#Vitex and pcos success story skin#
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This is a problem especially for vegetarians.

It's important that you reduce your glycemic load as explained in The Natural Diet Solution for PCOS and Infertility book. Assuming that is your problem, it may take some time to take effect.Īnother idea, that also helps reduce insulin resistance, is d-pinitol. Metformin is for reducing insulin resistance. The vitex we carry in our online store contains 750 mg per capsule, which would be much more potent. You mention 4 mg of vitex for your PCOS and reported sporadic results.

Is there any other answer I can have to help cure me? Its really unnerving, thank you for reading this very long article. I have 23% body fat which is supposed to be healthy. I'm a vegetarian only eating fish, and I eat beef occasionally, I play soccer at least 4 times a week, I'm 5'3 and weight about 117-124 pounds depending how often I go tot the gym (muscle weight).

#Vitex and pcos success story skin#

I'm getting paranoid about weight gain, especially around my midsection (it seems to be getting bigger) I am a bit hairy, with very oily skin but no acne, thinning hair since I was a child, with highly irregular periods.

I'm just wondering how long till I know the metformin will work, I've been on it for two weeks, and I hear counter arguments that BCP aggravates PCOS or it helps fix it. I'm just so lost and I feel dirty taking so much medication on top of my vitex, multi vitamins, and now met and BCP. My thyroid is fine and all my hormones and blood chemistry are all at a healthy range.Īfter showing these tests to my ob gyne and endocrinologist, they decided to prescribe me metformin (Imp on 1500 mg a day with no side effects fortunately) as well as the BCP yaz, both of which are supposed to balance my hormones. I got an ultra sound and there appeared to be no more cysts in my left ovary but I had about 5 on my right ovary. I was tested for diabetes none, but no other tests for insulin resistance has been tested. My estrogen levels are within the normal range but I was on the low end, and my testosterone was within the normal range too but it was on the high end. I have high cholesterol good and bad, low estrogen and high testosterone.

#Vitex and pcos success story full#

I decided to get an endocrinologist and she had a full blood test taken. I still continue taking vitex but I have now skipped 4 months. My mother decided to put me on Vitex (Chasteberry) 4 mg everyday, In the 1 year I took vitex everyday I only resumed about 6 periods with unpredictable cycles and all very extremely light spotting for about two days only. I have taken those for 6 months, and when I stopped so did my menstruating. Unfortunately the doctors here are not familiar with the condition so I was prescribed BCP to give my endometrium a break and to regulate my period. Well needless to say I reached 18 years of age with very few periods coming at the most unpredictable times I decided to do some research.Īs we all know, I was diagnosed with PCOS I am now 19 years old, and I was diagnosed with it last year through an ultra sound. I was taken to the hospital and the pain eventually went away, and after two years I got my period the next day.Īgain my parents said it was stress and that I should give my body time to adjust, I was only 15 after all. I remember one day, I was literally paralyzed, my abdomen hurt so much and I couldn't move. I believed it was stress and my parents told me I was young and that I should give my body time to adjust with the stress and my development as I grew into a teenager. At first id just have odd cycles, but as I got older and older my cycles got less and less. I have been constantly irregular since I first started Menstruating at the age of 11. This Is hopefully the start of my success story with your feedback.