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Hi there - This is my first time posting! I spent all day yest reading and felt like a sponge! However, I am still in that spot where I feel I'll never feel like my old self again. I was just wondering how you came upon your doctor and what kind of cocktail you're on. Here's my story:

PCP - says only way to cure PCOS is to lose weight. I do. Nothing changes. Referred me to Dr. Nader at Herman Memorial Houston.

Dr. Nader - Seemed to know how to get people w/ PCOS pregnant, I was young & I put up with her talking down to me in a way that made me cry almost every apptmt. She did a D&C on me without even telling me to take an asperin and sent me back to work. I didn't know any better, I was young. Finally came down to IVF, but that was real expensive and I didn't FEEL any better and periods still weren't regular. I wanted a specialist for PCOS specifically before going to IVF and at the time i was like 28, I didn't feel like clock was ticking.

Lapband - based on the fact everyone told me I needed to lose weight I was 268 and qualified for lapband - I did it! I thought it was going to solve all my problems. It didn't. It helped keep ME in control of diet though and so I've been on SB on and off I'm not perfect. I now have regular periods and no more hypothyroid or high bp. I still have sleep apnea, though. 190 lbs. like the day I got married in 2000!

Dr. Allon - Through my own research found him and he tested and tested and came to bottom line I needed IVF. But what about treating the PCOS? Pregnancy was secondary. I told him I wasn't in a big hurry and would rather try treating the PCOS first before going straight to IVF also b/c my husband was living in another city. He slammed the folder, gave me a dirty look and wrote a prescription for Metformin but said he didn't think it would work b/c lap band doesn't let it be digested fully, he also sold me his products cinammon & fish oil tablets. And he reminded me my window was closing in by 37 I'd have problems even w/ IVF. And I've not been back.

I found out from reading yesterday that there is a liquid Metformin - why didn't he give me that? Probably b/c he makes money on IVF. I've since moved to same city as my hubby and have also been diagnosed with PMDD, which I probably had all along but since my periods only came once in a blue moon my doc told me it was gen. anxiety. Now that I'm eating better and excercise daily my periods are clockwork and so are the mood swings.
Thanks. Desperate here!