I think there’s another P-thing that women commonly get that really just means you get heightened PMS symptoms. It’s almost PTSD, but definitely not that either.
Hello boys and girls. Time for Dr. Michelle to teach you all about the P’s of Periods.
PCOS: Wayne, it’s Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
PCOS is a symptom of insulin resistance, which is a precursor of diabetes. It is found in heavier women, typically, and is usually diagnosed when women have trouble conceiving.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), based upon my personal beliefs, is a bunch of bullshit. It’s basically PMS on steroids, and a term coined by the pharaceutical industry to sell more birth control pills.
Wayne, you may also be thinking of endemitriosis for that other thing you were talking about.
I have insulin resistance, high testerone level, and, by extension, PCOS. I was lucky. I had a doctor that was able to see right away that I was insulin resistant by my acne and facial hair. I wasn’t trying to conceive or anything. Of course, tests proved the same. I have also had a horrific doctor take a knife into my uterus and cut off a part of my uterus to test for endometriosis. Never again.
The problem is, the medication taken (glucophage and other meds like glucophage) cause diahrrea that never, ever, ever goes away. I lived with it for three years, and I just couldn’t take it anymore.
I can’t take the pill because I have horrific migraines that put me in the ER, and bc pills cause those migraines for me.
Insulin resistance is my underlying problem. It causes high testosterone levels, which decreases teh ability to conceive, causes PCOS, acne, facial hair and weight gain.
Treatment for insulin resistance typically is a combination of diabetes oral medication and a couple of other things that, by extension, help with the body’s ability to work with insulin.
And, for those of you like me who have not had children are into your thirties, your cycles are most likely going to get worse in terms of emotions and hormones. Apparently, having kids over time helps even them out.
Soooo, bottom line; I have the worst cramps possible, I bleed like a pig whose throat has just been cut, I am iron deficient from the same, my body is so incredibly tired that ten hours a night doesn’t even cut it, my eyes swell up like little melons, and I need a tampon in “oh my god I am having my whole period in a hour” size.
Last night, I woke up at 11. Yes, cramps will actually wake me up because they are so incredibly painful. Celebrex actually helps with severe cramps, so I loaded up on that. Lasted about four hours. I am back in the extreme pain syndrom right now, and I guess I have just learned to deal with it by puking, crying, and living with my bed buddy (heating pad you can heat up in the microwave and shove down your pants, or over your neck, or whatever), change my tampon every 30 minutes, back up with the biggest pad possible, and realize that my iron is totally gone, I am going to be exhausted because of that, and try not to bruise myself by bumping into things, lest I get a bruise the size of a grapefruit. I do take iron pills too.
There is something that I was taking that made my periods almost negligible, which was an amazing thing. It’s really expensive though, and since my meds every month, out of pocket, with insurance, cost me over $700 a month, I just can’t afford the extra $150 for the other stuff.
The other stuff that I was taking that I can’t afford right now took my five day, excrutiatingly painful period to 2 days of barely bleeding, no cramps, no emotional issues. It was the most amazing thing I had ever experienced.
So, the bottom line is, in order for it to all go away, I have to lose all my extra weight. I mean, it’s my own damned fault that this is happening to me. If I had just had a kid in my twenties, and not gained weight, then I wouldn’t be having these problems.
Wouldn’t it be TOTALLY AWESOME TO THE MAX if we could walk into a doctor’s office and say, “Okay, please change my DNA to match Angelina Jolie”, and they could give you a shot, your DNA would change, and over a little while, your body changed into her?
9 responses so far ↓
1 Poppy // Sep 26, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Maybe you should seeeeeee a doc-tor.
Maybe you have that PCOS thing.
2 Poppy // Sep 26, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Or, well, whatever that P-something-something-something is they keep talking about on TV.
3 Wayne // Sep 27, 2007 at 6:57 am
And if you went to the doctor, his name might be William. That sounds like a common name for your run-of-the-mill doctor that can help with cramps.
That doctor got really good at diagnosing PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome, so people started using it as his nickname.
And that’s how PCOS Bill got his name.
4 Poppy // Sep 27, 2007 at 7:03 am
I think there’s another P-thing that women commonly get that really just means you get heightened PMS symptoms. It’s almost PTSD, but definitely not that either.
