I_B: The link listed in this thread talks about how low dose BCP's have the least effect on BG and IR, so you're best to go that route. You'll only know if BCP's are countering your met if your blood sugar starts to be affected or if your labs show things are starting to move back in the old direction. Trial and error is really the only way to know, if it will affect you or not.
Low dosage BCP's have less effect on IR and Blood Glucose levels:
http://www.tinman.com/diabetes/diabsex/birthcon.htm Quote:
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as for masking the symptoms of PCOS...since I already know I have pcos and am wokring towards controlling it I think this masking shd not make much of a difference....or will it??
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It doesn't make a difference when you're on the pill, it's when you go *off* (especially if you hope to concieve one day) that your body can sometimes give you grief. In my own case, they did a fine job of controlling my hormones when I was on them, but when I went off them after 18 months, my PCOS, which had been pretty mild up until that point (the odd irregular period) was totally full-blown. I had years of infertility after the pill because my hormonally whacked body was used to the pill to give it directions. Some women don't have trouble, but the more I read around here, the more I see that my case was not unusual, because we PCOS'ers have such insane hormones.
Nobody can decide for you what it best, but being on the pill isn't usually the tough part, it's what you body does or doesn't do when you go off that can be the issue for some of us. Some ladies have no problems, so you never know.
If you're only going on them for 3 months, I probably wouldn't panic too much.
Hope it helps.