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Re: PCOS
From: Shannon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:11:27 -0600 (CST)
Sheri, you should go to your family doc and ask about Effexxor (I don't
think i spelled it right but if you sound it out you can say it right)
It's a drug for depression and it worked great for me... I swear they
should put this in the water.... I was so depressed i couldn't get out
of bed much less get a job. But after taking Effexor for 2-3 weeks i
was going every where and feeling better about myself. I also lost a
bit of weight, not because i was dieting but because i was happier and
more active....
I hope you get some info on this to see if it's right for you.
Just another cyster,
Shannon
At Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Sheri wrote:
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>Very good luck to you in finding the right doctor! It is so terrifying
>to me to hear a doctor even sound as though I am to blame for my
>problems. I already feel that way, so I really don't need reassurance!
>There will be someone to help you, I'm certain. You sound like a strong
>candidate for Metformin or Glucophage. Definitely get those labs done.
>I too have bouts of anxiety or depression or something of that nature
>and don't know what to do about it. Maybe if I had less of it, my
>general health would improve. I feel that it might be a symptom of
>out-of-whack hormones. Does anyone else share this trouble? Is there
>anything over the counter that truly helps pep up a very droopy mood?
>I'm afraid to mess with anything that nobody recommends.
>Thanks,
>Sheri
>
>At Mon, 16 Dec 2002, H. wrote:
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>>Please help me..... after a lengthy bout with severe pelvic pain, a new
>>doctor has diagnosed me with PCOS. Actually she told me I am fat, I
>>have PCOS, and once I loose weight, all of these problems will go away.
>>When I asked her what causes PCOS she immediately told me that I had
>>caused this myself by becoming so overweight. Funny though, after going
>>over all of these symptoms of PCOS, my sister has more of them than I
>>do.
>>
>>Anyhoo, she put my on BC pills and told me to come back in three months,
>>Meanwhile, I have chronic pelvic pain, horrible facial hair and
>>sideburns, horrible, horrible acne that seems to have gotten worse since
>>being on the pill, I get these huge cyste like things on my inner
>>thighs, under my arms, and on my bottom that are incredibly painfull
>>until they drain (god I hate to talk about this stuff) pain is so
>>painfull it is not even possible, short if not eating, I cant loose
>>weight to save my life, severe panic attacks/depression.. reading the
>>symptoms and problems that go along with this disease has been like
>>looking at my medical chart, the problem being that the doctors I have
>>seen over the years all treat me like a fat slob that just refuses to
>>loose weight.
>>
>>Please I am in desperate need of help, encouragement, and suggestions on
>>where to turn. I am going to see my family doc tomorrow and request a
>>referral to a endo. funny the gyn that I was referred to has not even
>>run labs on me to check hormone levels, or anything else.....
>>
>>Extremely frustrated and scared,
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