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Re: NEW* If NOT IR what is cause? What do I do??? PLEASE!!
From: khaki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 May 2003 19:20:41 -0500 (CDT)
Hi, thanks so much for your response. I really don't know which path to
go. I have had symptoms of "puffiness"-in my face and fingers, and now
am begining to put on a few pounds. I am on thyroid meds & all that
seems stable.
My last estrogen, I think was 94. But that doesn't mean a lot because i
don't have cycles so I don't know what range it should be.
My last testosterone was 56, not bad. It's been 39 when on birth
control, and 72 without. My FSH & LH are both always low. I have
started the metformin, but I am thinking about taking yasmin with it,
for a month, just to get my estrogen up a little. I don't know though.
I know I have always had low estrogen and I'm not sure it's suddenly the
problem.
Thanks for your adcvice & listening!
What a blessing to have a healthy baby! That's inspiring!
khaki
At Mon, 26 May 2003, Chris wrote:
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>Khaki, you sound a lot like me. Definitely consider that your estrogen
>level is not connected to PCOS. (Of course, it is all really connected,
>but doctors like to keep things neat and organized!) Are you having any
>menopausal symptoms like fatigue or hot flashes? My estrogen was
>undetectable, I wore a Climara patch for six or seven months and it
>"cured" my persistent severe fatigue, hot flashes, and skin crawlies. It
>also improved my skin. Amazingly, me periods became like clockwork and
>I got pregnant at the end of my estrogen therapy. (We had been trying
>for over a year.) I just had a healthy baby, and am waiting to see what
>my crazy hormones are going to do now. For you I do think Met is
>probably the lowest-risk option, but I am not convinced it will do
>anything for your estrogen levels...it took me a loooooong time to find
>a doc who recognized my estrogen levels were wacky and agreed to put me
>on HRT, (I am only 28) so if that is a route you want to take, be
>patient and persistent...what are your LH and FSH levels?
>
>>At Sun, 25 May 2003, khaki wrote:
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>>>Hi, I'm thin & 32, with PCO, high testosterone (60+).
>>>My fasting insulin was low (2). IF that's not the underlying cause of
>>>my PCO, what is?
>>>I have LOW ESTROGEN (I don't bleed when given progesterone). Should I
>>>ask for natural estrogen?
>>>Would that lower my testosterone? And help ovulation?
>>>My repro endo I hadn't seen in a few yrs, I'm NOT TTC anymore, but went
>>>back to her because I was starting to feel "puffy"....anyway, she gave
>>>me metformin 500 2/day. But I don't think I have IR.
>>>What else should I do?
>>>I asked for spiroaladactane, but she said she'd only give me that if I
>>>were on ocp's, and she wants me to try net first. She didn't even look
>>>at my insulin levels.
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