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Re: Very depressed, Please help...need advice.
From: Minni (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:30:55 -0600 (CST)
Thank you very much everyone who replied to my message, I appreciate all
the advice from you guys. You guys are very caring, sensitive and
understanding. Thank you again. My name is minni by the way and I come
on all the time to read posts and have gained lots of information but
just still tend to get depressed all the time for some reason. :o(
At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Kimberly wrote:
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>Hi! I'm so sorry you are feeling so bad. This darn condition can just
>be the pits. ;(
>
>I don't have a hair problem, so I can't say that I can help a lot there
>- but from your post I did notice that it does not seem your dr. is
>treating you very aggresively. 500mg on Glucophage is not very much -
>perhaps next time you see him/her they will raise your dosage if you
>haven't seen many results. Also, there are other medications that help
>with slowing the hair growth, as the previous post talked about. I
>would think that unless you are trying to get pregnant you should be on
>one of them. Also, there are a couple of birth control pills that can
>help. Unless you are financially strapped and don't have health
>insurance, there is no reason you should not be doing everything
>possible to conquer what you can not control - so that you can feel
>better about yourself and get on with your life. Seeing another dr. or
>talking to your current one more assertively is a small price to pay to
>get your self-esteem and happiness back. this is not your fault - none
>of it - and there are options available to you - just do your research
>and find a dr. who will try everything they can to help you.
>
>Second thought - it seems you've been seeking treatment for just a
>couple months - and it's important to keep in mind that it can take a
>LONG time to see really astounding results. Two months is simply not
>long enough to know if you are having successful treatment or not. I
>know it's frustrating to have to wait when every day seems like an
>eternity - but on the bright side it also means there is hope somewhere
>down the road.
>
>The last thing to keep in mind is that there are many dr.s and
>scientists trying to come up with more effective treatments for all of
>the symptoms we are suffering, and since you are young there is a good
>chance that someday you will not have to suffer at all. We have made a
>lot of progress in just the last 5 years, imagine where we'll be in
>another 5 or 10!
>
>I would also like to add that perhaps you are being snappy at your
>boyfriend, not because you are not happy with yourself etc., but because
>he obviously doesn't 'get' what is going on with you, and you know in
>your heart that if he was really the man for you, he would. there are
>many men who would take the time to really understand what is going on -
>and maybe your guy is one of them, but your not letting him in - or
>maybe he doesn't care and never will. You are the only one that can
>answer that - but until you do, I have a feeling you will continue being
>irritated at him and at yourself. I can assure you that is no way to
>spend the rest of your life - so have a heart-to-heart with him and
>figure out if he's ever gonna help you feel better about yourself or
>not. Yes, it's true that self-love and acceptance has to start in our
>own hearts - but there's simply no doubt that the people around us can
>make it harder or easier.
>
>I so hope you feel better. Keep coming back to this board so you know
>you are not alone.
>
>--
>Kimberly
>
>At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>I am 25 years old and have had PCOS since I was 15 and have a lot of
>>trouble with the hair growth. I have hair everywhere and it is really
>>depressing. I cry a lot and get very upset most of the time. I was put
>>on GlucophageXR 500mg, I don't see any difference yet and also have been
>>using Vaniqua for a little over 2 months. I am in a relationship and
>>have been for about almost 3 years and the hair growth realy bothers me.
>>I have told my boyfriend about it but not entirely. I have told him
>>that I have hair but he doesn't know how I have to deal with it and how
>>much it affects me. He says that he loves me and doesn't care about
>>that. I have to shave every time we see each other and I have to
>>basically shave my whole body (chest,breasts,tummy, legs) and it is
>>really embarrasing. The hair is so dark and thick. I have to do a
>>really god job or you feel the stuble. This includes my face, I have to
>>shave my face every day including at night if I am going out somewhere.
>>This really lowers my self-esteem. There are days I feel very beautiful
>>and then there are days where I feel really bad. My bad days are make
>>me feel much worse than my good days actually make me feel better.
>>Sometimes when it gets cold, I get goosebumps and feel the hair coming
>>out of my sin and it hurts sometimes. It is really beginning to bother
>>me and I get very moody and get in to a lot of arguments with my
>>boyfriend. I snap sometimes and get very upset and very emotional. I
>>don't know if this is PCOS related or just maybe I have problems...I
>>don't know what to do. I feel very insecure all the time and I know
>>that he doesn't really understand what is going on with me. This is
>>causing alot of problems with my relationship and I do not know what to
>>do. I just feel that I am not a happy person and feel miserable and I
>>also feel that I am making him miserable in the process. I know that
>>you can't make anyone else happy until you are happy with yourself and I
>>am not and do not know how to do that.
>>
>>Please help(sorry so long) any advise would help.
>
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