PCOS Messages for April, 2000: Re: PCOS> Is early puberty ALWAYS a sign?

Re: PCOS> Is early puberty ALWAYS a sign?

From: Sallie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 07:18:09 -0500 (CDT)

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Becky >From everyone I have listened to for the past couple of years on the
boards is that they started their first period around age 12. My three daughters ages 18,16,and 15 all started their first period around age 12 and they all have PCOS. Were you saying you wanted to go off the pill to get officially diagnosed? Did the doctor just put you on the pill to regulate your periods but never gave you a diagnosis? I have heard of so many women whom their doctors put them on the pill and did not mention PCOS. Later the woman would go in and announce that she thinks that she has PCOS and the doctor says "of course you do". It is noted on the chart but the doctor doesn't think it is necessary to tell you or give you a name of what you have. Is the pill helping with the acne and periods? My daughters and I decided for them not to go on the pill because if they did we could not tell if any of the natural treaments were working or not. How long have you been on the pill? I think if the pill is working for you then don't mess with it just to get an official diagnosis. Many doctors do not think the blood tests are reliable anyway and rely on symptoms alone for a diagnosis. It would take a month or two (maybe more) of not taking the pill for your system to mess up again before they could do a blood test. However if you think you are insulin resistant and want to go off the pill to see if regulating your insulin is enough to make your body function normally on its own then that is another story. Although it is hard to find a doctor sometimes to first test for insulin resistance much less end up treating it (especially for young patients that are not trying to get pregnant). That is what we ran in to. No doctor would test them for insulin resistance or think of doing anything else besides the pill. Well I hope this gives you some perspective to think on. At Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Becky wrote: >
>I know that there are many differnet signs of PCOS, but anything I have
>ever read mentioned early onset puberty (7,8,9). I have some symptoms
>(about 30 lbs overweight, mild acne, and horribly irregular periods),
>but I didn't start puberty until I was about 12, and my first period
>came when I was 13 and a half. I am now 19. I was wondering if I
>should mention PCOS to my ob/gyn...I am on Ortho-TriCyclen to regulate
>my periods. I would want to be officially diagnosed with PCOS, rather
>than being put on the pill so I have regular cycles. Tahnks ~Becky

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Sallie

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