I've read that if you treat PCOS with hormonal birth control that once you stop them your symptoms could come back WORSE than they were before you started the meds. Is this true? Its the main reason I plan on refusing the pill if I do end up being diagnosed with PCOS.
Depends on the person really. If you already have signs liek facial grown and weight gain I can say that they will be the same. As for not having periods and pain during ovulation and AF that will be the same. I am not sure about worse I never had it feel worse.
It is your choice! What would you go on the pill for anyway
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Yes! Well that is what happened to my body. It went haywire after I went off the BCP's. I was on them for years.
I have also read that they can add to insulin resistance. I won't ever take them again. They don't correct the underlying problems.
I am not insulin resistant, but Metformin caused me to have regular menstrual cycles and lowered my Testosterone levels, so that I could lose weight.
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I was on BC when I was 18, due to getting married and needing them. I was off them for years, and I would have my period for months at a time, then would not have one for 4 months, then bleed for a year. Am back on them now, and have been for a year now. I am so glad I went back... My periods before would be so heavy, I couldn't stand up. Now they are 2-3 days and light. Am wondering what MET would do for me...am going to the Dr. soon.
I have never found that to be the case with myself. What I do think a lot of people are talking about is that they used hormonal birth control and once stopped it they found that it "triggered" their PCOS. It is my opinion however that these people were probably genetically predisposed to PCOS in the first place.
That being said, I think Depo-Provera is probably one hormonal birth control that wrecks people's system. Most everyone I know who has been on it has had horrible side effects.
In terms of going on BCP's after already being diagnosed with PCOS, I have never really heard many complaints of them causing worsening symptoms after stopping them. One thing that could be true is that for some cysters BCP's do offer some improvement of certain symptoms, and when stopping BCP's those symptoms will return.
I have been on BCP's for endometriosis for about a year. I stopped taking them on July 29th, so I will keep you updated on how it works for me!
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Perhaps I should rephrase my message in light of what Stacie M has posted.
I'm sure I had PCOS when I was about 13/14. I have never had a regular period in my life, other than on BC. When I was younger my periods were harsh, but nothing like they were off-BC. When I started BC the first time (18) I was pleasantly surprised when it regulated my period, and that's exactly why I started back up again (26).
Perhaps I should rephrase my message in light of what Stacie M has posted.
I'm sure I had PCOS when I was about 13/14. I have never had a regular period in my life, other than on BC. When I was younger my periods were harsh, but nothing like they were off-BC. When I started BC the first time (18) I was pleasantly surprised when it regulated my period, and that's exactly why I started back up again (26).
I think this is where one common misconception lies... When you are on BCP's you do not have a period. You have withdraw from the hormones in BCP and it causes your uterus to bleed. So, when people think that is "regulated" their periods, it actually stopped their periods. I hear this all of the time and it is usually doctors who tell patients this. What they should tell them is that they won't suffer from horrible periods because they won't actually have periods.
I understand what you mean about going back on them. I started back about a year ago and was so happy to not have those ridiculously bad AFs like I do regularly.
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Is it true? 
