I have just had my latest lab results and it turns out that I'm not insulin resistant any more, which is great - that means the IR Diet must have worked without any medications. However, I'm confused. If PCOS is a result of IR, then why do I still have PCOS when I'm not IR any more?
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Thanks Kat - well - that makes sense now. I guess then that since IR is a feature of pcos, then I will always have to watch what I eat to stop it from coming back. Also that's probably why the excess weight (28lbs) didn't drop off. I always assumed that the weight goes hand in hand with IR and that once the weight drops off I would have reversed IR and vice versa.
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PCOS is genetic. I was not insulin resistant, even at my heaviest weight. I am still not insulin resistant. The weight loss helps some, but for me, it was the Metformin that did the trick. I continue the combination of exercise and Metformin for my PCOS symptoms. I am finally able to keep the weight off long term.
I'm glad your labs are looking good. Keep up the good work
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I have to exercise in the morning, before my brain figures out what the hell I am actually doing To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. . Traditional PCOS - Anovulatory, increased androgens, no insulin resistance
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My doctors told me that I was insulin resistant, and it was the effects of this that was basically causing my PCOS. Is this something that doctors simply disagree on, or is it different for different women, ie, is it sometimes the cause and sometimes a symptom?
I know that IR is not a function of weight, at least not a consistant one, because I weigh 102 pounds and am unable to maintain weight. Other women with IR cannot seem to keep weight off. I was IR at 135, 120, and 95, and I will probably be IR everywhere in between!
I think that pcos is something I just have to live with. Although only diagnosed last year, I'm sure I've had it ever since I was a teenager (i'm 38 now)even though I was a skinny little thing then. The symptoms I had then (hirsutism, absent periods, oily face and hair), I now have again. I say again because after the birth of my daughter I went on bcp (Diane) for 7 years and was symptom free. So I forgot all about it and thought that I was ok. After coming off bcp about a year ago the symptoms came back - with a vengeance. I was also diagnosed with ir last year but only after I asked the doctor to, having read about it. The thing is that my doctor doesn't want to give me any medications since I have now reversed IR.
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I am not insulin resistant. My PCOS is caused my late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia. There are a variety of things that cause symptoms of the syndrome.
My doctors told me that I was insulin resistant, and it was the effects of this that was basically causing my PCOS. Is this something that doctors simply disagree on, or is it different for different women, ie, is it sometimes the cause and sometimes a symptom?
They don't disagree on this.
Insulin Resistance is not the root cause of PCOS. It's a feature OF PCOS in some women. In many cases, the degree of insulin resistance will relate to the degree of other PCOS symptoms.
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No longer Insulin Resistant, but..... 
I guess then that since IR is a feature of pcos, then I will always have to watch what I eat to stop it from coming back. Also that's probably why the excess weight (28lbs) didn't drop off. I always assumed that the weight goes hand in hand with IR and that once the weight drops off I would have reversed IR and vice versa.
