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Relation of Thyroid, PCOS and Pre-Diabetes?
Has anyone noticed any relation of symptoms between thyroid diseases, PCOS and pre-diabetes? Has anyone out there been diagnosed with more than one of these conditions?
I'm curious. I'm waiting for my appointment with my new endocrinologist in May and when researching the symptoms I keep running across the same "diseases" and a possible medication to treat 2 of them. When I approached my gyno about PCOS, she referrenced me to speak with the endo as that is all part of the endo system. She also mentioned you can not have classic symptoms but still have PCOS and vice versa. Have classic symptoms but normal blood work.
Just curious of everyone else's experience.
I'm curious. I'm waiting for my appointment with my new endocrinologist in May and when researching the symptoms I keep running across the same "diseases" and a possible medication to treat 2 of them. When I approached my gyno about PCOS, she referrenced me to speak with the endo as that is all part of the endo system. She also mentioned you can not have classic symptoms but still have PCOS and vice versa. Have classic symptoms but normal blood work.
Just curious of everyone else's experience.
Thanks for the response! For me, I think it's been the other way around. For years they tested my thyroid. It was always normal. Now am on thyroid meds due to enlargement and nodules but I'm beginning to wonder if I don't PCOS too.
I've been diagnosed with thyroid (both Hashimoto's and Graves disease) and PCOS. Basically, I was diagnosed with PCOS first and my most my symptoms (including the weight gain) were said to be "due to the PCOS". My parents had been asking about my thyroid since before the PCOS diagnosis, but, of course, me only being 16 at the time, the doctors kept saying "it's the PCOS, she's too young for something wrong with her thyroid!!" It was about 12 months later the doctors finally did a thyroid test and I was diagnosed with thyroid issues.
I have an appointment with my endo on may 6th to specifically discuss the combination of thyroid and PCOS. My gyno originally had me on birth control for the PCOS, but, then I had to discontinue that a few months ago after a blood clot (oestrogen isn't good for women with a history of clots).
Good luck!!
I have an appointment with my endo on may 6th to specifically discuss the combination of thyroid and PCOS. My gyno originally had me on birth control for the PCOS, but, then I had to discontinue that a few months ago after a blood clot (oestrogen isn't good for women with a history of clots).
Good luck!!
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The thyroid issues have been an incidential finding; I was diagnosed with Hashimoto and was put on L-Thyroxin 50µ. That was 10 years ago; I weighted 50kg, had a small thyroid and no PCOS. I constantly put on weight, about two or three kgs in a year. The doc related it to the antibodies destroying my thyroid and causing hypothyrosis which slowed my metabolism down and raised hormone dose every half year. Five years ago, the ob/gyn suggested the depo shot for birth control due to health problems caused by estrogen in the pill. I was on L-Thyroxin 125µ, weighted 60kg and had not PCOS. From that point, I constantly gained about five kgs a year. Endocrinologist and ob/gyn related it to hypothyrosis. One year ago, the endocrinologist found out my thyroid almost disappeared; I have about 0.5 ml thyroid tissue on each side, so she put me on L-Thyroxin 200µ. With 83 kgs, I was officially diagnosed to be obese, so the doc recommended diagnostic issues on obesity risk. I was diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance and insuline resistance. I recently got off the depo shot for ttc. Routine ultrasound at at the ob/gyn revealed PCOS which the doc related to the combination of obesity with the depo shot.
I wish you all the best for your appointment with the endocrinologist.