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[ysobelle]

I've already been doing a lot of PCOS research, I should say, cos I pretty much came to this conclusion on my own quite some time ago. And while my first step will be to talk to a nutritionist and a gyn, I'm not entirely averse to giving my system some kind of sharp nudge back on track with some form of chemical impetus-- metformin or low-hormone birth control. I've spent a verrrry long time watching my moods carefully, and am not entirely anti-chemical there, as pretty much everyone knows. Lexapro is my hero. I'd like to look into something like Seasonale. I LIKE not having my period.

I'm actually pretty upbeat: treating this will help with my weight, and quite possibly my sleeping issues-- I hadn't known before that sleep apnea is one of the symptoms.

But then, of course, this gets into all those hidden fertility issues swirling in my head. And that's a whole other thing.

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[myfanawy.livejournal.com]

Agreed with what everyone's said above. The pill I'm on now (Nordette) has levonorgestrel as the progestin--the same as Seasonale & Seasoninque, and I have to say, it SUCKS. My face looks like a mine field--the acne is worse than it ever was when I was a teenager.

I've been stacking my pills since I started taking the pill. I just went to the doc yesterday and got a scrip to go back on Lo/Ovral. That's norgestrel as the progestin, and an eminently more friendly androgen (quite a bit weaker than levonorgestrel.) I can't wait for my face to clear back up.

Basically, you can stack any monophasic pill--it's the ones like Ortho-Tricyclin and the like (triphasic or diphasic pills) that you can't do that with.