100 lbs + to lose with PCOS

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  • velvet_violence
    velvet_violence Posts: 51
    I was diagnosed with PCOS in college but in all honesty I am not sure the doc was correct in his summation. Metformin made me feel terrible and I quickly ditched the birth control as well. My last doc said it wasn't even in my chart. At any rate I also know that I have many various symptoms and ten years has passed since then. So I might have it? :laugh:

    But I do know I have a sit down desk job overnights and I immediately put on 20 lbs going from a very active day position to being a night time desk jockey. I am able to stand and walk at my desk and that is a lifesaver. Please add, and the invitation goes to anyone else who wants to (expect some adds from me too).

    At any rate know you aren't alone in any of this and there are many here to support. :drinker:

    They do have tests that would diagnose it, it isnt just a bunch of symptoms, so i would hope your doctor follows up your symptoms with a blood test on your hormones at least :wink:

    Um....PCOS is a syndrome, which by definition is "just a bunch of symptoms." The doctors can test for various symptoms, though, including testosterone/estrogen/progesterone levels, fasting insulin levels, and an ultrasound to see if you have cysts, but there is no one test to say whether you have PCOS -- it's the combination of a certain number of symptoms that get the diagnosis.

    Anywho, to everyone here, I highly recommend joining the PCOSis group - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3087-p-c-o-sis . There are a ton of supportive people in it, and it's a good place to vent the....finer....points of dealing with PCOS.

    Awesome! I have PCOSis bookmarked now. We do have diabetes in my family and, well, while my personal circumstances of diagnosis are murky to me, I definitely have some of the symptoms and many beg to be addressed sooner than later. The doc did one blood test, which was fasting glucose. The number It also was a health clinic that had recently started within the school, and I don't think they had really much to speak of behind-the-scenes at the time.

    I plan on going to a naturopath to get the hormones tested when time and funds permit it. Might even get some at-home tests. Someday I'll know what ails me. :cry:

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