Re: do I really need to take the pill with PCOS?
From: Christy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:57:33 -0500 (CDT)
Christine
I agree with Sonnet. There is not a "need" to be on the pill.
Personally I think the pill covers up the symptoms and does not help
with the root problem. Diet, exercise, and possibly insulin sensitzing
meds are the best ways to fight PCOS. I am on metformin and I try to
stay away from sugar, white bread, white pasta, and white rice, or any
type of refined carbs. I also try to keep my carbs in general low.
I sometimes think it would be better to ignore the fact that I have
PCOS, but it is important to try to take control of it because of the
long term health problems it can cause (diabites, heart disease, etc.).
There is hope and I hope I have helped :)
--
Christy
At Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Christine wrote:
>
>I have had irregular periods starting around age 17 (I'm 29 now) but
>never thought much of it. It was not unusual for me to miss 2 to 4
>periods a year and they have never been closer than 35 days apart. I
>just always conciderd myself lucky because I didn't have to deal with a
>monthly period like my sisters did and they envied me too.
>
>I never saw an ob/gyn about it until I got married and wanted to start a
>family. I had all the usual blood work done and most of it was normal.
>I remember the ob saying my levels were a little off but never explained
>it much more than that. He suggested that I start charting my cycles so
>I could figure out when I ovulate and if I wasn't pg in 6 months he
>would do more testing. 4 months later I was pg and went on to have a
>healthy baby girl, that was 5 years ago. When she was 9 months old I
>started trying for baby #2. That turned out to be far more difficult. I
>had 4 very early m/c and it took 3 years of ttc and clomid to finally
>get pg. I had another baby girl last May. Since then I haven't
>ovulated at all and besides the 4 months of bcp I took post partum I've
>only had 2 periods in the last 6 months. I saw my ob on Monday and he
>mentioned the possibility of having PCOS, this was the first time in all
>my years of having irregular periods that it was ever mentioned. I had
>a sonogram today and the girl doing the u/s said she thought it looked
>like PCOS to her. And I could see a lot of little black circles on my
>ovaries so I figured that's what it was. Anyway my doctor said if I do
>have PCOS he wants me to go on the pill unless I wanted to try for baby
>#3. I don't think I'm ready to start ttc because I know it's going to
>be a very long process to get pg again but I don't want to be on the
>pill either.
>
>So my question is what are the risks of not going on the pill? I hate
>the way it makes me feel, and I gain weight on the pill and I haven't
>lost very much of the baby weight so I really don't need to gain any
>more. Why can't I just go back to the way things were before I knew
>about PCOS? Am I hurting myself by ignoring the diagnosis?
>
>Sorry my post is so long but any info you can give will help me make my
>decision.
>
>--
>Christine
>
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