Alternative Remedies 101?

Katiedid203 · 10-22-2008, 07:41 PM

Hello, I'm a newbie on the message board so I hope this post doesn't seem too obnoxious! I've spent quite a bit of time in the Alternative remedies forum today and as hard as I've tried, all the information and long article postings is making my head spin! I was wondering if anyone would be willing to give me a simple list of herb, vitamins, supliments ect. that they have seen positive results with using? I don't have health insurance or a lot of money, so I'm really trying to get a concise "cocktail" of natural things I can take to help with my PCOS and over all health.

I'm 21, I'm 5'4" and need to loose about 20-25 lbs and I have a moderate amount of hirsutism. Anything you ladies have tried that has helped you with any of these things, I would be grateful to know about. Thank you so much for your time!

HarleyGirl93 · 10-22-2008, 10:23 PM

Katie - Welcome to SC! There are a lot of alternative remedies that you could be taking, it just depends on what you want to do with your remedies, control IR, control hirsutism, bring on AF, bring on Ovulation, TTC, etc. As a starter you can check out the following link: http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/supplements.html which lists varies supplements (it is a website that sells supplement, so be aware of that!) and what particular symptoms of PCOS they might help out with.

From what's listed there, that might help for you to narrow an SC search to see what other cysters might think about a particular supplement for a particular symptom.

On this Alt Remedy forum, there is also a sticky note (at the top of this forum's main page) that talks about Mary's Natural PCOS treatment, or something like that. It can be found at: http://www.soulcysters.net/mary-s-pcos-treatment-research-75016/ That is an excellent reference for many proposed PCOS supplements. Well worth the read.

HTH
Dianna