Do you have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
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I do not, but a really good friend of mine does.  She is a member of a website called "soulcysters", I think.  You should do a google search and check it out.
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PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) does not cause Bulimia.\n\nIf your hormones don't work in the normal way, your ovaries might make too many eggs. Those eggs turn into many cysts. The cysts (say: "sists") are like little balloons filled with liquid. \n\nPolycystic ovary syndrome is called PCOS for short. Women in their childbearing years can get it. It often begins in the teenage years. It doesn't go away. \n\nDoctors don't know what causes PCOS. If you have PCOS, you may have a problem with the way your body uses blood sugar (glucose). Because of this problem, the hormones that control your ovaries and menstrual periods can become abnormal.\n\nIf you have PCOS, you are more likely to get high blood pressure or diabetes. This means you have a greater risk for strokes and heart attacks. \n\nBecause of irregular menstrual periods, women with PCOS are more likely to be infertile (unable to get pregnant). They may also have a higher risk for cancer of the uterus or breast.\n\nYour doctor will look for the signs of PCOS. Blood tests that measure your hormone levels can help. An ultrasound exam can show if you have cysts on your ovaries. \n\nIf you have PCOS, you might need to lose weight. Medicine can help with your menstrual cycle, abnormal hair growth and acne. If you have diabetes or high blood pressure, they have to be treated. If you want to have a baby, there are medicines that may help you get pregnant.
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I have PCOS too.  The best thing I've found that works for me is exercise, and limiting your intake of fatty and sugary foods.  I also limit my intake of complex carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, potatoes and bread.  In other words, eat sensibly and EXERCISE!
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polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a hormone disorder that may lead to ovarian cysts. and other problems. Check out the web sight below. I know it is a long one. Just copy and paste it into your address bar.
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There does appear to be a higher miscarriage rate in women with PCOS, but the exact reason is still under investigation. According to some studies, the risk of miscarriage in women with PCOS is 45 percent or more. One possibility is that early loss is associated with elevated levels of luteinizing hormone — and women with PCOS often have elevated LH levels — but the reason why it relates to miscarriage is not understood. Another possibility is that elevated levels of insulin or glucose may impede implantation or cause problems with the embryonic development. There is a clear association between uncontrolled blood sugar and pregnancy loss, but the issue of insulin resistance and elevated insulin levels is relatively new and in need of further study. There is a possibility that insulin resistance reduces egg quality. That leads to another possibility — that late ovulation (after cycle day 16) may be associated with poor follicle development and decreased egg quality. \n\nConception is frequently possible with proper surgical or medical treatments. Following conception, pregnancy is usually uneventful.\n\nThe last link below leads to an article entitled, Conception Rate in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Resistant to Clomiphene Citrate) With Different Treatment Methods.
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If you are sexually active, try to get pregnancy test or go to doctor. \nIf you are not, then you might have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) where women lacks mentrual flow, tend to be overweight, stress, etc. \n\nBest go to your doctor and have tests run on you and let the doctor tells you what's the issues.
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I have PCOS too. The underlying cause of PCOS is insulin resistance. It is most important to treat this. The best way is a low carb diet, exercise, and adding an insulin sensitizing drug, such as metformin (1500-2550mg per day). Birth control pills are not really good for PCOS. It masks the symptoms of PCOS without really helping anything. PCOS symptoms tend to get worse after going off birth control pills. I recommend seeing a reproductive endocrinologist. Also, visit http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-bhpcos?redirCnt=1. It's a great message board where you can ask all of your PCOS questions. Think hard about going on any birth control pill to treat PCOS. Also, if you have PCOS you are at higher risk of certain things that are also negative side effects of any birth control pill (blood clots, liver issues). \n\nFrom http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/PCOS-Guidelines.php  "Some doctors will prescribe birth control pills to assist in regulating or restoring irregular or absent periods. But there is growing controversy over using pills because it is now thought they may actually worsen Insulin Resistance. While it is true that introducing the female hormone can counteract some of the effects of over-active testosterone production, the short-term benefits of restoring a period may be offset by the long-term effects of worsening the underlying root cause of the condition. Think long and hard before you begin taking birth control pills if you have PCOS"
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tell her to go to a free clinic and go on the pill.  I have polycystic ovary syndrome....and at any given time would have 6-7 cysts on both ovaries.  They don't nec. cause pain or any problems.  Cysts occur in all women at the time of ovulation...that's how the ovary 'shoots' out the egg into the fallopian tube.  They aren't a big deal...but the pill will help...because you won't ovulate anymore...thus no more cysts forming.  The only reason you would need surgery is if one gets large...but this is rare.
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I think you should ask your doctor about poly cystic ovarian disease and if he will check your thyroid.  Good Luck.
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I too have PCOS. I've talked to my OBGYN and she said that Im very fertile. They put me on birth control pills which really seemed to help
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It sounds like you could have PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome.  Its symptoms include: insulin resistance, irregular periods, hair growth in places that isn't normal, inability to lose wieght, and many others.  Having this makes it very difficult to lose wieght.  There is a drug called metformin that is most often used to help women with this condition.  It helps regulate your insulin and hormones and most women find that they can lose wieght with it!  For more info you can search the internet and come up with lots of info.  Also, I'll list a forum for women with PCOS.  They have lots of info!
