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Re: Excessive Sleeping....any cure?
From: Emma (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 04:09:06 -0500 (CDT)
I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years ago. I was also very sleepy,
having to leave work at 3pm to go to bed! I was then diagnosed with
hypothyroidism and started treatment hoping that the tiredness would go
- it didn't! So eventually I decided to take things into my own hands to
discover why I was so tired. Losing weight was never an option as I
wasn't overweight, so the first thing I tried was changing my
contraceptive pill (which I was prescribed to help with my PCOS), that
didn't work, so I tried coming off the pill - I'd hit the target! I've
been off the pill for 4 months and I feel so much better! I have a life
once again!
I hope this message is of help to other sufferers out there.
At Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Hi Neen-
>
>I agree with what others have responded - I used to sleep like ALL day
>long. There were days where quite seriously, getting out of bed and
>showering was enough to wipe me for the rest of the day. I would sleep
>like 21 hours of it. I felt awful, like I was just being lazy and not
>trying hard enough to DO something!! Then I started looking at real
>medical causes of it.
>Once I started low carbing, and avoiding the sugar crashes, my energy
>level went WAY up. I never realized that so much of what I was feeling
>was sugar blahs. I felt SO MUCH better after just avoiding refined
>sugar.
>Also, I recently got my thyroid tested - and found I was very severely
>hypothyroid. I have had my thyroid tested in the past with no problems,
>this was something that had come on with a severe illness during the
>past year. Now that I am on meds for that, I feel FABULOUS. I have a
>life again! I am fully myself, and fully awake! Currently I'm working a
>60 hour week, and it's NO PROBLEM. Big difference!
>Anyway this is long, sorry, I just think these are two things for you to
>check out!!
>
>good luck - Sonnet
>
>At Wed, 30 Aug 2000, neen wrote:
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>>Does anyone else here sleep way too much? I am constantly tired, all
>>day, everyday. I can sleep 8 hours at night and 5 hours during the day.
>>I would probably sleep more if I could. It really interferes with my
>>so-called life. Everyone thinks I am just lazy, but I really am sleepy!
>>If anyone has overcome this, let me know how. And also, what is a good
>>diet for pco? My doc says I need to lose weight and the symptoms should
>>ease up. But, I have been trying to lose weight for 3 years and I cant
>>get the surgery. I guess I havent tried hard enuff! So, any advice
>>would be great!
>>
>>--
>>NEEN
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