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UK Spironolactone prescription
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone from the UK has been prescribed Spironolactone to help with PCOS? Went to the GP yesterday to try and get put on Yasmin but was told i need to lose more weight before I can go on that and after working it out I need to lose another three stone :-( i am determined to do it but its going to…
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Low milk supply and PCOS
I am pregnant about 15 weeks and just read an article about women with insulin resistance having a low milk supply and unable to breasfeed. Has anyone with PCOS experienced this? Makes me very fearful I wont be able to provide if I have this baby.
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PCOS Awareness Month.
Just thought I would let everyone know that September is PCOS Awareness Month. I am going to do everything I can tell help inform more people about PCOS. I am sharing info on my MFP profile and on my Facebook Weightloss Journey page. Many people have PCOS and don't realize it, plus many people don't know anything about…
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Loestrin 24
So I went to my doctor on Friday and she did both blood work and a sonogram - should get the blood work results back by the end of this week. My sonogram shows the typical multiple follicles associated with PCOS. I have always had an irregular period and been on the pill in order to regulate it. I stopped taking the pill…
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Does BodyMedia products work well with PCOS?
I'm considering getting a BodyMedia fit armband to help with my weight loss. It is supposed to measure how many calories one expends with a lot of accuracy. My only concern is that I have PCOS and that can make weight loss slower. Does anyone know if the BodyMedia device will still work for me? Has anyone here with PCOS…
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Trying to Concieve
I was diagnosed with PCOS a year and a half ago (23 at the time, I am now 24), but deep down I had already known for a few years that PCOS was a huge possibility for me. I had all the the symptoms my mother had. The irregularity of menstrual cycles, the weight gain, the hormonal imbalances. I had already assumed I had it…
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PCOS and No Meds?
Anyone out there taking the low road and trying to do this the natural way with just diet and exercise? Tips? I've been on Emoquette b/c for probably the last four years since diagnosis, and I want off. Not really to have a baby, but pretty much my libido has gone through the floor and I think that's what's to blame. I…
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Slow Release Metformin
Hello everyone I used to be on normal Metformin but it messed up my digestive system so my doc has put me on SR Metformin (or prolonged resistance I think is another name for it). I've been on it for nearly 3 weeks and so far so good but I don't think it's really helping with weight loss. Was just wondering what everyone…
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Glucose Tolerance Test
I recently saw an endocrinologist for the first time for my thyroid, and it turns out that she was also concerned about my PCOS, for which I've only been really seeing my gynecologist. Apparently hypothyroidism and PCOS are interrelated? Anyway, she wants me to have this glucose tolerance test to check for insulin…
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100 lbs lost with PCOS
I encourage anyone who is struggling with PCOS to add me or read my story in the success stories. I am providing the link for you. It is about how i struggled with PCOS and how i lost the weight. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1066106-311-lbs-to-211-with-pcos-pic-heavy
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cutting the carbs when you have kids
So about a year and a half ago, the hubby and I cut the carbs, not completely but way back. I've let them creep steadily back into my life and know I should cut back again. I've gained about 10# back of the 30# I lost. We have 5 kids and I just find it really hard to cut back with kids. I don't want to have to make…
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Starting clomid this month
A few weeks ago I found out my DR was leaving and wasn't sure what that was going to do to our plan of starting Clomid in another 2 months. but since I have done better with my weightloss than my DR expected she is starting me on clomid and since today is Day 1 of my Cycle I get to start it this month. I am woundering what…
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So it Finally Hit Me...
Ohai. I'm Donyelle. 5'3 and about to turn 23 in December. I have the maturity of a teenager but the body of a menopausal woman. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 15 and had surgery to remove the cysts. Turns out it's genetic on my mom's side of the family (only the girls). At 20 I had the same exact surgery.. this time the…
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Help, lot of questions not diagnosed yet
So, I have insuline resistance and for about 6 months I've had acne (different that the one that I had during high school and like 4 years after my highschool acne disappeard). My doctor suggest that I had an ecography to check my ovaries in case I might had PCOS, because of the IR and acne. I've been on birth control for…
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PCOS becoming cancer
I had no idea I had PCOS. I'm 30, and always had irregular periods. I didn't have the typical PCOS symptoms, and didn't give my strange cycles much attention. Until a few weeks ago, which is why I'm posting. I went to the obgyn and had a pelvic/pap. Everything came back fine. The dr said I should be on birth control to…
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PCOS and an IUD
Hey - quick question.... Has anyone heard anything about whether it is good or bad to have an IUD when you have PCOS?? Obviously it is another birth control which many of us have been on birth control - but it causes you to not have a period - and I was just wondering what happens to the egg?? Does it stay up there and…
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PCOS and struggling every day
diagnosed with pcos 10 years ago when I was sixteen. they told me I would never have kids. I have tried and tried to lose weight and be healthy but I don't see results and give up. im back at it and really want to succeed this time. my mother was never diagnosed but had the same symptoms as I do. what scares me the most is…
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Pain related to PCOS?
