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Super Hungry but the taste and smell of food makes me sick.

I'm 17 and recently went on birth control pills and one other type of pill to help with my Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). I've been taking them for almost a week because of my irregular periods and excess of testosterone. However, today I've been feeling nauseous. I'm a person who LOVES to eat so to have this happen to me makes me very worried. The taste, the smell, even the thought of food disgusts me. My stomach hurts so bad it's hard to sit still. I am overweight. I'm 5'5" and 250lbs if that helps?
Side note:
I've also read that it could be pregnancy, but I've never had sexual intercourse.  
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1756321 tn?1547095325
Excerpt from Lara Briden - Treatment for 4 Types of PCOS. Treat the Cause1) Insulin-Resistant PCOS...

"This is the classic type of PCOS and by far the most common. High insulin and leptin impede ovulation and stimulate the ovaries to make testosterone. Insulin resistance is caused by sugar, smoking, trans fat, and environmental toxins.

Is this you? You have been told that you are borderline diabetic, or you had an abnormal glucose tolerance test. You probably have elevated insulin, and you may also have elevated LH (luteinizing hormone). You are probably overweight, although you may be normal weight. Normal-weight insulin resistance can occur in the years following dieting or eating disorder.

Treatment ideas: The first step is to quit sugar.  A small amount of fructose is healthy but a large amount is a major contributor to insulin resistance. Please also consider gentle intermittent fasting, which works well to improve insulin sensitivity. Best supplements for insulin resistance are magnesium, lipoic acid, inositol, and berberine. The Pill is not a treatment for this type (or any type) of PCOS because it impairs insulin sensitivity. Improvement for Type 1 PCOS  is slow and gradual over 6-9 months. Please see my Insulin Resistance post."
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363281 tn?1643235611
Hello~When a lady is first starting the "pill" she will often have symptoms very similar to that of being pregnant, it can take a few months for the body to regulate itself as the birth-control pill is changing an already changing hormonal balance in your body, they are synthetic, which makes it harder for the body to get use to them. I would have recommended bio-identical progesterone cream, this will help the same issues but would have none of the side-effects, sadly, most doctors don't realize this and won't prescribe them.

At 17, your body is already going through a lot of changes hormonally, so, try to relax as much as possible and not let the symptoms bother or scare you, they should pass, if not, then tell your doctor and ask about the natural progesterone, in fact, it can be purchased at any, reputable health food store, lots of ladies use it along with the "pill" to help counteract the symptoms and prevent any serious issues from taking it from happening.
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