PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: Does Trauma and extreme stress set off PCOS?

Re: Does Trauma and extreme stress set off PCOS?

From: Kristen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:07:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 18 Apr 2001, anonymous wrote: >
>I think I had PCOS when I was 21 but my weight gain began when I lost a
>job and I got sicker and sicker as I was basically almost homeless for a
>year before getting another job. I had one college degree and almost
>another and having to work fast food to keep a roof over my head after
>being laid off because my employer was downsizing people. My next job
>was a tremendously stressful job with tons of violent teenagers. inner
>city behaviorially disorders some diagnosed sociopathic teenagers. I am
>wonder if there is a connection to the onset of SEVERE PCOS in my case
>or even mild in others where stress is the catalyst. (My thyroid also
>failed and I do have adrenal problems unexplained at this point) Life is
>much calmer over the last two years and I have noted that i lose weight
>naturally even independent of food intake when I am more calm and at
>peace and there is no stress.
>
>Before and during the time I got sick and had my huge weight gain, I had
>tremendous stress, some of which I dont want to discuss here....but I
>witnessed two violent crimes, luckily was not a victim etc etc and ended
>up with a PTSD post traumtic stress diagnosis due to several, yes
>several events, doing my kind of work didnt help.
>
>I have read in books on PCOS that doctors have wondered if Stein
>Levanthl is set off by trauma or stress. I believe it is. I think
>there is for many there is a cataylst for this disease either for it to
>worsen....I know looking back I exhibited signs of mild PCOS back to age
>13. But I never faced such severe PCOS until my mid 20s --lost period
>at age 21. I have been told my adrenals may be shot in the upcoming
>years, I have been warned about impending adrenal failure even. I know
>stress can do this. (Ive registered some low adrenal readings but dont
>have signs of Addisons yet)--have hyperadrenalism now.
>
>Who here believes that stress sets off PCOS? I believe it does. I think
>that many of us simply are having stress induced hormonal failures. The
>reason this disease has gone from a "rare" one to one that is seeming to
>increase are the increased stresses of modern society. They say stress
>shuts down the reproductive system......

Wow, I never saw the correlation until now. About 8 years ago I was living overseas in Sweden, doing a very hard job, and became severly depressed. I had always had irregular periods and acne, but after I came back to the states, because of the depression, I just piled on the weight (I had been thin up till then) despite no changes in my eating or exercising habits. I also started to grow whiskers all over my chin. And I went down to only two or three periods a year after that. I was just recently diagnosed with PCOS, and I do believe it was exacerbaited by that stessful time in my life

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