Today marks me going to an endocrinologist for the first time. Some tests came up weird, but I’ve been assured that’s normal because I’m weird to begin with. Ha ha. I kid.
I went in because I can’t lose weight. Six months at 150 without budging, and I kind of think it’s not a plateau, and may not even be all in my head. The doctors now think I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, which kind of sounds to me like it’s something doctors like to diagnose women with a lot.
The primary treatment?
Diet and exercise.
I cannot make this shit up.
Anyway, I’ve also been prescribed a new scrip (with a higher dosage) for my thyroid, and told to take my medication in the morning again, and advised not to use generics. My skepticism on this last one must have been palpable; he gave me a 2-month non-generic sample. There will be more tests in two months.
He did mention prescribing Metformin, which is a diabetes medicine, and if this doesn’t work I think I’m going to gently ask to go that course. But for now I’m taking the expert’s advice, because it’s only two months, and he did up my Synthroid.
Diet and exercise it is. Sigh.
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PCOS is something I’m pretty familiar with from the infertility community. I don’t have it myself, but it’s a pretty common cause of infertility. So I can say with some certainty that Metformin is a wonder drug for PCOS, which does involve insulin resistance in some way.
I think your plan to try the higher Synthroid dose for a couple of months and then insist on the Metformin. Also, if you end up being fine with the Syhthroif, remember to get a complete checkup with a knowledgeable GYN when/if you decide you want to have kids. Knowing about the PCOS in advance could save you years of heartache.
When I got super thin a few years ago my thyroid went totally whack - from hyper to hypo. It took a year for things to even out, during which I lost half the hair on my head and couldn’t get down past 170lbs (which for me is a size 6-7). However, since I was also going through menopause at the time, the doctor was reticent to prescribe anything and instead keep testing my T4 uptake.
I got the same advice to keep eating healthy and keep exercising. Which didn’t make things any better or worse, until my stomach erupted and I had to stop working out. Moral of this story? I have none. Or, perhaps, be grateful that you’re 150 and you’ve got options…and a non-exploding stomach =P
Shemem was diagnosed with “probable” PCOS, and given Metformin. It made her feel horrible and didn’t help, and she gave up on it. But YMMV quite a lot. I’ve been on it for years myself without problems.
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