marajuana use and PCOS

chartrerosario · 09-19-2007, 10:35 PM

I used to smoke weed an average of once or twice a week (more in the summer.) When i got diagnosed with PCOS i stopped because I had heard it increased your testosterone levels. I havn't smoked in 2 months now and don't have an incredble desire to but... does anyone know for a fact if it effects your hormones because I would like to know that I could smoke if i wanted to.

09-19-2007, 10:54 PM

hey, i tried to find some information for you but i could only find studies on healthy males

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Plasma testosterone, FSH, and LH levels were obtained from 25 healthy consecutive heterosexual male mauijuana smoking university students. All values were within the range of normal and the means did not differ significantly from those of 13 normal controls. These data suggest that the casual marijuana smoker (at least one time weekly with an average of 5.1 joints per week) may have plasma testosterone levels which are normal for the time of day and the laboratory.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...&dopt=Citation

i have nothing against casual/social smoking (i do it every now and then), just be careful it does not become an addiction. a good friend of mine started smoking socially and now she smokes everyday, it has really changed her a lot. she just got fired from her job because of it.

erynna

chartrerosario · 09-19-2007, 11:38 PM

ya i've been their done that, seen that in my friends, not for me. Purely recreational
thanks for the help!