating it
>>fairly well.
>>
>>When will the Met help clear up my neck/chest from acne. It has gotten
>>worse since I've started the MET.
>>
>>What about my crankyness. It was SO bad the other day. Again worse
>>than usual after taking met.
>>
>>With Low Carb diets is it best to just cut them out as much as possible
>>or just decrease them.
>>
>>Thanks, Angie
>
>Hey Angie
>
>I am new at this board too! Anyways about your dosage, it should be
>enough because if it weren't it would show up in your test results. For
>example, when I first went on Met. I was on 500mg 3x a day. My tests
>showed that the Metformin in my body was not enough so now, I am on Met.
>2x/day but 1000mg. It's been working for me. I have lost some weight
>so thats good! I never had bad acne but I have notice that since I been
>on Met. I have notice alittle acne, but it has been clearing up the
>longer I take it. I haven't notice any crankyness though. And about
>the low carb. I tried cutting them out totally, and I thought I was
>going to die! lol anyways (I think) the best way to go about it is,
>decreasing your carbs. (atleast until your body gets use to cutting
>down on them)
>
>I don't know if any of this helps but I hope so!
>
>--
>suzanne
>
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