i have had
loads of problems for about 10 years now,
my family doctor thinks I have pcos and
when I had an ultra-sound done they found
2 fibroid tumors. I had search on the
internet a bit and found that fibroid are
caused by lots of estrogen, and pcos is
from low estrogen and high male hormones
so how could this be?
more
information about me, (a rough medical
history for the past 10 years)
i am overweight and I do have many
symptoms of pcos like facile hair, acne,
oily skin, dandruff, and sleep apnea. But
I have also given birth to 4 children in
the past 11 years. Before children I was
normal weight, none of those things. I
did not start having a problem until I got
the deprovaro shot right after my first
child was born 10 years ago, and I have
had problems every since. I first started
having head aches with blurred vision with
extreme sensitivity to light and confusion
so I saw a doctor and they found my
optical nerves were swollen, put me on a
water pill and started scanning my head
and told me I had pseudotumor cerebri,
shortly after my headaches stopped and I
found out I was pregnant so no more test,
I lost the 20 lbs I had gained and was
back to normal during my pregnancy, after
she (second child) was born I had
gallbladder attacks and had to have it
removed. My headaches began and this time
I gain weight really fast over 6 months (i
went from 185 to 225) my hormones were
tested but I was told they were normal and
they put me on a low estrogen birth
control. I managed to get pregnant
anyways with my third child and I lost lot
weight during the pregnancy only a few
months after he was born the headaches
started again this time I gained a lot of
weight again (195-285) after about 2 years
I stop having headaches and everything
seemed to normal out. Then I got pregnant
again with my 4th child. I weighed 40
less then when I first got pregnant. She
6 weeks early. I had my tubes tied when
she was 8 weeks old. I did not really
seemed to get a lot of headaches again
until she was about 3 years old (i gained
up to 300 lbs) I was feeling sick with my
tempter going up in the evenings and
breaking at night and then in the day I
was cold for 4 days. I went to see the
doctor and he had my liver tested (during
and ultrasound they found a simple kidney
cyst) and told me I had fatty liver. By
the time I could see a specialist
everything was back to normal. It
happened again (the tempter change) about
3 months later but I could not see a
doctor at the time. I was also becoming
very confused and lost so I saw a
psychologist to check to see if it was
psychological and after 4 sessions she
told me I was depressed and had ocd. She
suggested some pills so I went to my
family doctor for a second opinion on the
ocd and she agreed and prescribed them for
me. Shortly after my legs were severely
swollen and I went to the hospital where
they did a few test on me and scanned my
whole body. (ct body scan of the body ~
lol) finding nothing they did some blood
test and sent me home with water pills.
They called me the next day and told me
they were raising my thyroid meds, I told
them I was not on any and they said you
are now. Well I went back to see my
doctor because I wanted to make sure they
did not mess up. She confirmed I needed
to be on the meds.
***(this is where
my medical history is relative the
question)***
she also decided to start checking me for
pcos because of the weight and other
physical symptoms. While ultra-sounding
my ovaries they found 2 fibroid tumors.
She referred me to a gyn. The gyn did a
pap and said he would call after examining
the ultrasound and then never did so I
felt that it must not have been that big
of a deal. After 2 months on the ocd meds
I self discontinued them because of the
excess sleepiness and I felt that they may
be connected to my swelling. I also
stopped all meds (i do not like taking
pills that I do not feel necessary) I
stopped swelling and everything went back
to normal until last month. Now I have
been bleeding heavily for 7 1/2 weeks and
the pain....Well it hurts bad and my head
is hurting so I saw my doctor and she
still thinks it is pcos. I just had blood
draw and they will call me tomorrow with
the results. I also have a doctor
appointment with a gyn and psychologist
that my doctor knows with in the next two
weeks. I really just want to know if all
my problems can be linked to something
like that shot I had right after my son
was born or if they are all individual. I
hate not knowing what is going wrong with
me, or if anything at all, I often fear it
is all in my head because they never find
anything to fully explain what is going
on. I just want to be normal again with
the ability to concentrate on what matters
without pills, even with pills would be
find if I could loss weight. God knows I
have tried I eat light and try to walk and
exercise (this is hard to do when you are
tired all the time). I am just lost I
guess and need a little feedback.
so if you
have had anything like what I have tell me
what you did and what your doctors did so
that I can hopefully figure this all
out
thank you in
advance.
danyl_79
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danyl_79
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I Found Some Stuff Out By Cross Researching Posted: 01-25-07 19:58pm
Ok after typing out that rough presonal
medical history I decieded to look online
to see if there was a connection myself
and was amazed at what I found.
My first diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri
(aka. Iih ((idiopathic intracranial
hypertension)) is connected to pcos
(polycystic ovarian syndrome).
My theroy is that when I got the depo
provera it caused me to gain weight which
caused the ihh, pcos and hypothyroidism.
And in each pregnacy the hormones caused
me to lose weight and all symptoms stops
and once the postpartum period was over
the cycle began again.
So dose this sound plosable?
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yeaokaybye
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Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 04-10-08 00:39am
strangely enough, i am a 26 y/o who was
diagnosed with pcos when i was 15.
i decided to go of the birth control pills
2 months before i turned 25 because i
thought that my chronic fatigue for years
and years and not being able to sleep
through the night for years and years , (
never been diagnosed with sleep apnea, i
dont snore but i wake up almost every hour
on the dot)
not 2 months after that did i come down
with the same thing as you the pseudo
tumor cerebri, except mine went
undiagnosed for a month severly, i lost my
vision they kept telling me they were
migraine headaches, that itg was just in
my head, i was vomiting daily, i couldnt
see, i felt like i was drunk, i felt like
my brain was growing and no where for it
to grow. part of me wonders if its
because i was on birth control for 10
years and then stopped taking it and then
bam this comes on. I see that other pcos
sufferers have had pseudo tumor but not
all.
i feel aweful all the time, i feel tired
im so tired of feeling tired, i never want
to have children because id never be able
to take care of them feeling this way.
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