In 2010, the VA finally adjusted its compensation policy for combat veterans suffering from PTSD, but denied justice to tens of thousands of MST survivors by not doing the same for them, said SWAN Executive Director Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain and MST survivor.
At normal levels, estrogen actually helps keep you lean by goosing the production of insulin, a hormone that manages blood sugar. When estrogen gets thrown off, though, it turns you into a weight-gain machine. Here's how: When you eat, your blood sugar rises. Like a bodyguard, insulin lowers it by escorting glucose into three different places in your body.
If your dose is low, your risk of serious side effects is quite small, especially if you take the precautions below and any others your physician recommends. Sometimes your physician will arrange for you to take steroids on alternate days, which can decrease side effects. Weight gain. 2  Steroids affect your metabolism and how your body deposits fat. 3  This can increase your appetite, leading to weight gain, and in particular lead to extra deposits of fat in your abdomen. 4  Self-care tips: Watch your calories and exercise regularly to try to prevent excessive weight gain.