badgoat
Wed, Aug-06-03, 11:26
Hello good people,
I'm sorry if this is an oft-repeated question...I cruised through PCOS faq and did a search here but didn't see a specific thread on this question:
How can you tell the difference between PCOS and regular old PMS from Hell? (Besides going through the tests, that is...)
I started taking the pill 7 years ago at age 29 b/c I had horrific PMS and very heavy bleeding, depression/irritability, acne...just awful periods. The pill cleared everything up, but I'm also having a hard time losing weight and wondering if that is the (or a) culprit. My periods were regular, just terrible. No facial or body hair problems either. No skin tags or brown areas. I do remember one side (the left) hurting more than the other, even sometimes during ovulation and that my periods would alternate being really bad one month and only terrible the next.
I guess the only way to know is to see what going off them does for weight loss. Periods from Hell are simply not worth it otherwise. But if it's keeping me FAT, that's not worth it either.
But, after reading a bit about PCOS, now I'm not sure about stopping the little beasties.
Comments or suggestions?
badgoat
I'm sorry if this is an oft-repeated question...I cruised through PCOS faq and did a search here but didn't see a specific thread on this question:
How can you tell the difference between PCOS and regular old PMS from Hell? (Besides going through the tests, that is...)
I started taking the pill 7 years ago at age 29 b/c I had horrific PMS and very heavy bleeding, depression/irritability, acne...just awful periods. The pill cleared everything up, but I'm also having a hard time losing weight and wondering if that is the (or a) culprit. My periods were regular, just terrible. No facial or body hair problems either. No skin tags or brown areas. I do remember one side (the left) hurting more than the other, even sometimes during ovulation and that my periods would alternate being really bad one month and only terrible the next.
I guess the only way to know is to see what going off them does for weight loss. Periods from Hell are simply not worth it otherwise. But if it's keeping me FAT, that's not worth it either.
But, after reading a bit about PCOS, now I'm not sure about stopping the little beasties.
Comments or suggestions?
badgoat