PCOS...questions

[swiftlyirun]

I know that a few of you have be diagnosed with PCOS while I don't have this diagnosis officially, I think this could really be part of my problem. Outside of metformin, what other ways has your OB/GYN treated your PCOS?


I've heard that changing to a gluten free diet can also help, is that true or just another old wives tale? 

I'm ready to make what changes I can now in case that might be my diagnosis, I figure it can't hurt.

TIA!

[Elsa]

What makes you think you have PCOS?

I'll be honest...none of the treatment options have worked for me entirely. Metformin didn't do anything for me. BCP worked on one side, but I grew a NEW cyst on the other. Diet hasn't changed things (actually, when I was eating my best I had one grow and burst).

I think the recommendations are to eat well, exercise and stop smoking (if you do). And these are already good things to do while ttc.

I'm sorry. I hope this didn't come off as too snarky.

[pooh8402]

ditto PP, what makes you think so? I was diagnosed using a combination of a year of charting, bloodwork, and an u/s.

to answer your question, my OB didn't do shit for my PCOS. my RE is the one who put me on Metformin and a LOW GLYCEMIC diet, not gluten free. low glycemic says that you can eat carbs, but they have to be complex carbs that are digested slowly--like whole grains, certain fruit (citrus was out). with the combination of the metformin and the low glycemic diet, I went from ovulating late (past cd 25) or not at all, to ovulating cd 15-20.

[swiftlyirun]

Jan 28, 2015 10:12:12 GMT -5 Elsa said:

What makes you think you have PCOS?

I'll be honest...none of the treatment options have worked for me entirely. Metformin didn't do anything for me. BCP worked on one side, but I grew a NEW cyst on the other. Diet hasn't changed things (actually, when I was eating my best I had one grow and burst).

I think the recommendations are to eat well, exercise and stop smoking (if you do). And these are already good things to do while ttc.

I'm sorry. I hope this didn't come off as too snarky.

Mainly my irregular/non existent cycles. Lack of ovulation and a few physical signs. Tests my doctor has run so far actually don't corroborate the theory of pcos, but knowing that it could be a few months before we figure things out, I'm just trying to be proactive incase it is PCOS if there is anything I can do to be proactive

[boiler717]

Low glycemic index diet
Metformin
Weight loss
CoQ10

I think the low GI diet is huge. So much of PCOS is due to elevations in insulin, so modifying your diet to avoid insulin spikes is probably most effective.

[boiler717]

I will say my OB and RE were split on whether or not I had PCOS. My OB said yes -- insulin resistance, elevated testosterone, elevated prolactin despite fairly regular cycles. My first RE didn't think I had it, but then my AMH was 13.6 and my AFC was 38.

[swiftlyirun]

Jan 28, 2015 10:21:37 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

ditto PP, what makes you think so? I was diagnosed using a combination of a year of charting, bloodwork, and an u/s.

to answer your question, my OB didn't do shit for my PCOS. my RE is the one who put me on Metformin and a LOW GLYCEMIC diet, not gluten free. low glycemic says that you can eat carbs, but they have to be complex carbs that are digested slowly--like whole grains, certain fruit (citrus was out). with the combination of the metformin and the low glycemic diet, I went from ovulating late (past cd 25) or not at all, to ovulating cd 15-20.

Actually, this post (pandce.proboards.com/thread/412713/ovulating-long) made me question my OB's determination that it wasn't PCOS. So if I go to an RE, or later find out it is, I want to be ahead of the game and doing what I can to help the situation.

Thanks for the advice!