[tri-med] Re: growth/pcos

kim,
 
i do know that the more weight you lose, the less PCOS you  tend to  be. 
Its a vicous cycle withe the PCOS causing you to be overweight and the  
overweight-ness, making the PCOS and the symptoms worse. For instance when i am 
 
at my ideal weight, i ovulate more normally and have less Hair growth etc. 
 
 
Good Luck
Sharon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/8/2009 8:40:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jwaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
-----  Original Message ----- 
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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