PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: Feel great, but notice mood challenges after ovulation

Re: Feel great, but notice mood challenges after ovulation

From: Barbra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:27:49 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Anne wrote: >
>Barbra,
>
>To answer your questions/respond to your comments:
>
>1) I am mostly vegatarian (I eat *a lot* of fruit and veggies) and I am
>not worried about getting enough protein, I believe I am getting enough
>in my diet. I know that for me, when I increased protein on a low carb
>diet I felt really sick. But, I do use flax seed meal - I add it to a
>lot of things and it gives me omegas and protein and fiber. I also eat
>steel cut oatmeal which has a good amount of protein and I add flax seed
>to it. I get my fat from nuts and seeds. My diet is very low fat.
>

What is flax seed meal?I am familiar with flax seed. This is how I used to eat! Was told I had to get off this type of diet.I did feel better when I ate no meat...I think!Lately,I forget what it's like to feel normal!My friend is a dietician for a hospital and is totally against my high protein dieting.Something to discuss with my specialist.I was told to limit fruits....and I mean limit them.NO juices,,,I can have berries ,an apple,,,I can eat most veggies....and I do eat alot of veggies. What does your specialist think of this diet?Mine would kill me...lol!

>2) I didn't think I was the only one having problems after ovulation,
>I'm going to ask my doctor about it. I tend to crave salt too.
>

They do say what we crave is what we don't need on contrary to what they used to say....when we crave something,,our body requires it.I have my doubts there,...I know when I need salt!

>3) My PMS used to be a lot worse, I no longer get the painful swollen
>breasts, or massive bloating. Pretty much all that is happening to me
>lately is the hormonal stuff. But I did find, when my PMS was worse,
>that evening primrose and B-6 helped.

>Okay-we are on the same wave length here.I take evening primrose oil as well as B-6...also salmon oil.Evening primrose does help with my sore breasts for some reason...have experimented with that one!Nothing helps with my bloating...

>4) Heart palps - sorry you are having them, I had them too, thyroid
>medication helped, but glucophage got rid of them all together.

You are so fortunate to be rid of the palps...aren't they a debiliating thing?

>Couldn't take the metformin....extremely bad reactions...I don't know why...most have had success with it.The nagging,unrelenting diarrhea was not tolerable for me....I could have probably lost twenty pounds in a couple of weeks on it....but I was getting dehydrated and the fluid retention was worse than it usually is for me.

As for the heart palps/problems....I have had heart problems in the past,,,I sort of want to put it all behind me now and not talk about it,although it is difficult at times.I have had more echo cardiograms over five years...holtor monitors,and I presently have a cardio diary.My EJ in September was 72...it may have been 75...it was in the forties in 1999....early start of CHF....was reveresed,or so I am told...but I have something that is definitly EFFECTING MY HEART...they are going to rule out some electrial disorder called.wolf parkinson whyte syndrome..I may have the name spelled incorrectly.Thyroid,apparantly is normal..told this is an adrenaline problem.Been checked and still investigations done for pheocromacytoma(a rare adrenaline tumour)...they think not. This is the one issue that is ruining my life.I am pretty much tachycardic for hours after eating.....,then I go the complete opposite,which is bradycardia.... If I do have even the smalles glass of orange juice...my heart sky rockets...I am IR....I thought I was going to die after the darned four hour gtt.

So far as cardio exercise goes, just stick with it. I do interval >training on the treadmill - this is the best way to increase your ---
>what -- aerobic ability ---- cardiac capacity, not sure what to call it.
>I use a polar heart rate monitor, it determined my target heart rate. I
>walk a lap, I run a lap, then I walk again - but at the same rate I was
>walking before I ran, I let my heart rate come down again, once it has,
>I increase my pace and keep alternating. Recovering from a sprint or
>jog at a high rate of walking will improve your capacity. When I
>started out I alternated between a moderate walk and a fast walk and
>back to moderate, when I switched to jogging, I did that as much as I
>could - sometimes it would be a quarter or a half a lap. I read about
>doing this in one of Covert Bailey's books, he has a series of books,
>his first was "Fit or Fat?" I've found that this improves my fitness
>quickly, and my trainer thinks it's the best thing for me.
>

Problem with me,..is my heart will just slow down after ten minutes of exercise,rather than speed up.I have the monitor too.That is why yoga seems to be the exercise of choice for me.Some days,I can go on the treadmill and have not many problems,..other times,it is like moutain climbing...I can't do it. I am faithful to my one and a half hour yoga a day and at least two thirty minute sessions of light dance.Just say...a really ,really low,impact type of aerobic dance....I try....

