melharris_05

Two years ago I was dx with PCOS. It's a long story so I'll just try to point out the important parts. All of a sudden I had really bad acne (never had it very much as a teen and stuff), I lost like 20 pounds, was VERY emotional and was having panic attacks daily...it was a terrible time in my life!! But, thank the Lord- I was sent to a endo b/c my thyroid was off (turns out my thyroid was fine) and he questioned me about my periods, hair, and acne..then the tests began. I had the 5 hour glucose test done and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that happened was my sugar got REALLY low after like an hour or so. My testosterone was elevated, hence the acne, and everything else was okay. I was put on Metformin and spiro- and a NO SUGAR diet. I followed that diet religiously, and I took the meds- slowly but surely it got better. I then went off the metformin, I wasn't trying to concieve and my periods had always been normal...painful, but normal. I still was fine...I stayed on the spiro for another year or so and would still break out occasionally...but not bad at all. Then I stopped taking the spiro and I've been off it for 6 months now...and my face was totally clear!! I quit smoking about 3 months ago, and have been eating alot more and kind of cheating here and there with the sugar thing- and my face is broken out terrible again. I started taking the spiro again like a week ago, and stopped eating sugar again. So, what I don't understand is why if I'm eating right again- is it not working this time? My chest, back, and face look like pizza!! lol. No, really it's not funny I'm so embarrassed all the time!! Do you think that sugar alcohol could have an effect on this? I mean I eat alot of stuff that they make "sugar free" with sugar alcohol, that I never used to eat...could that be it? Any advice would be appreciated!! I go back to the endo after my insurance kicks in next month...I just feel like it almost went away for awhile and now it's back with a vengence!! TIA, and blessings to everyone!!
Melissa

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Melissa, no idea why this is happening the way it is now, but was the success instant on Spiro last time? Is it possible it just might take longer this time?
Good thing you will see the endo next month, I'm sure they'll have an answer. Or maybe someone else here does, so *bump*.

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It cleared my brain fog, brought back af, helped me lose weight, made me o' again, and helped me get pregnant. My first Metformin miracle is now 3 years old, my second (surprise one) arrived December11!
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