[Discussion] can we stop arguing about cycle until somebody posts a number
can we stop arguing about cycle until somebody posts a number. If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete.
Telogen shedding follows a period of significant weight change rather than a specific compound, and it resolves.
Questions about oral contraceptive absorption and gastric emptying are legitimate pharmacology questions with product-specific answers. A pharmacist can answer them properly; a board cannot.
Fertility can change with weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity. That is a well-described phenomenon and worth knowing about in advance rather than discovering.
If two or three other people have done the same thing we might actually learn something. Alone it is an anecdote.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Trial populations for the major programmes were not designed around the questions this board asks most often, which is why the evidence base here is genuinely thinner rather than merely harder to find.
The same dose genuinely feels different at different points in the month for me. Took a year to notice and it was in the log the whole time.
Perimenopausal, or is that a separate question?
ask a clinician about anything involving pregnancy, without exception
Retitled to distinguish a cycle-linked pattern from a dose-linked one.
PCOS and insulin resistance are the thread that runs through this board
symptom patterns can track the cycle rather than the dose
Anything involving pregnancy, contraception efficacy or fertility planning belongs with a clinician. That is not a disclaimer, it is where the answers actually are.