On birth control? Gaining weight?

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  • litak85472
    litak85472 Posts: 17 Member
    Hey my name is Hanna. I also have PCOS but I am scared to get on birth control again because I had such terrible panick attacks when I was on them. Now, my doctor is telling me that they may help me lose weight because it seems that no matter what I do, it's incredibly difficult to lose weight. I was constantly gaining weight even though I was eating right, because my testosterone levels are way higher. I wanted to ask you, Is that true for you too? When you started birth control, did you immediately start shedding the pounds faster?
  • litak85472
    litak85472 Posts: 17 Member
    I haven't read everyone's comments, I did read a few though.

    For me, I have PCOS and I am on it for medical reasons. I went on birth control and it HELPED me lose weight. There are only 2 days a month when my hormone fluctuate to the point I have obsessive sugar cravings and cant seem to get full. Thats it. It is 2 days before the start of my period. People really should track their binge cycles and figure out the exact times when they are having the food issues instead of saying its "all the time". Nothing is ALL the time. Thats not the way birth control works.

    There are different levels of hormones for different times in your cycle. I prepare for those days. I let myself have a little extra food or sugar. This is about making finding a balance you can live with. Its not going to be perfect all the time. Stop blaming the birth control, its easy to make excuses for your bad choices. Trust me, I have done the same thing. I still do it sometimes but I catch myself and I try to correct them now.

    For the people who want to go "Pill free". This is going to shake some some things up but... I take a handful of meds and vitamins everyday. You know what though? Before I used these meds, I was a clinically depressed/suicidal woman, 285 lbs, psoriasis out of control=90% of my body out of control(now I am completely free), woman issues that made me spot 2 weeks out of the month, hormone fluctuations that made my moods way too intense, was in pain 95% of the day and couldn't walk more then an hour in the store without having to stop and have insane amounts of pain meds, and the list goes on and on. All that has been reversed. I'm sorry but people are living longer because of new medical technology and medications. There are risks with everything but the proof is in the pudding. People are living 20+ more years because of them. So, thats fine for the perfect person who has no medical issues, for me and most of the people I know, they take advantage of the new medical discoveries and solutions. The benefits outweigh the risks.

    Hey my name is Hanna. I also have PCOS but I am scared to get on birth control again because I had such terrible panick attacks when I was on them. Now, my doctor is telling me that they may help me lose weight because it seems that no matter what I do, it's incredibly difficult to lose weight. I was constantly gaining weight even though I was eating right, because my testosterone levels are way higher. I wanted to ask you, Is that true for you too? When you started birth control, did you immediately start shedding the pounds faster?

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