harleybw
06-17-2010, 10:33 AM
Hey everyone,
I am very concerned with the potential damages to my body and hormones that birth control can cause. I think I started having symptoms of PCOS around age 15. I had an increase in body hair, no one else believed me but it drove me crazy, I got my stomach waxed and even got a couple laser hair removal treatments. I also shaved my arms for awhile. I always had really really bad acne. I attributed these to puberty and genetics. Then when I was 16 I developed anorexia. I lost a lot of weight, my hair thinned out a TON and my boobs shrunk a lot. Since then I've basically recovered, I'm back up to almost the weight I was in high school. However, my hair still seemed to be thinning and my boobs seemed to get smaller even though I've been trying to gain weight. My body hair has gotten much worse as I've been gaining weight. I am still underweight I've just been trying to get to my "goal weight" which is where i was in high school and is still deemed "under weight."
I always knew there was a connection for me to gaining weight and feeling less feminine, which I think is why it took me 5-6 years to really truly give up my eating disorder.
Now that I have, my acne got worse, my body hair increased and ended up in even stranger places, my boobs seemed to get smaller, my hair continued to thin. Well my doctor said I have mild PCOS and now I'm on birth control. My hair is thicker and shinier than it's been since age 15. My boobs have gotten much bigger! The body hair appears to be growing thinner and less, but I'm also getting electrolysis so who knows. But can birth control actually mess up my hormones more? I keep reading that birth control pills can cause PCOS symptoms in women. Well can birth control pills make symptoms worse for women who already have PCOS symptoms? Is it terrible to just stay on birth control pills your whole life except for when you're wanting to get pregnant? My doctor said there's no harm in that, my eating disorder could not have induced any PCOS, and that the birth control can not make symptoms worse when I come off they will just go back to where they were before. Is this true?
Wow sorry I can be quite long winded! Thanks for any response!! I feel like I've been posting a lot the last few days, I just found out and I'm really nervous about everything. It's been a HUGE emotional stress on my life for some time now, and as of two days ago I finally have an answer. Now I just want to learn more.
I am very concerned with the potential damages to my body and hormones that birth control can cause. I think I started having symptoms of PCOS around age 15. I had an increase in body hair, no one else believed me but it drove me crazy, I got my stomach waxed and even got a couple laser hair removal treatments. I also shaved my arms for awhile. I always had really really bad acne. I attributed these to puberty and genetics. Then when I was 16 I developed anorexia. I lost a lot of weight, my hair thinned out a TON and my boobs shrunk a lot. Since then I've basically recovered, I'm back up to almost the weight I was in high school. However, my hair still seemed to be thinning and my boobs seemed to get smaller even though I've been trying to gain weight. My body hair has gotten much worse as I've been gaining weight. I am still underweight I've just been trying to get to my "goal weight" which is where i was in high school and is still deemed "under weight."
I always knew there was a connection for me to gaining weight and feeling less feminine, which I think is why it took me 5-6 years to really truly give up my eating disorder.
Now that I have, my acne got worse, my body hair increased and ended up in even stranger places, my boobs seemed to get smaller, my hair continued to thin. Well my doctor said I have mild PCOS and now I'm on birth control. My hair is thicker and shinier than it's been since age 15. My boobs have gotten much bigger! The body hair appears to be growing thinner and less, but I'm also getting electrolysis so who knows. But can birth control actually mess up my hormones more? I keep reading that birth control pills can cause PCOS symptoms in women. Well can birth control pills make symptoms worse for women who already have PCOS symptoms? Is it terrible to just stay on birth control pills your whole life except for when you're wanting to get pregnant? My doctor said there's no harm in that, my eating disorder could not have induced any PCOS, and that the birth control can not make symptoms worse when I come off they will just go back to where they were before. Is this true?
Wow sorry I can be quite long winded! Thanks for any response!! I feel like I've been posting a lot the last few days, I just found out and I'm really nervous about everything. It's been a HUGE emotional stress on my life for some time now, and as of two days ago I finally have an answer. Now I just want to learn more.