annmsmith

Hi I am new on these forums and am just wondering if there is anyone out there whos only symptom is polycystic ovaires that don't ovulate??

jzeman

Hi Ann
I saw where you replied on my forum. I only have the polycystic ovaries and I have normal testosterone... TSH... etc... I don't have an insulin resistance either. I am 5'8" and weight 117 lbs. I was told by my gyno that she is convinced sometimes it can be called "post pill pcos"... this happens when girls like me for example who are tiny and on the pill for a long time are prone to cystic ovaries... she explained it to me medically but I couldn't explain it to you if I tried

I just finished my first clomid cycle on clomid 50 mg alone. I was diagnosed on August 20th and I just finished charting and using OPKs only to find I didn't ovulate. I officially have my progesterone checked tom. but I know it was a bust.

The good thing is that my doc said if it is "type 2" pcos without insulin resistance there is a good chance it could correct itself over time and after children after your horomones return to normal. You have to remember that coming off birth control can screw you up for as long as two years sometimes. I was on it for 9 years straight. I had normal periods before going on it.

sorry for the long message

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On Prometrium 200mg at night for 10 days.
Clomid CD 3-9
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1st round Clomid 50 mg-bust (no O)
Started first month of accupuncture and chinese medicine because clomid made me crazy and achy.

Mommy to a daschund named Sherman for now!

duramater

To get a diagnosis of PCOS you only need two of these three criteria:
- anovulatory or irregular cycles
- characteristic "string of pearls" cysts on the ovaries
- high androgens (testosterone)
There's nothing in the official diagnostic criteria about weight, LH or anything else. If you fit two of the three criteria, you're considered PCOS, and if you don't, you're not.

I only have the first two issues as well (normal testosterone and my BMI is 20), but I've never had regular menstrual cycles (and the pill actually regulated things for me).

I've never been tested for insulin resistance, but I recently convinced my doctor to put me on metformin. It's such a benign drug, and I figured it couldn't hurt and might help. No major side effects so far!

Good luck to you!

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Me 30 DH 35
Dx lean PCOS 1999
3rd round, 50 mg clomid 4-8 (O, CD20) - BFP 9/15!
1st u/s: 10/13 - heart rate 144 bpm
2nd u/s: 11/11 - wiggling around, HR 160 bpm

2nd year med student, physician-to-be


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jzeman

congrats duramater on the BFP!!!

__________________
On Prometrium 200mg at night for 10 days.
Clomid CD 3-9
_______________________________________
1st round Clomid 50 mg-bust (no O)
Started first month of accupuncture and chinese medicine because clomid made me crazy and achy.

Mommy to a daschund named Sherman for now!

greyt00

So if you only have 1 cyst on each ovary, and it disappeared a few weeks later, that is not *likely* a cause for concern? I realize there can always be exceptions. I wonder if I too am having a loooong recovery from BCP. I was on it for about 10 years and have been off it for 1 year now. I originally tried the pill for my unbearable cramps an irregular cycles. My period regulated really fast after getting off the pill. My cycle is 26 days now.

Also, did anyone else hear from their doctor that the testosterone blood test is unreliable? He said people can get different results month to month. Mine was normal the one time they took it.

If I knew how long this would take, I would have gotten off the pill and started trying sooner. We waited 7 years after we got married (just weren't ready). But now I am stressed because things aren't working out.