Two days ago I noticed I felt crampy but I am not due to start my period for another two weeks. Yesterday I started a dark brown (almost black) spotting and today I am in so much pain I am in tears and extremely nauseous. I know web MD is very unreliable but two things came up at the top of my symptoms. PCOS and Ovarian…
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Cinnamon Pills
Forgive me, as I am sure this has been brought up before and possibly beaten to death. BUTTTT...anyone here have any luck with Cinnamon Pills regulating blood sugar/insulin levels to lose the weight? I am eating right, carbs about 80-100 a day, low on the sugar...working out, etc etc...but not budging. Figured I'd give it…
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bIRTH CONTROL AND iNSULIN RESISTANCE
Has anyone's doctor mentioned any studies regarding this? Before I was diagnosed, I was eating carbs, excerising and losing weight (slowly, but maybe about 15 pounds in 4 months). Then diagnosed, started taking metformin, synthroid and BC to control my cycles so we know when to give me my injections for fertility. Well,…
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Trying to Conceive Naturally
I've been diagnosed with PCOS recently , and my husband and I would really like to try for a baby, but honestly the odds are stacked against me I feel, especially since I want to do this naturally and not take metamorphin. I have adapted a new Vegan Diet with a cardio and strength routine...I am losing weight, but i still…
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Trying to lose weight for my wedding.
Hello, I am new on here and really in need of some good advice. I have been diagnosed last year with PCOS but not really explained just how difficult it would be to try and lose weight. I started last year in November eating clean slipping occasionally but majority of the time doing well and exercising most days of the…
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Clomid / Weight ???? HELP
Hello ladies !!!! So little history, I am 27 was diagnosed with PCOS at 20. Me and my husband got married in May 2011 and immediately started to try and have a baby. We were unsuccessful and went to the doctor for help in 2012, my husband had a analysis and I had a that procedure that made sure my tubes were open (don't…
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New to MyFitnessPal
Hello everyone! I started using MyFitnessPal three days ago and so far so good! I had a small victory today... I went to the gas station with a friend today and bought nothing! Usually I walk out with a pop and a bag of chips. Baby steps right?? Anyhow I was diagnosed with PCOS 10 years ago, but have had the symptoms 13…
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PCOS and skin problems
Do any products really work for pimples associated with PCOS. I stopped drinking milk and it helped but I am getting so tired of that side effect of PCOS
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New here...just diagnosed with PCOS
I suspected I had PCOS about 7 years ago. I always had long cycles, but they were still somewhat regular. My periods were always very heavy, long and painful. I started developing acne in my late teens, but nothing some OTC stuff couldn't tackle. I got sick of my irregular cycles and painful long periods so I went on the…
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Jillian Michael's on PCOS
Ladies, Ever come across this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk8bIKdMFVw Found it pretty interesting. I did not know that JM has PCOS as well. Very inspiring and I don't have any excuse now!
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Me, myself, and PCOS
I'm 26. Have PCOS. and I'm currently without health insurance. I had it up until last month but I moved out of state and have a different job which doesn't provide me with any insurance. Before I left my doctor put me on Birth Control..Sy..flrn? Something like that and this is the second month i'm on it. I have a 3 month…
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Add me :) PCOS friends wanted
Hello ladies! Looking for other women with PCOS who are also trying to lose weight and are positive and motivated :) feel free to add me! I was diagnosed 3 years ago but have had for approximately 15 years. Just wanting friends who are in similar situations... Thanks for reading!
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Just Started Metformin. I Would Like to Share my Story.
Okay, everyone. First off, I'd like to let you all know that I am BEYOND HAPPY that I joined this group (along with MFP). Reading everyone's stories has really given me the hope that I needed to not give up on my weight loss journey. I'm 23 years old and I have a child. I've been diagnosed with PCOS since I was about 16,…
