I diagnosed myself at home due to infertility, more body hair than normal woman, rapid weight gain, some hair loss on my head, and I feel like im cramping all the time, without a period. I don’t have health care, but knowing these things makes me so depressed, I don’t know what to do. What i’m looking for is at-home treatment, or free medical advice/ clinics (not planned parenthood, they don’t treat this i don’t think)
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September 20th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I have PCOS and the only thing that my doctor did that you cant do without medical advice is diagnose me. I was put on birth control pills and that is all. Birth control pills are used to make sure that you do have a monthly bleed. Without this, you could get very backed up and it can cause many problems down the line. BC will not fix or cure PCOS, all it does it mask some of the symptoms.
One thing that is very simple that helps PCOS is eating right and excersising. Losing some of the rapid weight that you gained and lowering your body fat will help tremendously with PCOS. Since it is caused by an insulin resistance, being as healthy as possible lessens the resistance.
There is also a drug, meteformin- this is the technical term, the brand name is something different- that is used for diabetes but has been showing good results for PCOS women as well. I am currently looking into it myself and hopefully my doctor will write me a prescription. (Now im not sure if you would be able to get this without medical treatment but i thought id let you know.)
My best advice is to do lots of research about PCOS online, and join soulcysters web site. The site has a great message board and the women are all dealing with PCOS. Good luck!
September 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
The treatment for PCOS is usually birth control pills. And planned parenthood does do that. Try that. I have had a couple ovarian cysts in 4 years on birth control, and probably would have had many more if I hadn’t been on birth control. My sister has had quite a few. If the birth control doesn’t help, try to see a real doctor and get real help.
Good luck.