ihatepcos

how do doctors treat elevated androgens? I don't want to go on birth control, and i'm going to share that with my endrocrinologist, but i'm afraid they'd want me to.. but it causes weird bleeding with me. I already suffer from prolonged menses, up to 15 days of spotting/bleeding each month. I was wondering, what do they do to lower testosterone? is metformin the only medication for this? what else is there? i want my body to work normally, even though i'm 16.. i want my fertility to be normal, i want my hair to start growing and stop falling out!, i want the cystic acne to be cleared up from the root, not just treating them by themselves... can anyone share some insight on what they would do? thanks!

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christyz

For me, my Dr advised met, exercise and a diet that regulated my insulin. The reason for this is that insulin affects testosterone and androgens. It worked really well for me. My test. is in normal ranges now and has been for a couple of years...I've axctually been able to cut my met dosage by 1/3 and still keep it regulated.

If you are not comfortable on the pill, don't do it..simple as that. You and your dr have to agree on your treatment, and if you want to treat the problem instead of the symptoms, you have every right to say so.

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Christy

33 yrs, 1 precious hubby, 2 miracle kids, At Goal Wt for 4 yrs, Trygly's down 445 pts, Free Androgen down from 20 to 2, 3 half 'thons ran, 2 mtns hiked, 1 crazy run in the Rockies, 4 forest trail races, profiled in 2 magazines...1 woman determined to kick PCOS butt!


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