Mary's PCOS Treatment Research - Page 3

Sarah-Jane · 11-25-2007, 10:27 AM

herbs to help pcos
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Hi,
Im new to the site and am very interested in the
information that you share so wonderfully. Its very
helpful. I have been having some great results
managing my symptoms of excess hair and thinning hair
and also the lack of regular periods. I have always
been worried about using the strong drugs that are
given out to us and have wanted to avoid the sometimes
awful side effects from taking them. Of course, thats
only my thoughts and probably come from having family
members being very badly affected by the medication
they were on. I have been treating myself basically as
the doctors have been completely non-cooperational and
almost dismissve of my symptoms. I have researched
pcos endlessly over the decade that ive had it
diagnosed and have only now been having some
breakthroughs. I feel that my high testosterone and
oestrogen levels seem to get balanced out when i take
natural progesterone from plants-even though the human
body cant use it directly it seems to acknowledge the
progesterone and acts as if its been given it. This
has stopped the hair thinning and reduced the body and
chin hair and I find that if i stop using it the hair
loss & body hair starts up again very quickly. I aslo
find that combined with using fennel at specific times
of the monthly cycle it has now helped regulise my
monthly periods and my water retention is barely
painful compared to being agony a few months ago. I
take wild yam for the progesterone stimulation for
about 10days after the last day of my period, then
when i start getting tender and that premenstrual
feeling begins, I stop the Yam and start taking pure
fennel(lots of it) to reduce water retention,stop
sweet food cravings and to bring on the period.I take
it all through the period and stop only when the
bleeding stops completely(even if only a spotting)
Then I go back to using the Yam. I also take Devils
Claw to help reduce inflammation in my body as its
been shown that pcos sufferers are prone to internal
inflammation which can make symptoms worse. Milk
thisltle extract helps to regenerate the liver and is
great too when taking metformin and other strong
medication. Kelp can help with metabolism too for some
people-for others it can make symptoms worse due to
the iodine in it and it effect on types of thyroid
problems-some it helps some it aggravates.
Id love to hear if anyone else out there has any
success using nature rather than chemicals? In my
wackyness I tend to think of taking plant chemicals
instead of synthesised ones rather like eating organic
food rather than junk food-the body can break it down
more effectively and so make more use of the chemicals
and avoid an awful lot of negative side
effects-especially the puking up!! I have found that
alot of doctors are starting to come round to the
possibility that herbs work -but slowly! (I think that
its been forgotten that most of the drugs synthasised
today originated from plantform!)
Sorry if im warbling on but I just wanted to tell
someone-cos I must admit Im really excited by the
reduction in my symptoms and would love to give hope
to anyone who suffering like I have been.
Id so love to hear someone else with a success story
too!?
hugs and herbal wackiness!!
Sarah Jane

janette631 · 01-25-2008, 06:43 PM

great info!

Lassiter233 · 02-19-2008, 04:49 PM

I just want to know with Metformin, have anyone had any negative side effects using this drug? I heard a lot of good and alot of bad. I'm a newbie and I just want to do some research before my prescription is filled. I'm totally against new age meds and so for homeopathic methods and I found Insulite Labs was very intriguing, it's a natural approach towards reversing pcos forever if you follow through the 6mo. program correctly.They devoted all their studies on PCOS and targeting each sympton with a herbal supplementation. Have any of my cysters tried this product before or even heard of it? Because it's almost too good to be true but I rather take my chances with a 6 mo holistic approach rather than a lifetime of prescriptions that we become so dependent on. My dad is Type II diabetic and they (VA hospital) took him off Metaformin totally, I'm just skeptical when it comes to pharmaceutical drugs and their side effects.

HKittyCrzy · 03-11-2008, 07:54 PM

thanks! i love all the info on your site!

emeroonie · 03-23-2008, 04:41 AM

in answer to the metformin question, i have taken it on and off for about three years now. i have definately had negative side effects. it has always made me nauseated and given me heart burn from the beginning. it also causes big drops in my blood sugars if i'm not careful. i basically decide to take it and get to a point where i can't deal with the side effects so i stop. but i eventually decide to start again to deal with my pcos, and go back and forth. i would LOVE to find an alternative, but this is basically the only option my drs have ever made me aware of. i am so excited to find this site. for the first time in a long time, i feel like there is hope in my battle with pcos.