Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Best place for PCO and IR info?

Question:

Could someone help me out here.  I’d like more info on PCO and IR and all I have handy is a 1987 Merck Manual (i.e. dark age medicine). I’d like to know when researchers discovered PCO was due to IR. I’m assuming I have PCO(S) because I didn’t start my menstrual cycle until age 20 (with temporary help of steroids) but after that I had my period every 30-33 days or so.  PCO doesn’t disappear (as one doc suggested to me off the top of her head).  I’m very cautious about asking doctors questions until I’ve done my own research so that I can discuss issues thoroughly (I’ve learned the hard way that this is mandatory for me). Thanks

Response:

Alot of people will send you to Web sites with specific info about PCOS.  I personally just like to go to the search engines myself like http://www.yahoo.com I also like to search medline with pubmed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ With those you can research, PCOS, Metformin, Insulin Resistance – whatever you want to your hearts content. Have fun! KC – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -SF SF wrote: > Could someone help me out here.  I’d like more info on PCO and IR and > all I have handy is a 1987 Merck Manual (i.e. dark age medicine). > I’d like to know when researchers discovered PCO was due to IR. I’m > assuming I have PCO(S) because I didn’t start my menstrual cycle > until age 20 (with temporary help of steroids) but after that I had my > period every 30-33 days or so.  PCO doesn’t disappear (as one doc > suggested to me off the top of her head).  I’m very cautious about > asking doctors questions until I’ve done my own research so that I can > discuss issues thoroughly (I’ve learned the hard way that this is > mandatory for me). > Thanks

Response:

THANKS A BUNCH!   – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Kathy Claytor wrote: > Alot of people will send you to Web sites with specific info about > PCOS.  I personally just like to go to the search engines myself > like http://www.yahoo.com > I also like to search medline with pubmed at > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ > With those you can research, PCOS, Metformin, Insulin Resistance > – whatever you want to your hearts content. > Have fun! > KC > SF SF wrote: > > Could someone help me out here.  I’d like more info on PCO and IR and > > all I have handy is a 1987 Merck Manual (i.e. dark age medicine). > > I’d like to know when researchers discovered PCO was due to IR. I’m > > assuming I have PCO(S) because I didn’t start my menstrual cycle > > until age 20 (with temporary help of steroids) but after that I had my > > period every 30-33 days or so.  PCO doesn’t disappear (as one doc > > suggested to me off the top of her head).  I’m very cautious about > > asking doctors questions until I’ve done my own research so that I can > > discuss issues thoroughly (I’ve learned the hard way that this is > > mandatory for me). > > Thanks

Response:

Please keep in mind you may not have PCO.  Starting late in life is not necessarily sign.  I started at 12 and I am a classic PCO (all symtoms but acne).  Get info on it then go to a doctor and get your hormone levels checked, and possibly an ultrasound.  Make sure what you are treating is PCO and not something else. I only have 2-3 periods a year.  Good Luck

Response:

Thanks, but I found I had PCO a long time ago when John Hopkins actually observed my ovaries via a surgical procedure.   – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Surfnest wrote: > Please keep in mind you may not have PCO.  Starting late in life is not > necessarily sign.  I started at 12 and I am a classic PCO (all symtoms but > acne).  Get info on it then go to a doctor and get your hormone levels checked, > and possibly an ultrasound.  Make sure what you are treating is PCO and not > something else. > I only have 2-3 periods a year.  Good Luck

Response:

I have had friends in the same situation.  You can have polycystic ovaries and not polycystic ovarian syndrome.  The ONLY way to detect the syndrome is by hormonal testing. Cindy N

Response:

I haven’t had recent testing but when I was at NIH, the doc told me I had 5,000 times the normal DHEA.  This is when DHEA was first being measured and they really didn’t have a base-line standard measure, which meant he may have gotten a blood sample on a pulse (i.e. DHEA isn’t secreted at a steady level, kind of line blood sugar levels which vary during the day). I also know that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. I fall into that category — what scares me is that I think research doctors also fall into that category. IF anyone here is intellectually inclined, try reading The Stress of Life by Hans Selye — the father of endocrinology.

Response:

For info on PCOS and a TON of links to all things related, go to: www.pcosupport.org It’s the website for the national PCOS Association. Good luck! Jessica B.

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