I thought it was about time I officially welcomed you to the PCOS Matters blog and told you a little bit of my story.
I was diagnosed with PCOS in my early ’20s, but knew that things weren’t right from my teens. I was on the BCP (Birth Control Pill) from the age of around 17 until I was 34/35 continuously, except for 9 months to a year when I was exploring homeopathy.
I was fed up with pumping my body full of drugs and have a great interest in alternative therapies.
In the next video, I’ll tell you more about those alternative therapies and my experience with traditional medicine in regards to my PCOS.
I Feel Terrible and a Positive Message
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Hi I recently found your page through stumble and I wanted to say I think you are great helping to spread awareness and provide information…. I also have a pcos support group online because my teenage daughter tried to commit suicide due to the mood swings of pcos and not getting a diagnosis early enough … so I’m hoping to prevent some other family going through all we’ve been through !! I would love it if you would join us and share your info on the natural side of treatment
[...] then I read Jennifer’s comment on the Welcome to PCOS Matters post, and realised it was wrong of me to disguise some areas of my life with PCOS just because I [...]
I recently read your email and am so sorry you are feeling down…
I agree with all your recommendations to help with moods except for St.Johns Wort… If you are taking a bcp , it effects the effectiveness of it…
my daughter was misdiagnosed bipolar due to the mood swings from the imbalance and fluctuation of hormones and the psychiatrist (who did no hormone testing by the way )put her on mood stabilizers and anti depressant meds….these made her sleep 24/7 …
I did my own reasearch at this time and that’s when I found pcos … she had 90% of the symptoms … I took her into the our regular doctor and all but insisted she be tested for it …. sure enough after many blood tests and ultrasound she was diagnosed finally …
well during my research I had read a lot about estradiol and the effects it has on mood amongst so many other things … I then requested to get the Yasmin bcp to regulate and stabilize her hormones … the doctor agreed with me that she was not bipolar and we got her off those meds and with only the bcp her moods improved remarkably… she laughs all the time now … estradiol is sort of it’s own antidepressant after all the research I’ve done I can’t stress enough the importance of having an optimal estradiol level along with the correct ratio of your other hormones such as testosterone
I would like to invite anyone reading this to come and share your story with us at Living with PCOS on cafemom.com even if you are ttc #1 you can still join…
http://www.cafemom.com/group/70775
Many Hugs for you all !!!