My understanding is that it is the lowering of insulin that allows the ovaries to function more normally and therefore leads to a lowering of testosterone. I think I read it somewhere that the ovaries can change androgens (male-type hormones) into female-type hormones, and this ability / action is reduced by high levels of insulin.
But I'm no doctor! Anyone know more about this???
Michelle
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dx mar 06 PCOS/IR - 2000mg Metformin, multivitamin, B12, chromium, fish oil
dx may 06 male factor - Y chromosome microdeletion and chronic abacterial prostatitis
dx may 07 depression (but suffered throughout my teens) - 50mg Zoloft
tried Clomid (100mg) last year
now waiting for the results of DH's prostatitis treatment ....
Yup! My Testosterone dropped from 4.1 (Cdn values) to 1.6 or below now. It and my Free ANdrogen slowly but surely got down to normal with consistent, exercise, meds and eating to control my insulin.
Anytime you're dealing with a med that lowers insulin, all the other major hormones are going to regulate and follow suit. It's like one Dr I read...he described hormones as being like an orchestra. When one instrument is off, the others start trying to fix it and componsate. Same goes when hormones are normalizing too.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your posts... they encourage me to keep slogging away at it, even when I can't see any improvement.
Love,
Michelle
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dx may 06 male factor - Y chromosome microdeletion and chronic abacterial prostatitis
dx may 07 depression (but suffered throughout my teens) - 50mg Zoloft
tried Clomid (100mg) last year
now waiting for the results of DH's prostatitis treatment ....
33 yrs, 1 precious hubby, 2 miracle kids, At Goal Wt for 4 yrs, Trygly's down 445 pts, Free Androgen down from 20 to 2, 3 half 'thons ran, 2 mtns hiked, 1 crazy run in the Rockies, 4 forest trail races, profiled in 2 magazines...1 woman determined to kick PCOS butt!
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Met help with testosterone levels? 
