this is my first time and im kinda relay my depresssion of having pcos..actually lot of medications were done and sad to say the result is still negative.. and im too depress until now...i really don't know if we will gonna continue the treatment....
I have had a huge problem with depression for nearly a year i spose. I thought it was just that I was having problems at uni, I was in my second year, and didn't have much of a social life becuase i was constantly flitting between 3 different places. plus i didnt like my uni or the course i was doing. but i have since found out that it was probably to do with the PCOS. It was a huge relief to finally find out what the problem was. But I have taken steps to correct my hormonal balance, and also correct the things in my life that was making me unhappy - i.e. uni! I have now left uni (i was doing a biology degree) and now i am working with websites - huge turn around, but it is what i really wanted to do! I still get small bouts of depression, but am doing loads better now!
Stanford Report, June 11, 2003
Depression, PCOS linked in study
Women who have a hormonal disorder called polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, are more likely to have depression than women without the disorder, said a study by medical center psychiatrist Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhD.
The study also shows women with PCOS are depressed not only because of the symptoms, which include infertility, but also because of the disease’s underlying biology. She said the findings have prompted her to further explore whether treating depression could help reproductive problems in PCOS patients.
The research, published in the May issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders, is the first study of the link between the syndrome and depression.
PCOS is the most common hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting up to 10 percent of premenopausal women. Women with PCOS secrete excess male hormones and don’t ovulate; they may have extra body hair, acne, obesity or baldness.
"The simple, logical explanation is that if a woman is overweight and balding, she would be depressed because of that," said Rasgon, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, but her research points to physiological links as well.
Rasgon and her colleagues are currently conducting ongoing research into the link between PCOS and depression on a larger group of women.
Interesting! I was diagnosed with PCOS several years ago never experienced depression-except for the initial shock of understanding the infertility problems. I was diagnosed with depression a few months ago, however I don't attribute it to the PCOS. My life is hectic and I just don't know how to tell people no, so I overcommit, get overwhelmed and get nothing done. Thanks for sharing the article!
Like most of you I have been dealing with depression for years. Before visiting this site I had no clue that there was a link between depression and PCOS, I’m so glad that someone has actually done a study to show the link. Now I just hope that more doctors will become aware of it and hopefully find a better way to treat the two. I hate the fact that every med I have tried for depression has made me gain weight, which has in turn made me more depressed! UGH!!
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I am glad to knwo its not all in my head. I feel so alone sometimes just becaus eI feel like I can't tell anyone who I am feeling. I am afraid htey will think I am crazy just for being sad and depressed. But knowing its very common with PCOS it makes me feel like I might be able to share my feelings...
It's such a relief to know I'm not the only one suffering depression as well as pcos, and to find there has been studies on the link. NONE of my doctors have mentioned the link to me, I'm disheartened. I'm going to take control of this now, and push and push until I get the appropriate treatment.
Finally! An answer! I get drepressed at least once a month, I never really though anything of it...but now that the research says depression is linked with PCOS, makes me a little at ease...Its good to know there is some sort of legit reason for feeling crappy every now and then. Thanks so much!
well since pcos is an endocrine disorder, this completely makes sense! I've also suffered years on/off with depression and anxiety... the met really helped with the anxiety, which I think sometimes was sugar problems... thanks for sharing!
I have had depression/anxiety for a while now (19 or so, but really intense at age 28-32). Although I was diagnosed with PCOS just a few months ago, I look back and believe that I actually had it earlier.
I had a bad bout with depression/anxiety from ages 28-32 and I think that's when I actually had PCOS because I was very heavy, menstruating extremely heavily, my hair began thinning, and had (have) skin tags under my right arm.
After several different meds, I was placed on one that worked great for me (Lexapro). Although the dosage is small (10 mg), it made a HUGE difference. Only recently(almost 2 months ago) I have been weaning off Lexapro (it's expensive for me and I suspect that it slows down my metabolism) and it's been interesting. I'm a little more lazy now and I find it hard to concentrate. I also feel like I may have a bout coming up as I "think" more that "do" now.
