HCG and PCOS

[joanna770]

Hello
I need to know if someone suffer with PCOS and It's doing the protocol.Thanks
Joanna

[joanna770]

Nobody with PCOS

[akelly]

Hi Joanna,

I read somewhere that someone who had that did the protocol and her symptoms were improved by it. I have no idea where I read that or if it is true, but just thought I would throw it out there. I've often wondered if I might actually have that as I've had some of the symptoms, but I don't have health insurance and I think doctors are stupid anyway...so I guess I don't know.

[galleryimages]

I also suffer with PCOS. I have been trying to research PCOS & HCG. I have been blessed with children and I have had my tubes tied. However, I still suffer from all the symptoms of PCOS. Including, obesity, hair growth, ect. I am anxious to try the hcg protocol. Please keep me posted of any new discoveries you make. I will do the same.

[joanna770]

Look what I find out


"Dear Dr. Daniel Belluscio,

I am currently taking the hCG shots for obesity. I have a condition called PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome).

As a result, it is very hard for me to loose weight, and I have excess hair growth from the level of testosterone. I have tried methods such as metphormine.

With that I got very sick. I have tried everything short of starving myself to loose the weight, but with no success.

The hCG shots not only have helped my weight issue, but my PCOS symptoms as well. I have lost weight and the excess hair growth has become very slow. My energy level from loosing the weight is tremendous. All which was noticed just within the first week! Which in turn gives someone like me very much hope of being "normal".

My doctor that helps control the PCOS has also been following my success as well and is amazed at the effects the shot has had. He was the one who recommended that I give this a try. I was very weary at first, but seeing the results encouraged me.

I would strongly recommend someone to the shots who is with the same condition. Even if they don't have poly cystic ovary syndrome and are just overweight. The effects of obesity are way more dangerous then the effects of this shot, if there is any. And believe me, I have done my research!

Thousands and thousands of people die of obesity. Now there is a method of helping them which is as natural as you can possibly get. Let's face the facts, obesity is an extremely fast growing killer.....

So, thank you for the research that you do. It reassures me as well as the population who do take the shots. Jennifer -North Carolina"

[lstires]

I have just recently heard of and began researching the hcg injections for weight loss.  I came across the same posting that joanna770 posted a copy of yesterday.  I suffer with PCOS, obesity, messed up menstration, excessive hair growth, and PMS.  I was fortunate enough to get pregnant once and that was after years of fertility treatments.  I have been researching online for more information about how hcg effects PCOS and would appreciate it if anyone finds anything further if they could post it here so that I can look at it.  I will do the same.  Along with wanting desperately to lose the 50 pounds I've accumulated due to the PCOS, I would LOVE to have help with the hair growth issue. I took Metformin which is supposed to help alot but it made me incredibly sick and wasn't able to continue the treatment.  I am also having a rough time finding any information on side effects of the hcg injections.  I've read through most of the boards on here about hcg and it seems like the majority of them are talking about where to go to get them etc.  There is a clinic where I live that gives them so that's not an issue for me but I want to know all I can about it before I jump in.  I am one of the unlucky ones that took the Phentermine way back when and it created some heart issue (minor) and also thyroid disease in me so I won't go the pill route.  Thanks in advance for any info anyone might have...

[jessie28]

I just started the hCG program - day 8 - and I've lost 10 pounds! I have PCOS, my symptoms are cysts, weight gain, insulin resistance, and increased testosterone (mainly acne and smelly armpits). Probably infertility and interrupted cycles as well, but I'm on birth control pills so it's hard to tell. I had been at the same weight for 4 years no matter what I do. I did lose 10 pounds at one point by giving up gluten and consequently found out I have a gluten resistance that was making my body hold on to some weight. I've been taking metformin for years which initially helped out a little, but now just holds my weight steady. (if metformin makes you sick, try getting the kind that has no smell or smells vaguely like vanilla, RiteAid sells it. the stinky kind always made me lose my lunch) I don't know if my testosterone levels have lowered since I started the hCG, but my face isn't oily and my armpits don't stink. And I stopped taking the metformin two days ago and my energy level actually increased. I'll keep you posted as I go, my end date is Jan. 11, so the real test will be after that.

[pcoshcg]

Please post your results.. I too have PCOS and trying HCG orally. ON day 5 and have lost 5lbs.

Only time I ever lost weight was on WW and that was only 14lbs.

Need to lose 30-35lbs. Wish me luck.

[jessie28]

I lost a total of 40 pounds between the hcg injections for 45 days (28 pounds) and a detox diet of no sugar or grains for 6 weeks (12 pounds). In theory I should have lost more with the hCG, but my stress levels kept interfereing. But, my testosterone levels and blood sugar are all normal now. :) I haven't taken metformin or anything else (except birth control and thyroid meds) since the first few days of the hCG. My skin's a little greasy, but nothing noticable. And I feel a lot better. :)

I stopped taking the birth control a little over a month ago and haven't ovulated. I also have gained 12 pounds of water weight (ugh) in the last three weeks that isn't shedding because it normally sheds when I get my period which isn't happening yet. So, the struggle goes on.

However, I would recommend the hCG as it helped me lose the weight and evened out my blood levels.

~Jessie