Do you have PCOS?

hi im new here. i have pcos,diagnosed about five years ago now. Will i ever be able to have children with this as i really would like them in the future. im on a strict healthy eating diet to get healthy will this improve my chances, also is there anything can help for abnormal hair growth. xx
 
I have just had my blood tests for this too i am dreading the results, i have horrendous hair growth everywhere and it makes me feel so crap about myself - my dr's for ages have said it is normal to have hair, it finished by me breaking down and telling them its not normal at all to have horrendous hair growth. Its nice to see a forum on fellow pcos people. It is such a horrendous condition and i hope i can get to the bottom of it. How much is lazer treatment? that is going to be my next thing i think as i cant keep battling my hairy chin everyday
 
Hi newbie here. I was diag with pcos 17 years ago, have most of the symptoms most of the time - particularly weight / hair / moodswings. Wanted to add I also have 2 children, both concieved after fertility drug combinations and many years but it is possible.
 
this forum is great. i hate having this hair growth. can you get laser treatment on the nhs as its so pricey. at least theres hope to have a baby in the future i would love to be a mum. xx
 
Its been about 3 weeks since my Pcos diagnosis but ive known for about 8 months that being female and possessing a beard wasn't normal :eek:
Ive been given vaniqa cream and if I lose 2 more stone I can change pills. Thats easier said than done :rolleyes:, ive done well this year and im about to go off on my holiday so i'll be getting right back on it when I come back :D
I guess im posting to say 'Hi' really, ive let everything drop since May due to bad depression, some of which can be put down to the amount of excess hair on my face and back, this site helped me loads at the start of the year and I want to get back there :)
 
I have just recently been diagnosed with PCOS, I'm 22 and went to the doctors because I'd never had a natural period and since coming off my pill I hadn't had a period for about a year and a half.
My other symptoms are a bit of excess hair and spots.
Also my hair has gone SO thin - I hate it, that is the thing that bothers me the most :(

I'm still coming to terms with it really and learning about it, epecially the fertility side of things xxx
 
Hi Rach.. sounds like you're doing a good job of learning about it early.. i knew i had it when i was 22, but i didn't really take it seriously... and now i'm 35 and dealling with the consequences.. I guess when i thought about it, thought about the individual symptoms, and treated them like they were some how my fault.. instead of really understanding that although for some people this is a mild condition which doesn't have a big effect.. for others, including myself and many many others, it's a cruel syndrome.. subtle.. so subtle that it's easy to treat it like it's not happening.. good luck for you on your journey with this Vxx
 
Hello Everybody,

I also am a PCOS sufferer. I think I probably had it when I was about 14 as I had very bad acne - my doctor put me on Dianette as he said this would help my acne which it did. I continued to take Dianette up until I was about 22 and I had no problems with my acne or my weight.

I made the decision that I wanted to have a break from my pill subsequently getting really bad stomach cramps, acne on my face, chest and back (it was awful!), i also gained over a period of 4 year about 3 stone. :( It took a long time for the doctors to work out that I have PCOS and I have not had much support from my doctor - I am now back on Dianette. I do not suffer so bad with acne but my weight is very much still a problem.

I am glad I have found somewhere where people are in the same boat.

Nice meeting you all. :)
 
nice to meet you too Claire! We don't have to feel alone with this one.

Also, have you come across Verity yet? They're fab..

Good luck with the weight loss.. I'm finding a combination of metformin and a really helpful bunch of friendly folk at an exercise class is making all the difference right now

x
 
Was anyone else told they were born with PCOS?

I have suffered with abdominal migraines since I started walking and when my doctor diagnosed PCOS he said all of my tummy problems as a child were because I was born with the syndrome. I started to gain weight around 10yrs old and when I started my periods at 12yrs old I would be literally doubled over in pain and unable to move from my bed, I also began getting excruciating headaches and would have to take at least 3 days off school at a time. I'm naturally very dark haired too so any excess hair is really noticeable although I am happy that I don't suffer too much from this.

