Note on PCOS and Peri-menopause

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Did she have a blood sugar test for the PCOS? Hormone tests don't

always positively identify PCOS. And sometimes not even blood sugar

tests will. My hormones tested fine (high normal on testosterone) and

my blood sugar was right at the upper limit of normal but I have some

of the symptoms: irregular periods, hair growth in the wrong places,

infertility (or difficulty getting pregnant), depression (I still have

SAD but have also had both SAD and year-round depression in the past).

Even though my blood tests were " normal " , I was sure I had PCOS from

the symptoms so I went to a class at a local hospital and found out

that my blood work could be normal and I could still be insulin

resistant. The symptoms are the major indicators. I now have near-

normal periods and no year round depression since I've eliminated

refined carbs from my diet and only eat dessert once a week. Exercise

has helped tremendously, too.

I have a friend whose only symptom was infertility. She was a about 120

pounds over-weight and a large part of her diet consisted of refined

carbs, especially white flour. I told her she probably had PCOS but she

argued that her blood tests were " normal " and she didn't have any other

symptoms. She and her husband tried for several years to get pregnant

and finally she went to a different OB/GYN who determined she did in

fact have PCOS. She changed her dies and started taking a prescription

blood sugar regulator, lost weight and finally got pregnant.

As far as peri-menopause goes, it's a gradual development. For years

society on the whole has believed menopause is a sudden event, only

taking a year or two and then 'bam', you're in menopause. But peri-

menopause (or pre-menopause) can begin as early as 30 and last for 20

years, gradually becoming more noticeable. I'm just 38 and I've even

had a few hot flashes myself.

 

, Jessika Stone

<remindersofthen wrote:

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> She actually just got all her hormones tested to see if she had PCOS

and to see if she is going through menopause. It turned out negative

for both. She is only 44 years old. Her period has been very weird

the past few years, I kept telling her that she is probably pre

menopausal, but it turns out shes not.

>

> Leslie <geogal wrote: I wonder

if it could be related to her hormones? Is she menopausal or

> peri-menopausal? I'm definitely no doctor, however, I've noticed

> since I entered my late 30's, I have about 2 or 3 days of

> constipation when I PMS. It's quite a blow to me when it happens

> because I generally have two to three b-movements each day. But

>