Please help --newly diagnosed and can't find answers
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Please help --newly diagnosed and can't find answers
| Thu, 01-27-2011 - 10:21am |
Hi,
I have been recently diagnosed with PCOS and now am on birth control and 500mg of Metformin.
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Hi there and welcome!
Thanks so much for your reply...you have really opened my eyes to some areas I need to research more, especially the use of birth control pills.
Hi there!
Yes with pcos sometimes girls like me have unwanted hair, mine is underneath my chin that I constantly have to shave as well as on my stomach, but again each girl is different and symptems can vary.
Your doctor is absolutely correct about being diabetic. During my pregnancy I devloped due to pcos gestational diabetes and needed to be on insulin. The good news is after pregnancy usually the diabetes vanishes, however pcos does absolutely pose a diabetes risk that is quite high again due to the insulin resistance. Most likely you will just need to go for blood tests and make sure you haven't developed diabetes. Your doctor shouldn't guarantee you will get diabetes, he should say you might have a higher risk is all. It's not for certain.
As long as you do the things that are in your control like following a very healthy diet and continue taking your birth control pill to regulate your hormones you should be fine. I do know that during my pregnancy for the first 14 weeks I was given prometrium which acts as progesterone. Sometimes we just don't produce enough progesterone on our own and need some help in doing so.
Again not every girl with pcos will develop gestational diabetes that isn't true it just means I happened to have and I was at higher risk.
I hope I helped. I do know metformin is a wonderful medicine to take for helping to regulate cycles and for the insulin resistance. It's actually a diabetic drug, but was discovered to be extremely helpful in PCOS girls
Hope I helped.
instead of whites. I personally chose a lower calorie diet and exercise routine and have had much success with that. However there are many versions of diets out there and you must fine that which works well with your personal body and lifestyle. I have annoying symptoms from pcos like hair on my stomach and randomly on my boobs and thinning hair on my head. I say I shed like a German shepard :) . Unfortunetly I haven't found a quick fix for the hair issues and I shave my stomach which suits me just fine. Those with pcos are not destined to have diabetes no matter what, however if its untreated then yes there is a chance it can develope. I see an endocrinoligist and he has helped me out a lot with treating the pcos. Before seeing him I would get a period maybe 1-2 times a year. Not ideal for trying to concieve or even a healthy cycle. Im on metformin which can effect all women differently, but dosing is important. I started with one pill a day and had nausea constantly but after a week it got better and I currently take 2000 mg which is 4 pills a day. It's had improved my high levels of testosterone and androgens which caused the absence of periods. I was put on birth control as a way to help me get my period monthly because I still hadn't started on my own and took it for two months but my endo has said it is unneccesary so I have stopped it. After just over a year of treatment with my endo my hormone levels and weight have improved hugely and here's hoping march will bring me my first natural period. I hope it helped you. Also are you seeing an obgyn or endocrine Dr.? That may make a huge impact. Best of luck