PCOS Messages for February, 2001: Re: PCOS, Metformin--General Input

Re: PCOS, Metformin--General Input

From: angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:39:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Terri wrote: >
>I was diagnosed with pcos approx 3-4 yrs ago. I have a 10y/o son and
>have had 1 miscarriage 8 yrs ago may. It seems(like so many of us
>w/this syndrome) that I have been subject to a number of fertility tests
>and treatments including 3 cycles of Gonal & Pergonal followed with
>IUI's. Also like many others, I have concluded that I am now infertile.
>I recall reading an article in "Women's Day" showing the symptoms and
>thinking "this is what I have". Sure enough my fertility specialists
>confirmed the diagnosis. I have read how Metformin has helped many
>people with this and am wondering why my phys has not prescibed it. I
>am vastly overwieght, on medication for depression since my last cycle
>of the injections and still looking for answers. If anyone has any
>suggestions I would really like to hear from you. I had no idea that
>this syndrome has affected so many people and often wonder if this maybe
>contributed to my mother's death from uterince cancer. Thank you for
>your time.

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I was diagnosed with PCOS 5 years ago.  I was even able to get pregnant on Fertinex and have two boys.  The second pregancy was difficult, colic, etc.  I became depressed and started Paxil, I developed a herniated disc (back problems), colicy baby contributed to depression and 20+ pound weight gain.  I read the article to mentioned and decided to try to get a endo to put me on it.  I didn't have any luck.  He suggested birth control pills which had not helped in the past.  I remained on Paxil, but finally decided that I was going to take control of the situation.  I started exercising every day, dieting, and had my repro endo put me on met.  He thought it was a great idea.  I have only lost 8 pounds in the last 2 months, but that is a miracle for me.  I am exercising daily, doing weight watchers, and have just started the met.  I have stopped the Paxil for depression, and feel much better now that I have been exercising.  It took almost a month to get used to exercising, but now I feel like it is a much bigger help than the Paxil ever was.  I had to force myself to get out of bed and exercise, but am glad I did.  I started reading all of these postings, and felt that if met helped so many people, I would give it a try.  It does case me to have diarrhea,but I think its worth it.  Good luck to you.  I know the extra weight and depression combine to make a vicious cycle.  I didn't loose any weight for the first 6 weeks of exercise, but I did feel better.

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