PCOS Syndrome Ladies Please Help ~ Not Ready to Give up!!!

hausofnichele

Metformin did NOT work for me at all. I had a horrible reaction and got off after only 2 days. I thought it was going to be so helpful but I guess it just isn't for me.

Please feel free to add me as a friend. I have lots of friends here who are dealing with PCOS and many other health issues like myself. I have lost all my weight from being on MFP since the end of October. It is HARD to eat low carb but it can be done. Watch your sodium as well and stay away from processed snacks/foods as much as possible.

Like others have said, you pretty much have to eat as if you were diabetic. I am also pre-diabetic so I have noticed a huge difference when I eat the way my body needs me to eat. "No carb" is not the way to go -- just try for more healthier carbs like veggies over more processed carbs (which, if you see is EVERYTHING in the grocery stores aside from the produce/meat areas).

If you are going to have some bread make it a sandwich thin with less carbs or a nice piece of real whole grain bread. As my aunt says (who also has PCOS), stay away from "the white devil" -- meaning flour, sugar, rice, anything white.

RillSoji

My question for you is, what tea are you drinking that is regulating your periods? And where do you get it? I have been researching methods of getting your body back on track after stopping synthetic hormones, and there's a lot of info to sort through. I had highly irregular periods before the pill, and since I hope to conceive in about a year and a half from now, I'd like to get things under control. Thanks!

I hear ya. My doc put me on the pill because I had ovarian cysts. But since they weren't helping prevent them I decided it wasn't worth it anymore to take the pill. The herb concoction I use is this:

2 quarts water
1/2 Tbl Mugwort
1/2 Tbl Yarrow
1 Tbl Ginger Root
2 Tbl Pennyroyal
2 Tbl Peppermint

Bring water to a boil, add herbs, reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes. Strain. Drink at least 1 cup per day 1 week before you want your period to start.

I keep it in a mason jar in the fridge and heat it up with a tsp of honey. I'm thinking now that the weather is warming up iced with lemon would be pleasant too. It's not guaranteed!! It just helps encourage the right hormone production. But I keep the progesterone cream for when I need more help.

I buy bulk organic herbs here:
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/bulkherb/bulkherb.html

Margentine

Towards the end of december I noticed my period was acting up, I had never in my life had problems with them.
Random spotting and such were just a bit scary. After two weeks I decided to go to the Dr.
Through the ultrasound she said I have on 2cm cyst on my left ovary and just a bunch of tiny ones on my right
Prescribed Birth Control Pills for 90 days ...


My periods seem to be getting better however ..I did pass something during one , It was small and round..looked like a sack..
maybe it was a miscarriage not sure
I'm due in to see the doctor tommorow , I'm also expecting my period tommorrow.
Will see what she has to say..I hope that 2cm Cyst is gone !

almasf

please tell me what u did dear. I am also on metformin 2000mg, but still i think its reversed the benefits. i have not gotten my period on this first cycle of metformin. i started metformin on 8th july (2kmg) before that i was on 1500 for a week. then researched and found out that below 1500 nothing works for pcos so i upped my dosage to 2000 mg but so far today is day 15 for taking the 2k dose but no weight loss. my period was due on 19 or 22 max which is tomorrow. but no sign of it yet. moreover, additionally i am having sore boobs, extreme tired ness, light headed, nausea in the morning until i eat. lower back pain if i lift something or bend, and white tissue like things in the urine. could it that i am possibly pregnant. i took a HPT on 19th due to fatigue but came out negative. so i am afraid of BFN now. please help

sojimae

Hello ladies,
Getting pregnant when you are diagnose with PCOS is POSSIBLE! I was diagnose with PCOS in March 2012, and was going through the whole clomid, metformin, estradiol stuff. My OBGYN started me off with 1 clomid(1pill) &500mg metformin(1pill). That didn't work, so she up my metformin to 1000mg(2pills) and also up the dose on clomid to 2 pills. After several months of trying with no luck, she finally up my clomid to 3 pills and my metformin to 1500mg (3pills) and BAMm! I ovulated and got pregnant beginning of January 2013, I just recently had my son in September 2013. He weight 9 pound 9 ounce! My weight when I got pregnant was 165. By time I was in labor I weight about 198. It is possible, so don't give up.

Tonnenator

I had PCOS too. Watch out ladies it can quickly turn cancerous. Be your own advocate and DEMAND biopsies even when they don't wanna take em!!!!

I was diagnosed with stage FOUR.....!!!!! endometrial cancer this summer after being told it was just PCOS all these years. I've never been able to conceive either - conceive if you can when you can, because that GREATLY lowers your chances of getting cancer.

I am going through chemo now, with radiation coming up, after having a full hysterectomy this summer.

My belly was getting bigger and bigger and bigger despite dieting and exercise and come to find out it was all WATER! Can you believe that? It's fluid called ascites and it is from the cancer! They drained it and I lost 45 pounds in one day! I laid there and watched my belly deflate like a balloon.

If you have a hard, round belly, and especially if you ever feel like you're being punched in the gut when you turn - get yourself checked for ascites STAT.

Love,

Tonya

SkimFlatWhite68

Hi Kiki,

I have Insulin Resistance and PCOS, which was diagnosed 16 years ago when I was TTC.

Recommendation (and what works) is to stay within your calorie goal, but also keep carbs around 75-100g per day. If you cut back on your grains and sugars and eat your carbs in the form of non-starchy vegetables, berries and citrus this is pretty easy to do.

I did have a baby (via IVF) and she is now a wonderful 14 year old. You can do it, but really, the carbs are the key to getting it under control and keeping it under control.

Best wishes for you and your DH.