Wed, Aug-03-05, 13:10
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Registered Member
Posts: 72
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Plan: Adkins
Stats: 242/211/160
BF:
Progress: 38%
Location: metro Atlanta
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I have found out a year and three months ago that I have PCOS. I gained 80 pounds and didn't have a period for over a year at all. I went to the doctor who did some lab work, and found that I was extremely insulin resistent, which is a major cause or symptom, however you want to look at it, of PCOS.
My doctor was very concered with me developing type II diabetes. So he immediately put me on Metformin, and insulin sensitizing drug. I had worked so hard to try and lose weight before, and it was impossible. After I started the metformin which helped correct some of the blood chemistry issues, I lost weight very easily. I also got my first period in a year and a half within 6 weeks, and have had a regular period since then. I even got pregnant last december, unfortunately I miscarried in February. But I got pregnant none the less, which a fertility doctor told me would never happen.
There are many types of medicines that can help correct the underlying causes of PCOS....metformin, glucophage, avandia......if the problem is because of insulin resistence.
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