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danyl_79

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Pcos And Fibrod Tumors??
Posted: 01-25-07 17:30pm

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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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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