Where to start... I'm 28 and have officially had PCOS for almost two years now.
I grew up on a farm. I would say up to ages 10 or 12, I hardly ever had store bought food. We had our own milk, beef, venison, vegetables... you get the idea. We lived off of well water, not city water. When I was around 10 we sold off our cattle, but still maintained most of the other farming, just for ourselves. I would say from ages 5 to 8, we were almost totally wholistic. Natural foods, natural remedies. I remember having chlorophyll and water etc when I didn't feel well.
I really didn't go out to eat a lot till I was in high school, and still it was very sparing. College, of course, it the mother of all bad eating opportunities. During college I went on the pill due to irregular periods and hellish cramps. That's when things really started going downhill.
It seems like I've always had a crappy reaction to 'junk'. Synthetic fabrics, synthetic foods... I can pick them out a mile away. It has been my mother's theory as of late that the reason I have certain problems is because I was raised in a different environment than I'm in now. Some ramblings about pH and acidity were in there as well.
It has me thinking maybe there's something to it... I haven't tried going herbal yet, but it always seems like more natural remedies seem to suit me better. Or maybe it's all just mental!
The world for a pint of real milk...
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There is no one right answer to this disease, and no one knows your body better than you. If you think going herbal/natural would help, go for it! Some people just have more sensitive systems. This may sound strange, but I felt better after removing all of my jewelry, especially piercings(even my earrings) I was reading about metal toxicity, and about piercings being considered an open wound by some docs, and thought "why not? won't hurt, might help" And that is my general answer on most things. If it won't hurt, it might help.
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Where to start... I'm 28 and have officially had PCOS for almost two years now.
I grew up on a farm. I would say up to ages 10 or 12, I hardly ever had store bought food. We had our own milk, beef, venison, vegetables... you get the idea. We lived off of well water, not city water. When I was around 10 we sold off our cattle, but still maintained most of the other farming, just for ourselves. I would say from ages 5 to 8, we were almost totally wholistic. Natural foods, natural remedies. I remember having chlorophyll and water etc when I didn't feel well.
I really didn't go out to eat a lot till I was in high school, and still it was very sparing. College, of course, it the mother of all bad eating opportunities. During college I went on the pill due to irregular periods and hellish cramps. That's when things really started going downhill.
It seems like I've always had a crappy reaction to 'junk'. Synthetic fabrics, synthetic foods... I can pick them out a mile away. It has been my mother's theory as of late that the reason I have certain problems is because I was raised in a different environment than I'm in now. Some ramblings about pH and acidity were in there as well.
It has me thinking maybe there's something to it... I haven't tried going herbal yet, but it always seems like more natural remedies seem to suit me better. Or maybe it's all just mental!
The world for a pint of real milk...
Honestly, I believe that ALL of us react the same way to the crap in this world, just that MOST of us don't notice it because we aren't used to living naturally.
There are a couple things I have to say about your natural life that *may* have lead to the PCOS.... maybe some other farmers that lived close to you used pesticides that contaminated your food and/or water. Toxins like those contribute to hormonal disorders (my PCOS got very bad shortly after I bombed my appartment for fleas twice, not knowing how bad i'd react). And second, the BAD PILL combined with heredity. Your mom and grandma probably didn't have PCOS, but they probably didn't live in the toxic world you do (regardless of how naturally we try to live, we still live in a toxic world - there is no total escape). Also, how did you live after age 10-12? Those oh-so important hormone-developing/changing years? Who knows, but just think how much worse your health would be if you had grown up in the city!
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In regards to the toxins, I would say no. We didn't use pesticides or hormones and we were the only farm immediately around. Most of the surrounding area (120 acre farm) was wooded too, so we're not talking suburban run off either.
I really do think going on the pill (desogen) when I was in college triggered it somehow, but that's just me. My other theory is that my grandmother was on that type of meds to prevent miscarriage when she was pregnant with my mother in the 50's, that was found to cause lots of problems (like excess hair growth in women etc). My mom has problems with fibroids now as well, though she never seems to listen when I say she should be tested for PCOS as well.
After I was 10 or so I guess we still ate fairly healthy. Maintained gardens and such, just didn't have access to our own beef for a few years.
Sometimes I think being more immersed in chemicals just makes you resistant.
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My other theory is that my grandmother was on that type of meds to prevent miscarriage when she was pregnant with my mother in the 50's, that was found to cause lots of problems (like excess hair growth in women etc).
Sounds like DES.
Lots of issues there with daughters and granddaughters of women who took fertility/miscarriage drugs with DES.
Raised too healthy? 
