PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for October, 2002: Re: Just Diagnosed. Very Scared

Re: Just Diagnosed. Very Scared

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 22:39:29 -0500 (CDT)

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I would say if you are not trying to get pregnant...get back on the pill. That will help not only with your symptoms but your overall feeling about yourself. Also, there is a drug called spironolactone that helps with the hair growth..but you need to take it for about a year to really really see good results. It will stop the new hair growth pretty quickly but to see the old stuff fall out, it takes a while. you might try going to see a laser hair removal clinic. I did that for a while and it works great. But the BC pills keep your hormones regulated. Good luck on Glucophage XR. Just remember if you don't feel good on it...there are plenty of others you can try. Actos is what I take and I am doing great on it.

Best of luck.

Oreosmama

At Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Lisa wrote: >
>Last night I was diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance by an
>endocrinologist. She had me start on Glucophage XR after dinner last
>night.
>Here is my confusion: I have always had low blood pressure (at 218 lbs,
>my top weight ever, I am 110/70, when thinner, its around 90/60). Isn't
>this contrary to PCOS? My 3 hr glucose tests show 78 fasting, 95 1 hr,
>95 2 hr, 55 3hr. My doctor diagnosed me as Hypoglycemic and PCOS. My
>LH/FSH ratio was 10.6/3.9 (more than double). My testosterone leves
>were in the normal area, as was all other numbers.
>I have spent 10 years being told I was "a little low, borderline
>hypoglycemic" but that nothing was wrong with me. I just need to lose
>weight. I have lost weight many times. The hypoglycemia seemed to only
>get worse. I gained everything back again, and now (for the last 3
>years) cannot lose anything no matter what I try. I have always been on
>the pill, with the exception of when I was pregnant. I decided to go
>off last year. Since April I keep missing periods. My OB/GYN gave me
>Provera (I think) to get it started again, and told me the hair growth
>on my chin & neck was nothing.
>Does this all sound like PCOS? Everything seems to contradict everything
>else.
>
>--
>Confused Lisa
>

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