[tri-med] Re: growth/pcos

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From: "Kim Ihlenfeldt" <kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 The doctor put me on Ocella, the birth control generic of Yaz or something 
like that.

Molly was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovaries nearly 1 year ago. She was 
having some of the unpleasant symptoms.  :-(

We went to the dermatologist (for hirsuitism).
He had her start on Yaz (thank goodness I can get it for free---samples at 
work. That stuff is expensive!!!). Because it is a BCP that contains 
spironolactone.
That we had to see the family doc because the dermatologist doesn't deal 
with that end of the equation. lol

Then 3 months later he started her on spironolactone itself.
This drug blocks the androgen receptors, androgen being a male hormone. 
Ovaries produce it but in PCOS they can overproduce it; apparently due to 
the cysts.
There are multiple side effects when that happens, hirsutism being just one.

At the 6 month visit Molly has less of the facial hair growth and the hair 
was less coarse. We go back in another 6 months and he'll decide if we need 
to up the spironolactone.

The weight loss thing with this is also something that Molly struggles with.
We just had some fun (NOT) shopping for a prom dress in departments that 
cater to the size 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 set where I saw tears escape in the dressing 
room.
Luckily we found a gorgeous cocktail dress: ballerina length very full skirt 
of black lace over a cream underdress, that she can actually wear for other 
events, that looks A+ on her and she adores.

Any tips for living with PCOS would be appreciated as we are in the early 
stages around here.

Michelle mom to Alex (21, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (18)
MichiganUSA 

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