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I seriously struggled with depression/anxiety from 18-24 (now nearly 26), and was DX'd with PCOS about 10 months ago. I first went on BCP at age 18 to regulate my period, and I went off the pill about 6 months ago. Since then I've lost 15 pounds, and my depression/anxiety are way, way better. There still rough days, but not like before.
Does anyone else think there's a connection between BCP, PCOS, and depression/anxiety? I believe that in my case, the BCP that I was prescribed to regulate my period worsened my depression/anxiety. My last gyno said I need to be on BCP to prevent a buildup of endometrial lining, but I absolutely do not want to go back on the pill and risk feeling depressed all the time again. Just wondering if anyone else has been thinking about this.
i only got dianosed a month ago with pcos but for the past 8years ive been depressed so i wouldnt have linked the two on my own and .. ive never been diagnesd with depression due to hating docters... but missing mensis for moe then 6months is very unusual for me which is how i got diagnosed with pcos and then my docter.. did the thing that makes me hate docters... by telling me there nothing that i can do about it and that since im not looking to have kids it doesnt matter.
so yeah.. not planning to go about depression.. although i did manage to get an apointment with a gyno.. i might mention it to him/her.
but its good to know that theres a reason for my running away from the world and my unexplained tears... being asked why your crying only to say... i dont know and have it all dismissed as nothing as you cant explain why is very disheartening.
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Does anyone else think there's a connection between BCP, PCOS, and depression/anxiety? I believe that in my case, the BCP that I was prescribed to regulate my period worsened my depression/anxiety. My last gyno said I need to be on BCP to prevent a buildup of endometrial lining, but I absolutely do not want to go back on the pill and risk feeling depressed all the time again. Just wondering if anyone else has been thinking about this.
ive heard that there a pill that will induce AF that they can give you every 3-6months so maybe that will have a diffrent effect on you and even if it doesnt you wont be depressed as long if you were on that one.
[quote=KatCarney;1887057337]Stanford Report, June 11, 2003
Depression, PCOS linked in study
Women who have a hormonal disorder called polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, are more likely to have depression than women without the disorder, said a study by medical center psychiatrist Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhD.
The study also shows women with PCOS are depressed not only because of the symptoms, which include infertility, but also because of the disease’s underlying biology. She said the findings have prompted her to further explore whether treating depression could help reproductive problems in PCOS patients.
The research, published in the May issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders, is the first study of the link between the syndrome and depression.
PCOS is the most common hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting up to 10 percent of premenopausal women. Women with PCOS secrete excess male hormones and don’t ovulate; they may have extra body hair, acne, obesity or baldness.
"The simple, logical explanation is that if a woman is overweight and balding, she would be depressed because of that," said Rasgon, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, but her research points to physiological links as well.
Rasgon and her colleagues are currently conducting ongoing research into the link between PCOS and depression on a larger group of women.
Specifically to Kat Carney . . . I am trying to assist when I say 'embrace your depression', even though it seems so horribly vicious, disgruntling, annoying, and crippling BUT by perhaps disengaging from the 'label of depressed' re-categorize yourself and say, 'just a minor setback in the process of living in the human condition'.
When we are so hurried in our lives, so strict in adhering to what was in our family tree, what will be directly affecting us, the fear that we too are doomed . . . it becomes essential for self-healing to take affect by concentrating on depression as a release from the madness, the chaos, the necessary slow-down . . .
I had a cyst, now it is very small and tolerable and since turning 42 on Friday, not too concerned about not becoming part of the 'procreation circus'. No offense to those ladies that want to conceive. But in my plight of doctors, treatments, misdiagnosis, prescription BCP's, and intolerance from the conventional medical system in general, I healed myself.
The sooner those of us who get depressed and stay depressed for more than a week, realize this is not a permanent 'state-of-being' then healing begins and during that process, you awaken from a deep sleep. You are refreshed and able to challenge that which your kind doctor prescribes for you as 'best' . . .
This is for everyone with one cyst or several: If you are overweight and not happy with it, try seeing what your bloodtype is and eat those foods that metaboilize well in your system instead of sticking around and getting you heavier.
Same for this: If you are underweight and affected by a cyst or several or even fibroids (those are also caused an over-production of testosterone but the Progesterone levels are dangerously high also and fibroids react differently to synthetic bc.
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