I am going to make an appointment with an endo I have not seen before RE my weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, PCOS etc. I feel like I am a mess. My diets dont help much. I seem quite able to screw up any attempt at loosing weight within a few days. I am seriously considering weight loss surgury. I thought I would give it one more serious try with the help of an endo. I have only seen repro endos in the past. It was all about getting pregnant. Now that I dont want any more babies, I need to make ME healthy. So my question is this...who was given met for pregnancy and who for health reasons? Am I doing the right thing going to an endo for this? Is there any other meds out there that treats PCOS? I feel like it is taking over my life and my body. Please let me know how it worked for any of you.
My endo handles all my PCOS related testing and prescriptions. He's not an RE, just a plain endocrinologist. The whole point of me being given met, (and then the actos being added in) was to get my symptoms under control. For me it took both drugs to get my numbers in the normal range. (I was on 2000 mg Gluc XR and 15 mg Actos) I wanted a baby, too, so he upped me to 45 on the Actos and I got my wish. I'm still on the Gluc and will be throughout the pregnancy, and afterwards if my numbers are messing up again I know I'll have Actos added back to the mix.
HTH!
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Julia,
My RE gave me my metformin, and it straightened up so many things! I no longer feel like the "mess" that I was! Though we are ttc, the main reason is for health. I might be on it for life.
Do your labs look like you need it? Have you had a glucose tolerance test?
I hope you can get it, because it will help with the symptoms you described. Both Actos and Avandia are newer insulin sensitizers that can help get the root problem under control.
All of these medicines should be helped out by a low-carb or moderate-carb diet and exercise. This helps avoid triggering glucose and insulin spikes that get our health all messed up. I thought it was a bunch of hooey, but I was wrong! I've lost weight (impossible) and feel great by going off as many carbs as I can. You can do this even if the doctor won't give you a prescription.
Best wishes,
Sheri
__________________ Metformin 1500mg, Yasmin, managing IR/pcos with lower carbs
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Thank you for the info. It is exactly the kind I was looking for. The fact that a regular endo treats your PCOS. I was sure they do but wondered how many women see them for only PCOS.
Who else sees a regular endo or regular MD say, internal med for their PCOS and metformin (or other) meds?
My specialists (RE's and Endo's) were the least helpful for me in terms of PCOS. They blamed me solely for my weight issues, ran no bloodwork, wanted to take me off Met and were asking *me* questions about PCOS. They were the most uneducated and ignorant about the syndrome, and they were supposedly specialists. I was diagnosed and given met by my OB and since his retirement, my GP has been my greatest advocate and has been the most educated on PCOS. It depends solely on the Dr as to how knowledgable about the syndrome, and whether or not they conform to "old school' PCOS treatment ideas. I wish you good luck!
I encourage you to be firm with whoever you see. Most physicians refuse help to women who are not trying to have babies. Remind them that PCOS is an ENDOCRINE disorder and not a FERTILITY dosorder and stick to your guns. It makes me absolutely furious that they only address the problems when we want babies. *I'm* reason enough to be well.
All the best..let us know how your appt goes.
__________________ Christy
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Hi Sheri...we posted at the same time or I would have thanked you for the info.
I have not had labs in awhile. I went through all of that before...and have since had another child and I am gaining, gaining, gaining...as well as growing an impressive beard!
I was on Met awhile ago and I followed a LC plan and did well. It was discontinued after my miscarraige and for some reason I never got back on.
I am making my appointment to see an new endo and hopefully get all of the testing done new and find out what will be best for me.
Thank you Christy. I am glad you told me this. I am going to do some "interviewing". I will find an endo that treats PCOS. I have a list I was researching endos in and around our area. Hopefully I find a good one! I will let you all know.
I'm really lucky in the doctor department. My GP is the one who first mentioned PCOS to me. I went to an OB/GYN who told me to just lose weight (ha). GP wouldn't stand for this. Now I have a great OB/GYN and RE on board. I just had to do a lot of research to decide which RE to visit. The one I'm seeing does research and writes papers on PCOS. This is very comforting to me!
Good luck!
Anne
__________________ DX 11.2002
248/220.5/145
(every 1/2 lb helps...and that seems to be how it's coming off these days!)
Sugar Busters/WW and Exercise
and lots of Benefiber!
Currently taking:
Yasmin BCP, Synthroid 0.088, Metformin 850mg 2x daily
my gp prescibed me met, in jan 2002,by june 2002 af showed, and baby is now 22 weeks!!
good luck
gina
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dh 33 scottish
been ttc for 15 years..diagnosed 16 years ago...had clomid..ovarian drilling..to no avail!!.....started met jan 2002.....shock..pregnant ..baby son born 8 weeks early via emergency c-section,4th feb 2003.due to PLACENTA ABRUPTION!..(both told we are very lucky to be here), second surprise pregnancy, beautiful girl born 4 weeks early via sucessful vbac!,
update: 3rd baby born 8th august, another girl, via 2nd sucessful vbac!
who prescribed your met?... 