>6) You should try to find out what is causing your palps, it could be
>reactive hypoglycemia as it was for me, or it could be something else,
>thyroid, or a heart condition (don't meant to alarm you). I don't know
>how old you are, but I'm 38 and I've had an echo cardiogram and it was
>very easy - it's just like an ultrasound but it's of your heart.
>Acupuncture can help with palps. Cutting out caffine can help too.
>

They never used the phrase"reactive hypoglycemia"..just hypoglecemia///is that the same?I am 40.Problems started five years ago.Caffeine does not accentuate the palps for me...I know,I am a strange one.....caffeine actually slows my heart down....believe this or not!I need one to wake up and one to sleep. I have tried accupuncture and am going to give it another try.

>7) I used to take a lot of amino acids, but I'm wary of taking them now
>because I don't want to create an imbalance. And I feel pretty good,
>except for the hormonal stuff between ovulation and menstration - it's
>my last little problem.
>
>8) What keeps me going - getting over the hump? I am determined to avoid
>diabetes. My father has it, I have had a lot of the same health
>problems he has. We both went from super skinny to heavy with a great
>deal of difficulty losing weight. I have seen him react to sugar in his
>thirties, I have seen myself have the same experiences. I even got
>drunk once on sugar cookies. I know that my chances of getting diabetes
>is really high, and I refuse to let it happen without putting up a
>fight. I've been struggling with my health for 15 years and now that
>I'm well I refuse to get sick again.
>

Good for you.....I am glad....I know what it's like to be skinny minny and have your whole body change almost overnight.Ironically,I had diabetis insipidus which cleard up on it's own.A rare form of diabetes caused from medication.

Diabetes runs in my family as well.My mom's side. I am going to try a little of what you mentioneed about your exercise routine and see if I can handle it.I can handle the slower walks,followed by a fat burn work out..for how long..that is another story! I will pick up the book and read. Thanks ever so much..this was very informative for me to read about your success story. May you fit into the teenie weenie itsy bitsy bikini this summer!!!!!! >Anne
>
>At Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Barbra wrote:
>>
>>At Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Anne wrote:
>>>
>>Hi Anne,
>>Can you tell me about your diet?Overall,sounds as if you've hit the
>>right diet.
>>Just wondering how you are getting the protein from the vegetarian diet.
>>I wonder too,why I am worse after ovulation.It's the ten days before my
>>period that I am symptomatic.
>>I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you.I suppose it is
>>PMS....increased carb cravings,irritability and other symptoms.I have
>>been taking Renee's advice and during that time of the month...I eat a
>>tiny serving of pure protein every couple hours and it does seem to
>>stabalize me,my moods and my carb cravings.Only then,I also crave salt.
>>I can tell you that recently,this is what my doctor suggested for my PMS
>>symptoms.
>>1)A dose of 100mg of tyrosine twice daily(an amino acid)
>>2)50 mg of phenylalanine twice daily.
>>
>>The amino acid analysis has turned around many lives.
>>It requires the help of a physician and is important because it can
>>pinpoint exact underlying causes for many emotional problems associated
>>with PMS.
>>I do know for fact that there is an increase of progesterone during the
>>premenstral phase.In men,the opposite happens-progesterone tends to have
>>a calming effect.
>>There are important changes in the acid-alkaline blood balance during
>>the second half of the menstral cycle.High or low levels of progesterone
>>can set you up for the irritability and other symptoms.I have just come
>>back from a doctors visit and this is fresh in my head.
>>Could it be that you are lacking one of the amino acids?
>>I am aware that being deficient in just ONE amino acid can lead to PMS.
>>I haven't seen success yet with my PMS ....but keep me posted on your
>>overall great health.Bravo to you!Dropping two sizes this time of
>>year-you must be on top of the world.Let me know what you are doing.
>>I cannot do strenuous activity either because of the heart palps.I do
>>have an increase in the muscle mass.I can only handle yoga and some
>>walking on my treadmill and some dance.Those work-out days for me..oh ,I
>>only wish I had the strength to hold up.How did you overcome the hump?

--
Sincerely,
Barbra Camara

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