christy is right about the DHEA. even though your hormones are within normal range, they are still towards the high end of normal, and maybe for you, that is not normal. it does sound like your kinda early for menopause given your family history. ANyhow, I would suspect that you still have pcos and to get all the work up for that (ultrasound, etc). Metformin, and carb watching may help. ALl of my numbers are normal, but I know I am still insulin resistant.
Hi Smokes,
I agree, those numbers are high. I am extremely early for menopause in my family, my mom went through it at 55! I have the belly hair, weight gain, hypothyroid (Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome) and several other PCOS symptoms. In my case it has pretty much destroyed my life and I am on Social Security because it has literally disabled me. I spend most of my time trying to find a way to recover so I can get off SSI, it is a night mare. I can't afford the workup for anything like ultrasound, etc. I have Medicare, but can't afford the copay or deductible.
What is Metformin? I suspect I am IR, in the past year I have put on almost 4 dress sizes and most all of it around my middle. Before that I had a small waist and no belly fat. I can't seem to lose weight no matter what I do, and it is so depressing as I know if I don't have diabetes I soon will and I can't seem to avoid it. I am becoming very angry and short tempered because of the frustration, and in fact it is almost 5am and I am online because I could not sleep. All I could think about was how fat I am becoming and I didn't want to spend another night bawling my eyes out about it. This is going to kill me if I don't find answers, if I have/get diabetes I won't be able to lose the weight. Low carb diets make me gain. Everything makes me gain. Ohhh I am soooooo mad/sad/frustrated.
The real kicker here is that I have noticed a co relation to my extreme depression and anger to new facial hair growth! My last severe bout of depression is just about the same time I started putting on the midsection weight, and my formerly extremely irregular (lifetime of this) periods abruptly stopped.
I think what makes me the maddest is that it isn't like I haven't tried to lose the weight, and the harder I try the worse I seem to get. I have always been an extreme person, and will go without for long periods of time to achieve a goal. Does this belong in the rant section??? Sorry folks. I'm just at the end of my rope. Thanks for your responses, it was nice to get some ideas on things.
Zeo |