Life struggles and PCOS

[near ridge]

Hiii, I got diagnosed with PCOS at 16 and it is very debilitating, both physically and mentally. I made this post simply to find out if there are other girls who have this syndrome. It's a complex syndrome as the years go by and you just feel like you don't fit into society, not in a cliché way but in a literal way in which the girls or people we have periods tend to be overlooked (Although it's ironic because we tend not to have them) I hope I can find more of my people and that we don't feel alone 💕

I don't know if it is just me but I feel like i don't fit in my gender with this syndrome I feel that I am becoming more androgynous every day

[burnt wolf]

Not confirmed yet but joining this chat I am currently 16 lol
Ans I understand that struggle

[near ridge]

So have your speciallists talked to you about any treatment yet?

[burnt wolf]

My doc hasn’t said anything about that yet

[near ridge]

Oh, that's alright!

[burnt wolf]

Oki

[near ridge]

I just wanted to warn you

Because I already took the "treatment" even tho you gotta be careful!!

[burnt wolf]

Oki, I’ll keep that in mind! Apparently my appt is in February

[near ridge]

They usually give you birth control pill but with stuff that only regulates how you look, not usually how you feel

So, if they do, think about it

Every person is different

And their body is not the same

Just telling you this to stay safe because i've tried that treatment ad left it luckly

I started to feel very bad, I had too many adverse effects

So pay attention to that if they give you the pills because that's not the way you treat it

Don't let looks fool you! Only because you "look better" with this pills doesn't mean that your organism is better

It was affecting my liver.

[near ridge]

Hey so what symptoms do you got that made you research to get diagnosed?

[burnt wolf]

I gotchu

[burnt wolf]

I didn’t research, I just brought up some things and my doc said that they’d test my hormonal levels and see because it runs in my family

[near ridge]

Ohh, I see, that's great tho. At least you got it running on your familly. In my case is complicated because I'm the only girl on my family and I only have older brothers so I unfortunately noticed because of my old friends I had, always had my periods late and yeah on physical apereance and strenght, like not normal strenght for girl because i had high body mass because of my high testosterone levels

[burnt wolf]

Ah, I see

[near ridge]

Funny tho, there was not too much difference between me and my brothers, and my mom is blonde/ginger so she couldn't know if the hair was normal because she didn't have much LOL

Sadly i'm brunette, i didn't got that privilege

[near ridge]

I mean, one of the worst things about PCOS is getting body shamed by others

[burnt wolf]

Ohhhh ok

[near ridge]

So uh yeah, I wish you the best for your appointments! 💕

[burnt wolf]

I don’t have the steretypical body type for it but she did say that its possible. And Thanks!! ✨

[near ridge]

Ohhh I see, you're one of those cases, that's cool tho

And yeah, she's right, it is possible

And mhm it depends on the cause of PCOS, because there are multiple types you can have that bring you to your diagnosis

For example insulin resistance, thyroid problems

Etc

[simple thistle]

my mom has pcos. I was suspected to have it for a while, but it turned against it for now, thankfully. I'm so sorry you're going through that.

the only thing that managed to help my mom was the THM diet, which is similar to Keto. Basically just cutting out all simple carbs.

ik it's not an ideal solution, but her periods are regular, hormones are pretty evened out, and is fairly healthy now.

I hope you can find smth that works. <3

[near ridge]

Oh, sounds good! I used to have mediterranean diet but now i don't, soon i'll try to manage it better