PCOS Messages for April, 2000: Re: PCOS: New diagnosis

Re: PCOS: New diagnosis

From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:33:34 -0400

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If you have been newly diagnosed with PCOS, please take this to heart...

I've never had a normal period. In fact, without bcp, I would NEVER have a period. When I finally did something about it (went to a physician) I got many of the same answers that you are getting now...1) "not getting your period is no big deal...and who wants a period anyway?!" 2) "lose weight...that may bring on a normal period!" and finally, 3) "the lack of periods is most likely due to PCOS...but it's nothing you need to worry about!" HELLO??? WHAT IS UP WITH THESE PHYSICIANS??? I guess what I'm getting at is this: if your physician tells you that you have PCOS and prescribes Provera to induce a period and then puts you on bcp to "regulate" your cycles....that is not curing the problem....it is merely covering it up! Make them dig deeper! It is surely something that I wish I had done. Good luck to you!

:-) Alexis

"Avalos, Clara" wrote:

> I was on Triphasil 28 for a year and a half. Had to stop taking it due to
> severe headaches, elevated blood pressure (above my PCOS high bp level),
> blurred vision, recurring nausea. Since I went off it, the headaches have
> gone away, as well as the nausea, and my vision is no longer blurry. My bp,
> high anyway, has at least gotten back down to a non-threatening level.
>
> Aside from that, the Triphasil only regulated my periods. It did nothing to
> help any of my other PCOS symptoms.
>
> I've never taken Provera.
>
> (personally, I think the bcp "fix" that doctors use with PCOS patients is a
> weak remedy... Is there anyone out there who has benefited from bcp's?)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:47 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
> Subject: PCOS: New diagnosis
>
> I was diagnosed with PCOS three days ago. My OB/GYN prescribed
> Triphasil-28 and Provera, to bring on a period, then to regulate my
> mentsrual cycle. I have been researching the drugs and PCOS non-stop
> since then. I have yet to find anything remotely good about either of
> those drugs, and i am quite frankly very skeptic about taking them. I
> was just wondering if anyone had taken those before, and if so, did you
> suffer any of the what I consider severe side effects?
>
> --
> Erica-Nicole
> 21 Years old
> Erica_K@theglobe.com
>

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