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So wondering if I might actually have PCOS. Going to outline everything I think relevant and see what people think.
I am 36 and was diagnosed t2 in Feb this year, since then I have adopted a Lchf diet got my blood sugars back to normal and lost 3.25 stone.
When I started my periods, aged 11, I would have a period every other week, I was prescribed something to deal with it, but not a contraceptive pill, which I took for a year or so to get things under control. I think hormone based. I had pretty heavy periods, not the horrid need to wear 2 pads type that some people get, but heavy normal if you know what I mean.
When I was at uni I got put on the pill, the doctor prescribed one that would also help with spots as he thought I was spotty! I increasingly gained weight, of course not helped by a bad diet and sedentary life.
When I was about 25 my doctor rang me up to say that she would not prescribe the pill I was on as I was too heavy for it (around 20stone) and that she would start me on cerazette. I stopped having periods on cerazette, which I have been taking since then.
About 3 years ago I actively tried to lose weight and lost 2 stone, I thought by cutting out puddings/chocolate etc and starting to exercise. I wonder now if that was the diabetes starting? In the last couple of years I have noticed my hair thinning quite a bit.
When diagnosed I was prescribed metformin, which I took for 3 months until they saw that I had got my hba1c to normal through Lchf. Have just finished 3 months of just Lchf, bloods being taken next week! However after a couple of months I started having periods, nothing too heavy but after an erratic start every couple of weeks, but not hugely regular. I saw a doctor at the end of June about to go on holiday and he said that to avoid bleeding on holidays to double up my cerazette from then until I went away (a week later) which I did - avoided a period on holiday. On Friday I started a bleed again, which lasted an afternoon, then again today stuff has started again.
Do you think I could also have PCOS, or could have had PCOS which helped bring on the diabetes??
My thyroid tests all came back normal, cholesterol normal, other than slightly low 'good' cholesterol
I am 36 and was diagnosed t2 in Feb this year, since then I have adopted a Lchf diet got my blood sugars back to normal and lost 3.25 stone.
When I started my periods, aged 11, I would have a period every other week, I was prescribed something to deal with it, but not a contraceptive pill, which I took for a year or so to get things under control. I think hormone based. I had pretty heavy periods, not the horrid need to wear 2 pads type that some people get, but heavy normal if you know what I mean.
When I was at uni I got put on the pill, the doctor prescribed one that would also help with spots as he thought I was spotty! I increasingly gained weight, of course not helped by a bad diet and sedentary life.
When I was about 25 my doctor rang me up to say that she would not prescribe the pill I was on as I was too heavy for it (around 20stone) and that she would start me on cerazette. I stopped having periods on cerazette, which I have been taking since then.
About 3 years ago I actively tried to lose weight and lost 2 stone, I thought by cutting out puddings/chocolate etc and starting to exercise. I wonder now if that was the diabetes starting? In the last couple of years I have noticed my hair thinning quite a bit.
When diagnosed I was prescribed metformin, which I took for 3 months until they saw that I had got my hba1c to normal through Lchf. Have just finished 3 months of just Lchf, bloods being taken next week! However after a couple of months I started having periods, nothing too heavy but after an erratic start every couple of weeks, but not hugely regular. I saw a doctor at the end of June about to go on holiday and he said that to avoid bleeding on holidays to double up my cerazette from then until I went away (a week later) which I did - avoided a period on holiday. On Friday I started a bleed again, which lasted an afternoon, then again today stuff has started again.
Do you think I could also have PCOS, or could have had PCOS which helped bring on the diabetes??
My thyroid tests all came back normal, cholesterol normal, other than slightly low 'good' cholesterol