Hi girls,
nice to see some recent activity here! I'm kinda new to posting stuff so hope I'm doing this right
I've known I have PCOS for a good few years now, but due to the fact that in the beginning I only had irregular periods (and attributed tiredness, being cranky when I was hungry and mood swings to just 'being me') I didn't start taking it seriously til a few years ago. I want to treat it naturally so I started taking herbs from a herbalist but wasn't seeing an improvement in symptoms after 6 months, which before the herbs, had turned into problems with excess hair in all the wrong places, thinning hair on head, always being tired, so I gave in and went on the pill, this time on Yasmin (Dianette gave me crazy highs and lows!). I'm finding it's helping a lot with symptoms but want to treat the underlying causes so when I come off it eventually, things won't get worse. I'm becoming more conscious about regular exercise - joined the gym -, I've found yoga helps with the irritability and anxiety, I try to eat organic fruit n veg cos the pesticides in regular stuff can mess with your hormones (as can chemicals in beauty products mentioned by Shalamar - tnx for tip about shampoo), and now because of getting back to reading up on pcos (good practical book - A Patient's guide to PCOS - W Futterweit) I think I'll concentrate on low GI foods as high blood sugar can cause more complications like gluclose intolerance. One thing that really bugs me is the being tired bit and that's what's got me lookng up stuff today and I'm happy I found this website! If I don't get 8 hours of
good sleep, I can be cranky and unproductive. I'm such a light sleeper that I don't usually get the sleep I need
Anyway soulcysters, enough about me, sorry for such a long post but it's great to 'talk' about this to ppl who know where I'm coming from. Look forward to hearing more about you.