PCOS Messages for June, 2000: Eileen - Re: : 3 diagnoses, which could be right????????

Eileen - Re: : 3 diagnoses, which could be right????????

From: Michele (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:02:42 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi, I have a question for you have you been taking the herb DHEA? I was prescibed this for fibro about 3 years ago. I did not know I had pcos then, but I can tell you that within in a few months of taking it I had rapid weight gain, loss of my cycle, and my dhea blood level went from being low normal to above the normal range it's supposed to be. I had also been treated with dexamethsone about 10 years earlier and had the exact same problems. I'd be real careful about taking dex if you think you might have pcos. My feeling is that that the dex and the herb dhea add fuel to the fire of pcos, and it makes me wonder if they maybe caused the pcos. It sounds like you need to ask a lot more questions to your doc and get copies of your lab work and medical records and read them yourself, you'd be amazed at what you find out that the doc doesn't always tell you. Good luck

At Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Eileen wrote: >
>Hi Kocco, Thanks for writing. What treatment are you taking for the
>Adrenal Hyperplasia? Do you know what happens if you leave it untreated?
>I am not excited about taking dexamethasone if it is going to make me
>gain weight. I'd really love to hear more from you about the whole
>thing, because I really don't even know what it is. The reason the new
>doc thinks I might have the Adrenal H. is because my DHEA is high, but
>not tesosterone. I also have regular periods, but I have had weight
>gain, hirsutism, and I do have cysts on my ovaries. I need help!!!
>Please write back!
>either on this forum, or write me at: r_eileenhunter@hotmail.com
>
>Thanks again!!!!!
>
>At Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Kocco wrote:
>>
>>Eileen,
>>
>>I have been diagnosed with PCO since 1984 and In 1997 I got the
>>diagnosis of CAH (non-classic Congenital Adernal Hyperplasia) It very
>>much mimics PCO in fact you can develope PCO because of it. Here is a
>>link that might help you. I am still trying to figure it all out. It
>>is pretty new at least the non classic form.
>>
>>http://www.aafp.org/afp/990301ap/1190.html
>>
>>>Please write: r_eileenhunter@hotmail.com
>>>
>>>Thanks, Eileen.

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michele

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