I was diagnosed with a very severe case of PCOS at 19yrs old. My doctor says my ovaries looks like bunches of grapes, ugh! He was convinced that I would have to take the I.V.F route if I ever wanted to conceive. Also the older I get the harder it would be too. That was the kick up the arse I needed to try and lose weight!!! Luckily for me it didn't come to that, as my doc recommended I try the Cambridge Diet, low and behold 11 weeks later I had lost almost 4stones! My partner and I decided the time was right to start trying for a baby given the circumstances and I conceived naturally within 2 months! I consider myself extremely lucky. My doctor was astonished and amazingly the weight stayed off until I was full term in my pregnancy and then I ballooned! I'm still about 2 stone lighter then I was at my heaviest and my daughter is almost 2, but Im still on my weight loss journey and I'm following Slimming World with good results :)

I'd never even heard of PCOS until I was diagnosed with it. I hate for you all to be experiencing it but I'm glad I'm not alone! x x x
 
I think GP's do not have a great knowledge of PCOS (let me check my GP's guide). I have a hard time at my doctors-I feel that they are not bothered by me and my WOMAN's problems!
 
I know the feeling Claire, I was fobbed off for ages by one doctor and then I changed surgery and had the most fab doctor ever. Got to the bottom of everything with me and couldn't be more supportive. Is there anyway you could change doctor in the same surgery? x
 
xSherrie.Chointellex said:
I know the feeling Claire, I was fobbed off for ages by one doctor and then I changed surgery and had the most fab doctor ever. Got to the bottom of everything with me and couldn't be more supportive. Is there anyway you could change doctor in the same surgery? x
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I have seen all the doctors in my surgery and they basically don't want to know. They just keep giving me a print out off the Internet. When I ask to see a specialist they always ask if I'm wanting to conceive and when I say no they say that there is no need for me to see a specialist. I just don't know what to do. x
 
Don't lose heart Claire! GPs are totally hit and miss about it - I nearly cried when my fab GP left the practice :) This may or may not be of comfort to you but even with the specialists there is only so much they can/will do, particularly if you're not trying to conceive. I'm not trying for a baby and have no plans to in the immediate future so my appointments consist of getting a stern talking to for being fat and them writing a metformin prescription whilst telling me my hormone levels are the same etc etc. There seems to be a general consensus that PCOS is managed until you want to try for a baby and then it's really treated (well, as much as it can be).

Has your GP offered you any help or medication at all (beyond the fabulous printouts and brochures of course :D)?
 
I take Dianette but there has been no other option. I said about Metformin and that was dismissed.

My doctor said to me that weight loss helps and my response was 'Do you think I'm fat!'. I just could help myself. Tee hee!

Maybe I will try another surgery. Thanks for your encouragement. :) x
 
lol nicely done. At my last hospital appointment my specialist roared at me (I said I'd been trying to lose weight but it wasn't working) - 'if I locked you in a room you'd lose weight so stop telling lies' and I started to well up. We parted ways at that point :D.

Metformin doesn't work for everyone (likewise with Dianette). Maybe give it a few months and definitely look into getting a new doctor!
 
I think if you have never lived with PCOS then you don't know how it can make you feel.

These doctors just read about it in books.

Stupid bloody disorder.
 
polly_pepper said:
lol nicely done. At my last hospital appointment my specialist roared at me (I said I'd been trying to lose weight but it wasn't working) - 'if I locked you in a room you'd lose weight so stop telling lies' and I started to well up. We parted ways at that point :D.
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Thats awful!!! Ggrrr gets me so angry sometimes how docs can be so dismissive with their patients especially when all the patient needs is some peace of mind and not a lecture! I was the same when my doctor left, he was the one and only doc who actually listened and talked to me about why I had gained weight and how to lose it. He explained that its still an uncertainty as to wether PCOS causes weight gain or weight gain causes PCOS. He believed it to be half a dozen of one and 6 of the other, but once you do have PCOS the weight is much easier to gain. So all these docs who act as if you have put yourself in this position through being overweight can KISS MY FAT ARSE!!!

Claire have you not thought about maybe just telling your doc that you are trying to conceive just to see if anything if done about it? If all the docs in your surgery aren't helping then maybe its the last resort? They don't have to know that your not, and maybe then they will listen! x
 
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