Hi there,
I am curious to see if anyone else has been diagonsed with PCOS. I was when I was 19 and since then I have been on birth control since then (I am twenty now). I would prefer not to take birth control but have been told do to so for "hormonal reasons" to deal with the PCOS. I am tempted to stop taking it all together but I fear that, regardless of my aversion to prescription drugs, this might not be the best choice. Will switching to a raw diet perhas help this? PCOS is caused by the lack of estrogen in the body and, due to this, the menstrual cycle stops, male-patterened hair growth ensues, in addition to other side effects. Any thoughts would be appreticated :)
take care,
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I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 20.. the doctors told me I had to take certain presciption medicines for the rest of my life.. also they wanted to put me on the pill to deal with my acne and hair loss. It was a terrifying time and I was so stressed by it all.. it all felt so out of my hands. So I decided to take control back. I didn't touch any medication or birth control.. put myself on a very strict diet of a lot of raw.. LOTS of dark green veges (spinach, kale, broccoli) lots of superfoods (goji berries, spirulina) I stopped eating dairy (as for a cystic system dairy is one of the worst things you can eat) and cut out all refined carbs and sugars.
It was a slow process but that was five years ago and all my symptoms seem to have gone away. Everywhere I go, people comment on my glowing, clear skin.. my hair is thicker than ever etc.
Also a big part in my healing process was taking amazon herbs (https://www.amazonherb.net/).. the power shake is amazing because it contains Maca which balances out all your hormones etc. and I also have been taking the pure camu every day for a year and it's amazing.
I also totally cut back on drinking alcohol and caffeine as these spike your sugar levels and thus your body produces excess androgen..
Plus I've been doing a lot of yoga and meditation which help everything!! Here's the foundation I've been doing it with: http://www.ishafoundation.org/
Hope this is helpful!! I'm so grateful to have healed myself naturally so hope to spread the word..
Thank you all for you advice! It is nice to know that there are other women that have been diagnosed with this.
I will look into the books and herbs.
As much as I long to trash my birth control pills, I anticipate if I were to talk to my gynocologist about stopping the pill in favor of a potentially healing raw diet it wouldn't fly. Right now, I am worried that if I were to stop taking the pills without medical superivision my sympotoms would return and could lead to infertility.
Hi there,
I was told i had PCO three years ago when i had not had a period for a whole year. The doctor put me on the pill which i changed 3 times because it made me feel ill in the end i decided to come off it. That was in August and have currently been on the Raw diet for 2 months to improve my health. Luckily enough this week i have had a period which was not induced by the pill. I definetly beleive its down to the raw food diet and the peace of mind it has brought me. Anyway just thought i'd share my story. I hope you choose this way of life because i beleive its better than any prescriptive drug for PCO.
peace and love x
Thank you all for this information...I was not stated as PCOS but do have a cyst on my ovary, cycles are messes up and have a fibroid....such great information and now I know I need to go 100% Raw...just need to slap myself from laziness for making different recipes :)
I had to print some of this info...makes so mych sense being I was on the Pill and they took me off..since then I had a cust appear on ovary and fibroid in uterus...and have a thyroid issue...RAW IT IS !!!!
Thanks everyone :)
I am 23 years old and lost my period about 3 years ago. Ive been in and out of several different doctors and they all just tell me to go on birth control. Ive gotten my thyriod tested and it always comes back normal. The last doctor I saw said my fasting insulin levels were high so I may have PCOS but nothing showed up on my sonagram. Ive been vegan for a few years and eat alot of raw. I was wondering how exactly were you diagnosed with PCOS?? Im desperate to get better and Im running out of things to try! I eat a sufficent amount of healthy fats so I know that cant be the problem..
I stopped having my cycle a 25 it just stopped. I went to several Dr. and they said my ovaries went on vacation?! They told not to worry about it and be glad. I did get my thyroid checked and regulated and I would spot every now and then.
Up until I was 25 I was very regular 28 day. The Dr. also told me to take birth control....except we were trying to get pregnant so they put me on Clomed a fertility drug. I still did not get regulated or pregnant. I let this go for years because no one seemed worried about this at all. Well I started having irregular periods. Very heavy clotting for 3 hours at a time still it took 3 Doctors and another 6 months and a suspicious pap test. I had a D&C I had endometrial cancer stage one. I had a hysterectomy I needed no after care only the the surgery. They also found that my fallopian tubes were filled with fluid. The pathology came back from the hysterectomy and there was no sign of cancer. They had gotten it all with the D & C. They also said I had PCOS. This was the end result of a span of 14 years I really did not push the issue I thought well if we get pregnant great we have time. I am very great full That I am Cancer Free for 10 years. I was always very diligent about my OBGYN appointment every 6 months. I thought I would share with you my story.