Pcos Treatment - Non-obese Women - Page 4

Amby1 · 10-22-2009, 01:46 PM

The article is useful. Okay, PCOS can shrink your boobs, mine have 2 inches. Metformin may help reverse it.

(In)fertility · 11-25-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by anselmi

that was a great article. Just to let all of you know, I am on a low glycemic index (GI) diet and that was enough to get my insulin resistance under control. It really isn't a diet as much as a new way of eating.

I have recently started a low GI "diet" too...do you have any suggestions for recipes? any good cookbooks?

mickelle · 11-29-2009, 01:01 AM

Gosh, I want to storm into my old ob/gyn's office and ask her why in the heck she thought clomid was the answer to all my problems.

LPCOS · 12-06-2009, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubs

Hey,

I've been thinking about this same thing. I was very overweight as a kid. Tested for every allergy under the sun, but not IR. I maintained pretty "normal" weight until 3 years ago, and now at 40 had a surge of symptoms with/or because of the weight gain. I'm wondering if the PCOS was just "dormant" for awhile, or at least not as active. It's always been there, with subtle symptoms I only now see as PCOS related.

I was a super thin kid too, slightly chubby through my preteen years. I played sports when I was a teen though and lost some of the weight. When I was 18 I went through a period of high stress and I gained 100 pounds over the course of 6 months. I had severe acne, alopecia, and I was severly depressed.

When I was 25, I started changing my diet & exercise and I lost that 100 pounds. I had muscle tone and I was quite fit for a few years (BMI was around 21).

Then last year I went through another period of high stress and I put on almost a pound a day for a month and a half. But it's not like regular fat from when I ate unhealthy amounts and types of food, it's more like swelling. It shifts around my body, what fits me in the morning won't fit me at night sort of thing. Even though I'm small, I feel like I'm the most bloated thin PCOS girl you'll ever see.

It is very clear to me that stress plays a big role in what my hormones and weight are doing. On both occassions I was dealing with the loss of a family member and doctors at the time told me it was greif causing my weight issues. But I could tell the difference and have bloodwork that supports my perceptions this time around. I feel like this was dormant for several years.

I was finally diagnosed 6 months after this most recent round of weight gain. I've been on Metformin for 5 months, just last month increased from 500 mg a day to 1000. I strive to stay on a low GI diet but I still swell up on different days. I have not had a menstrual cycle in 6 months, about the same time I went off the BCP to give my body a rest from artificial hormones.

Does anyone else deal with stress affecting their weight/hair issues?

maggie22 · 12-07-2009, 12:44 PM

This article is great!! Thanks for the info. I too am interested in good low GI diet/lifestyle tips. Any suggestions?

mickelle · 12-07-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LPCOS

Then last year I went through another period of high stress and I put on almost a pound a day for a month and a half. But it's not like regular fat from when I ate unhealthy amounts and types of food, it's more like swelling. It shifts around my body, what fits me in the morning won't fit me at night sort of thing. Even though I'm small, I feel like I'm the most bloated thin PCOS girl you'll ever see.

It is very clear to me that stress plays a big role in what my hormones and weight are doing. On both occassions I was dealing with the loss of a family member and doctors at the time told me it was greif causing my weight issues. But I could tell the difference and have bloodwork that supports my perceptions this time around. I feel like this was dormant for several years.

Do we have anything in the research pool discussing the role of stress in PCOS? I feel like I only paid lip service to the importance of lowering my stress for a long, long time. Don't know what it was that finally made it real to me -- my hormones are weak and out of whack, and I have to be very, very gentle with them -- which means regulating my stress levels. Sheesh, I should have taken it so much more seriously. Your story makes it all the more apparent to me that stress IS a real factor. Thank you.