Re: What is meant by irregular periods? Help!
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:59:01 -0500 (CDT)
hi Amy-
I'm certainly no doctor, but I would say from your symptoms that at the
very least, PCOS is a syndrome that should be considered and checked out
by your doctor. Being a syndrome, you don't have to have all of the
symptoms to have the disease. Your symptoms like weight gain in the
tummy, hypoglycemic attacks (the shakiness off carbs,) the facial hair,
and the irregular periods all would point that direction. Oh, and yes
your periods ARE irregular - anything besides a 'regular' roughly
monthly cycle is considered irregular. So, ask your new doc about it!
And if they put you off with vagueness or put you on the pill to 'fix'
your body, press for more. If you can get things like an LH / FSH,
Ultrasound, or IGTT done, at least you will be able to rule PCOS out.
Right? Good luck to you!!
--
Sonnet
At Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Amy wrote:
>
>I am a 28 year old female who is at her wits end. I have always had a
>period every month, but they are irregular - never at the same time.
>During the past few months, my period has been about 2 - 2 1/2 weeks
>apart, with it lasting from 8-15 days. The last 3 days are very light,
>almost spotty. Can PCOS be a possibility since I don't have infrequent
>periods? My other symptoms include the following: I weighed 145 five
>years ago and have gradually gained around 40 pounds now. I was on
>birth control until about a year ago because I had quite a time trying
>to find a pill that I would not have problems with. I would bleed
>around 2 - 3 weeks while taking pills that had once worked well for me.
>While on the last pill, I noticed brown spots appearing on my face and
>increased facial hair - about 10 - 20 "whiskers" on my chin and dark
>hair above my lip. My weight gain has been around my waist and breast -
>which never seemed to be a problem before. I have been trying to lose
>weight, but it seems that I am eating less and less and gaining more and
>more. I crave carbohydrates to the point of insanity and when I do not
>have them, I feel faint, or my hands shake and I feel sick to my
>stomach. I guess I keep telling myself that I'm getting older (29) and
>I'm going to have to try to work harder to lose the weight. THe problem
>is that I feel like I would have to not eat in order to lose weight! I
>have an appointment next month for my yearly exam, and have changed
>doctors. Is it possible to have an extreme increase in symptoms is as
>little as a year's time? Help!
>
>--
>Amy
>
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>Amy
>
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