I need advice

Laurelin · 10-30-2009, 12:03 AM

I'm just not sure what to do anymore.

I was diagnosed a year and a half ago. I
m 23 now. I started on Yasmin because my OBGYN didn't want to try metformin or anything else like that for some reason. It was working okay. My mood was up and my weight down, cycles regular, but the hair growth and acne stayed.

My mother passed away really suddenly this year and I sank back into depression again and my symptoms are acting up again. I am having these awful anxiety attacks almost every morning where I'm nauseous and can't breathe. I'm so tired no matter how much I sleep. My grades in college are plummeting, I can't understand anything or hold concentration at all.

I'm trying to find help but everywhere I turn to it seems I get told to look someplace else. I am trying to withdraw from one class but I have to prove PCOS can cause anxiety and depression to the point it would effect my grades. So I got a call to the counselor's and they can't see me for weeks. I called my OBGYN (7 hours away) to ask for a referral but they didn't know anyone here to see me. I was told by someone else with PCOS to look for a reproductive endocrinologist, does that sound right?

I just want to get this under control.

lori57703 · 10-30-2009, 06:31 PM

An endocrinologist would be very knowledgable about PCOS and how to treat it. I did read one study where they determined that metformin can help reduce depressions symptoms. It is worth looking into.

More importantly though, if you are clinically depressed and not able to function you need the dpression treated ASAP. Have you talked to your primary physician about the depression symmptoms? Metformin can take several months to get hormones back in balance and it can take several months to even get into an endocrinologist. Your doctor may determine that you need to start on an antidepressant to treat your depression/anxiety symptoms. I would not delay in this!

I hope this helps. Take care of yourself.