5 chelle // Sep 27, 2007 at 8:29 am
Hello boys and girls. Time for Dr. Michelle to teach you all about the P’s of Periods.
PCOS: Wayne, it’s Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
PCOS is a symptom of insulin resistance, which is a precursor of diabetes. It is found in heavier women, typically, and is usually diagnosed when women have trouble conceiving.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), based upon my personal beliefs, is a bunch of bullshit. It’s basically PMS on steroids, and a term coined by the pharaceutical industry to sell more birth control pills.
Wayne, you may also be thinking of endemitriosis for that other thing you were talking about.
I have insulin resistance, high testerone level, and, by extension, PCOS. I was lucky. I had a doctor that was able to see right away that I was insulin resistant by my acne and facial hair. I wasn’t trying to conceive or anything. Of course, tests proved the same. I have also had a horrific doctor take a knife into my uterus and cut off a part of my uterus to test for endometriosis. Never again.
The problem is, the medication taken (glucophage and other meds like glucophage) cause diahrrea that never, ever, ever goes away. I lived with it for three years, and I just couldn’t take it anymore.
I can’t take the pill because I have horrific migraines that put me in the ER, and bc pills cause those migraines for me.
Insulin resistance is my underlying problem. It causes high testosterone levels, which decreases teh ability to conceive, causes PCOS, acne, facial hair and weight gain.
Treatment for insulin resistance typically is a combination of diabetes oral medication and a couple of other things that, by extension, help with the body’s ability to work with insulin.
And, for those of you like me who have not had children are into your thirties, your cycles are most likely going to get worse in terms of emotions and hormones. Apparently, having kids over time helps even them out.
Soooo, bottom line; I have the worst cramps possible, I bleed like a pig whose throat has just been cut, I am iron deficient from the same, my body is so incredibly tired that ten hours a night doesn’t even cut it, my eyes swell up like little melons, and I need a tampon in “oh my god I am having my whole period in a hour” size.
Last night, I woke up at 11. Yes, cramps will actually wake me up because they are so incredibly painful. Celebrex actually helps with severe cramps, so I loaded up on that. Lasted about four hours. I am back in the extreme pain syndrom right now, and I guess I have just learned to deal with it by puking, crying, and living with my bed buddy (heating pad you can heat up in the microwave and shove down your pants, or over your neck, or whatever), change my tampon every 30 minutes, back up with the biggest pad possible, and realize that my iron is totally gone, I am going to be exhausted because of that, and try not to bruise myself by bumping into things, lest I get a bruise the size of a grapefruit. I do take iron pills too.
There is something that I was taking that made my periods almost negligible, which was an amazing thing. It’s really expensive though, and since my meds every month, out of pocket, with insurance, cost me over $700 a month, I just can’t afford the extra $150 for the other stuff.
The other stuff that I was taking that I can’t afford right now took my five day, excrutiatingly painful period to 2 days of barely bleeding, no cramps, no emotional issues. It was the most amazing thing I had ever experienced.
So, the bottom line is, in order for it to all go away, I have to lose all my extra weight. I mean, it’s my own damned fault that this is happening to me. If I had just had a kid in my twenties, and not gained weight, then I wouldn’t be having these problems.
C’est la vie.
6 chelle // Sep 27, 2007 at 8:30 am
Oh, BTW. I have tried all the new-fangled BC pills that SWEAR that they don’t cause migraines. Nope; not true.
7 Poppy // Sep 27, 2007 at 8:49 am
zomg SUCKY. Time for a new body. Seriously!
8 chelle // Sep 27, 2007 at 8:52 am
Wouldn’t it be TOTALLY AWESOME TO THE MAX
if we could walk into a doctor’s office and say, “Okay, please change my DNA to match Angelina Jolie”, and they could give you a shot, your DNA would change, and over a little while, your body changed into her?
God, that would be SO AWESOME!!!
9 Poppy // Sep 27, 2007 at 9:47 am
Ummm, but I like *my* body.
Besides, if I had her body I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without people leaving their drool and pawmarks all over me.
Come on man. You know you want to say something!