[PCOS] my androgens moved before my weight did
my androgens moved before my weight did. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. Started logging the cycle in the same sheet as the dose. Three months later the pattern was obvious and it had been invisible before. The same dose genuinely feels different at different points in the month…
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.
Have you asked a pharmacist about the absorption question specifically?
Cosigning on fertility changing with weight loss. It catches people who were not expecting it at all.
Anything involving pregnancy, contraception efficacy or fertility planning belongs with a clinician. That is not a disclaimer, it is where the answers actually are.
nothing on this board is a substitute for someone who knows your history
Small fix — insulin resistance is a feature commonly seen in PCOS, not a synonym for it.
Push back: PCOS as a diagnosis and insulin resistance as a finding are not interchangeable, and the thread is using them as one.
Push back: PCOS as a diagnosis and insulin resistance as a finding are not interchangeable, and the thread is using them as one.
viktor_laurent is right that a diagnosis and a finding are different things here.