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Worry about what?\n\nPCOS refers to multiple cysts on the ovaries and a host of other problems that go along with them, including anovulation (lack of ovulation) and menstrual abnormalities, hirsutism (facial hair), male pattern baldness, acne, and often obesity. Such women may also have varying degrees of insulin resistance and an increased incidence of Type II diabetes, unfavorable lipid patterns (usually high triglycerides), and a low bone density. Laboratory tests often show higher than normal circulating androgens, especially testosterone.\n\nPCOS occurs when a woman doesn't ovulate, which causes a disruption in the normal, cyclical interrelationship among her hormones, brain and ovaries. \n\nFor example, if the follicle migrates to the outside of the ovary, but does not "pop" the egg and release it, the follicle becomes a cyst, and the normal progesterone surge does not occur. The lack of progesterone is detected by the hypothalamus, which continues to try to stimulate the ovary by increasing its production of GnRH, which increases the pituitary production of FSH and LH. This stimulates the ovary to make more estrogen and androgens, which stimulates more follicles toward ovulation. If these additional follicles are also unable to produce a matured ovum or make progesterone, the menstrual cycle is dominated by increased estrogen and androgen production without progesterone. This is the fundamental abnormality that creates PCOS.\n\nIt can be remedied by a natural progesterone cream. This will add progesteron back into the cycle, and allow for normal hormonal cycles to return.\n\n\n\nThe Diet Connection to PCOS\n\nBy far the biggest lifestyle contributor to PCOS is poor diet. Young women with PCOS tend to eat far too much sugar and highly refined carbohydrates. These foods cause an unhealthy rise in insulin levels. According to Jerilyn Prior, M.D., insulin stimulates androgen receptors on the outside of the\novary, causing the typical PCOS symptoms of excess hair (on the face, arms, legs), thin hair (on the head), and acne. \n\nEventually, this type of diet will cause obesity, this will cause insulin resistance (the inability of the cells to take in insulin), which will aggravate the PCOS even more. The androgens\nalso play a role in blocking the release of the egg from the follicle.\n\nWomen, who have a high number of dysfunctional follicles to begin with, due to xenobiotic exposure in the womb, will have worse problems if their diets are high in sugary foods and low in nutrition. Since this is exactly the type of diet favored by teens and young women, it's easy to understand why there is so much PCOS in that age group. Fifty years ago, the average person\nate one pound of sugar a year. Today the average teenager today eats one pound a week! Potato chips, corn chips, pasta and white rice are all highly refined carbohydrates that also act on the body much the same as sugars do.\n\nWhen you look at the whole picture of PCOS, you can understand why the hormone-blocking and insulin-lowering drugs don't work for very long. These approaches don't address the underlying cause of the problem. They only suppress symptoms. Improvement is only temporary and both types of drugs have terribly unpleasant side effects.\n\nBy the same token, you can't just take progesterone, and you can't just cut out the sugar. You usually need to do both. Exercise and good nutrition are also very important in maintaining hormone balance.
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Actually, I think mine is a bit higher than normal.  I can't say for sure there's a correlation, but I do know that if you are Insulin resistant, as many PCOSers are, you have higher level of testosterone, which can account for a heightened sex drive.  If it is related, it's one of the lesser symptoms, though.
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It may be difficult to get pregnant because if you don't have a regular period, you may not be ovulating properly.  One common cause of irregular or no periods is polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).  PCOS is an endocrine system disorder linked to insulin function that causes an overabundance of male hormones.  5-10% of women have it.  Other symptoms of PCOS can include acne, being overweight, thinning hair, male-pattern body hair growth, dark patches of skin (hidradenitis suppurativa), insulin resistance, or infertility caused by lack of ovulation.  However, the most common and noticeable symptom is irregular periods.  I had only 3-4 periods a year when I was diagnosed with it.  Your gynecologist can do blood work to test your hormone levels and see if you may have it.  Fortunately, many women with PCOS can get pregnant with proper treatment.
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I do know that PCOS may make difficult for you to conceive, but it doesn't mean that you can't ever have children.\n\nThe disorder runs in my family, and I was told by my doctor that the best bet would be to stay on birth control pills until the time comes when I am ready to try to get pregnant. The hormones in the pills are supposed to slow the progress/development of the symptoms.\n\nYour doctor can do a symptom checklist to see if you fit the requirements for PCOS. If you do, or even if you don't, it might be a good idea to talk with your doctor about birth control hormone therapy.
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I also have PCOS and I highly recommend the SugarBusters diet.  It helped immensely.  I've lost about 25 lbs on it.
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i have pcos also. i was on the pill for 6 years as a contraceptive, and then stopped to see how bad my pcos were and if i would have problems conceiving. i had three periods and then found out i was pregnant!\n\ngood luck!