So I follow lots of PCOS groups on both Facebook and Twitter and I get lots of cool and interesting information. Just a couple of minutes ago I came across this article from PCOS Diva on Twitter: http://rachelfriedmanwriter.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bustpillpoppers-pdf.pdf
In the article it explained how when a woman is on birth control for PCOS, after she goes off it the symptoms come back (PCOS symptoms) and with a vengeance! Well I can personally say that I'm actually happy not to be on the pill anymore, but that's just my personal experience.
You see, I was given the pill when I was around sixteen years old and I HATED it! I hadn't been diagnosed with PCOS at the time but I was prescribed three months' worth of the pill for what seemed to be irregular periods. It worked, I suppose. My period started regulating itself to a couple of days at the end of each month. But there was something about it that I didn't like, like the fact that I gained so much weight while I was on it! And it was super annoying having to take a pill everyday.
Before that I'd been given steroids, then hormones (progesterone, which turns out can actually decrease my chances of having children even more), and finally the pill. I didn't like it, so I went for another dose of progesterone my sophomore year of college. Last year I was on metformin for a couple of months, after properly being diagnosed. Thankfully, most of my worst symptoms, such as ovarian and uterine pain, have gone away or lessened. I still have really bad weight fluctuations and I have days where I completely lose my appetite, but I'm still holding on!
I am not currently taking any medication right now nor do I plan on taking any more medication again. I am living with PCOS naturally, and am coping with it as best as I can. I've recently cut out soda from my diet, and I already cut out red meat (strictly fish and chicken diet, otherwise known as "pesce-pollotarian"), and slowly weaning myself off of bacon, haha!
I don't use products with parabens or other toxic materials in them, and I'm just learning to live and let go as the days come and go. I am happy in the Lord and excited for what my future holds in Him. Living life to the fullest!
OH! and P.S. I am not against birth control whatsoever! I just personally don't like taking it.
In the article it explained how when a woman is on birth control for PCOS, after she goes off it the symptoms come back (PCOS symptoms) and with a vengeance! Well I can personally say that I'm actually happy not to be on the pill anymore, but that's just my personal experience.
You see, I was given the pill when I was around sixteen years old and I HATED it! I hadn't been diagnosed with PCOS at the time but I was prescribed three months' worth of the pill for what seemed to be irregular periods. It worked, I suppose. My period started regulating itself to a couple of days at the end of each month. But there was something about it that I didn't like, like the fact that I gained so much weight while I was on it! And it was super annoying having to take a pill everyday.
Before that I'd been given steroids, then hormones (progesterone, which turns out can actually decrease my chances of having children even more), and finally the pill. I didn't like it, so I went for another dose of progesterone my sophomore year of college. Last year I was on metformin for a couple of months, after properly being diagnosed. Thankfully, most of my worst symptoms, such as ovarian and uterine pain, have gone away or lessened. I still have really bad weight fluctuations and I have days where I completely lose my appetite, but I'm still holding on!
I am not currently taking any medication right now nor do I plan on taking any more medication again. I am living with PCOS naturally, and am coping with it as best as I can. I've recently cut out soda from my diet, and I already cut out red meat (strictly fish and chicken diet, otherwise known as "pesce-pollotarian"), and slowly weaning myself off of bacon, haha!
I don't use products with parabens or other toxic materials in them, and I'm just learning to live and let go as the days come and go. I am happy in the Lord and excited for what my future holds in Him. Living life to the fullest!
OH! and P.S. I am not against birth control whatsoever! I just personally don't like taking it.
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