PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: PCOS - Low carb diet and Birth Control and trying to concieve!??!!?

Re: PCOS - Low carb diet and Birth Control and trying to concieve!??!!?

From: Valerie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 23:39:52 -0600 (CST)

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Fight and fight hard! I have been there... the birth control pill is the LAZY doctor answer. It DOES NOT help- you..it masks your symptoms... but LAZY doctors think a mask is good enough to keep you at bay... read the forum entries... the one thing we PCOSufferers have in common acrossed the board is Insulin Resistance... get to an endocrinologist or a reproductive endocrinologist and MAKE THEM TREAT YOU... Metformin (a.k.a. Glucophage) is the most common treatment for us and THAT has been known to treat insulin resistence and therefore lets the rest of your chemicals settle and HOPEFULLY restores ovulation...if not Met/Gluc alone, then Met/Gluc WITH Clomid has a GREAT success rate... BUT BCP's have NO REAL POSITVE OR CURATIVE VALUE...and triphasic BCP's are very bad for us. Atkin's Diet IS one of the best for us because our insulin resistence prevents us from properly metabolizing carbs... rarely I have even heard of Atkin's getting a PCOSufferer healthy enough to get pregnant, but Met/Gluc is the way to be as healthy as you can be (after you adjust to it...remember, no matter how it is prescribed, cut your pills and start slowly because the side effects are horrid when you begin)

Good Luck and FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS... I am doing the Glucophage/TTC thing myself, and I am a born fighter... if you need support fighting your HMO I would gladly support you.(And no matter what, keep us up to date)

-- ValerieC

At Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Kristy wrote: > >Hello everybody. Your forums are great and have been a great source of >strength for me. Maybe you all can help me with this. >My husband and I have been trying to concieve for 3 years and have had >no luck. I have switched numerous doctors after being diagnosed with >PCOS and have yet to find an OB/GYN that is willing to be of any help. >The most help my current GYN has given me, is to put me back on birth >control pills, which I am not happy about in the least bit. I have been >trying to find ways to 'cure' myself and have recently started the low >carb Atkin's diet and feel wonderful, tho I am still taking birth >control, I can't help but wonder whether my body's natural cycle is >trying to kick back in, after having no periods for sooo long. >I am constantly having symptoms of PMS all month long instead of the >week before my periods like I used to....I am really just looking for >help and answers and am thinking of going back off the pill after this >pack is through. >What are the chances that the pills have helped me, and will at least >give me on enormal cycle? Or will the Atkin's diet help to straighten me >out?? >Please help me. The frustration is unbearable, and all I want is to >start a family and quit having people tell me 'No. you can't' because I >KNOW I can!! > >-- >Thank you all so much for your time >Krisy - in Ohio >

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