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Re: Am i the odd woman out here??????
From: Kimberly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 00:43:42 -0500 (CDT)
I'm not sure what you are wanting to get more info from us on the
message board about - but I would like to remind you, myself and anyone
reading this that regardless of what symptoms are physically visable -
ANYONE with PCOS is at increased risk for heart disease, diabetes,
stroke etc., - that is why using birth control pills as your sole
treatment is not enough. Bcp's are great for some women (myself
included) but they do absolutely nothing to prevent the ravages that
insulin resistance and excess testosterone cause to the body over the
long-term life-span. You should seriously consider trying Glucophage
again, (as it often provides easier weight loss) and do serious research
on how the side effects can be minimized -or just wait them out, as they
eventually go away. - or you can try Actos or Avandia which are insulin
sensitizers that don't necessarily aid in weight loss, but lower the
future risks of serious pcos complications. Better yet, vigilant diet
and exercise are problably the best and cheapest treatments available to
everyone. Not only can a proper diet circumvent the insulin resistance
problem, but exercise can greatly increase insulin sensitivity. I too,
suffer few symptoms besides irregular periods, weight gain and slight
acne (almost all of which are under control now) - but my triglycerides
are sky high and diabetes runs in my family - so I constantly need to
remind myself that even though I'm feeling great, my future is grim
without constant attention to the things I can not see.
best of luck
Kimberly
* also, BCP's do make insulin resistance somewhat worse (that is why
diabetics should not be on them)so that is something to keep in mind
when choosing not to treat the insulin resistance in any way.
At Tue, 2 Jul 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Sorry I didn't see your earlier post. I don't have those symptoms associate
>with excess testosterone either, like hirsutism, thinning hair, acne etc. I
>think I have found out why too. A couple of weeks ago I had a number of blo d
>tests done & my sex hormone binding globulin was abnormally high. From the
>info I have gathered from the Internet and after talking to my GP, as a PCO
>sufferer it should be very low. This is what I think happens. SHBG is a
>ß-globulin that transports testosterone in plasma. Once testosterone bind to
>the SHBG it is no longer an active hormone. Women with PCOS tend to have
>elevated levels of free testosterone in their systems because they do not
>have enough SHBG for the testosterone to bind too. Therefore the testostero e
>becomes an active hormone, which results in hirsutism, virilizaiton, obesit
>and diffuse hair loss. Anyway maybe those PCOS sufferers without the above
>mentioned symptoms all have elevated levels of SHBG. Also low levels of SHB
>plays a role in the development of insulin resistance and subsequent type 2
>diabetes. There wasn't much talk in the articles I read on how to increa e
>your levels of SHBG, some believe there is a connection between increased
>fibre intake and high levels of SHBG but all seem to agree increases in
>estrogens = increases in SHBG. So now I have a quick question (which prob bly
>seems very obvious - sorry) but do BCP's contain estrogen?
>Kirstie
>Australia
>
>In message dated 02-Jul-02 12:08:40 AM W. Australia Standard Time,
>anonymous@medispecialty.com writes:
>
>> Hi....i recently posted and there were no responses to my post....i am
>> beginning to think that most people have ongoing problems from the mild
>> to the severe with pocs....in my case i can honestly say that I dont
>> have hair growth, acne, or a lot of problems I have seen on here.....i
>> do have weight grain and a lack of a monthly cycle IF I dont take
>> BCP's.....i have been on them for years and they keep my cycle
>> regulated, I was actually told that there are some serious problems that
>> can develop if you dont have a cycle so I chose to take the pill.....i
>> have been put on metformin, clomid, prevarin, all of those made me sick
>> and i could not take any of them.....from nausea to turning into someone
>> with horns, no luck on any of them....i also have perodic back pain....
>>
>> from someone just trying to figure this out
>>
>..
>>
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