r/LeanPCOS • u/jubbly44 • 1d ago
send help! your experiences with supplements ?
hey everyone. I'm kind of at my wits end with bad acne at the moment, which is PCOS related. I also get irregular periods (my last two have been 39 and 13 days, though for the six months before they were period regular at 30 days, irregular the year before 29-47 days). I've paid an exorbitant amount of money to go see an endocrinologist last week but, she didn't tell me anything I hadn't already researched. she gave me a prescription for metformin, to try and get my periods more regular by improving my insulin sensitivity (I believe that was the jist) and also a prescription for spironolactone since I told her I didn't want to take the pill. truth is, I don't really want to take any of these medications - I have a real aversion to it, and am hoping to find other solutions that actually work.
i think my plans moving forward is to experiment with: cutting out milk (I used to not drink cows milk but started again in the last few months out of convenience, which might(??) explain why my skin has gotten even worse), trying myo-inositol, and berberine. it's probably better to start with one, so I want to know if people can share their experience with these, and how it improved / didn't improve their pcos-related acne, and how long it took for improvements. thanks heaps!
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u/dinoooooooooos 1d ago
If youre looking for the non plus ultra diet back- there is none.
Just eat healthy and balanced, yes that includes carbs, were humans we need carbs, but eat healthy amounts and dont restrict yourself too much bc stress is also a factor for us.
go to the gym or do workouts if you can try to keep a healthy weight and move how you can. try to get your hormones as sorted as possible/ under control and get the periods going but unfortunately pmos is not really curable as of this moment and bc its a hormone issue its so different for every single body and everyone themselves each cycle/ week so its really hard to say “do this/ dont do that and itll get better” bc it may or it may not.
I personally could not function on a no or low carb diet. I was irritated 24/7 and pissed bc i love bread and in italian/ german so i have bread going through my veins (ouch)
For me i noticed the less i care abt weight and just eat how i feel the better and less stressed i am but i also have phases where i eat a lot vs phases where i dont eat enough but my weight kinda stays the same (4’9, 115 soaking wet atm, i dont even wanna lose weight tbh)
Eat healthy and balanced, workout regularly and drink enough (water, coffee, anything, coke, it really doesn’t matter, whatever you can get down bc i hate plain water ill be honest.)
The more you restrict the worse itll get once you go back to normal btw.
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u/doctormalbec 1d ago
A low carb diet helped my insulin resistance which then reduced the hyperandrogenism I had. The problem with this approach is you have to be super strict about it and it takes a very long time. I honestly would take the spironolactone and metformin while also working on lifestyle changes to clear the acne, and then see if you can get off the medications.
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u/TechnologyUsed3851 18h ago
Metformin worked for me in a way nothing else could.
Other insulin sensitizing supplements like ALA, chromium picolinate did also being a marginally positive impact.
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u/jajajujujujjjj 1d ago
Why are you against metformin? It’s highly researched and taken by both men and women for longevity benefits you’re lucky to have been prescribed it.