tiredandsick
06-20-2006, 12:36 AM
Hi all,
:confused: I was diagnosed with a lifetime of PCOS today. The symptoms range back to childhood with emotional symtoms such as depression, confused thinking and memory issues, then late menarche and then chronic anovulation. I am now suffering depression, anxiety, severe PMS, painful and irregular periods. Today, the gyno found cysts on the ovaries. The thing is, I am super fertile. I have gotten pregnant easily both times we tried. The pregnancies were hard and I was very sick...even developed HELLP syndrome for the first one(we were both fine in the in thank goodness).
I had actually thought that my symptoms were a result of low progesterone, not an excess of testosterone.
Does any of this make sense to someone out there? Is it possible for me to have PCOS? I can have ovarian cysts without being PCOS. I don't want to be misdiagnosed and then mismedicated.
I am really new to the idea of hormone balance and acceptable levels and so on. So all info in welcome.
Thanks for any input.
Shannon
:confused: I was diagnosed with a lifetime of PCOS today. The symptoms range back to childhood with emotional symtoms such as depression, confused thinking and memory issues, then late menarche and then chronic anovulation. I am now suffering depression, anxiety, severe PMS, painful and irregular periods. Today, the gyno found cysts on the ovaries. The thing is, I am super fertile. I have gotten pregnant easily both times we tried. The pregnancies were hard and I was very sick...even developed HELLP syndrome for the first one(we were both fine in the in thank goodness).
I had actually thought that my symptoms were a result of low progesterone, not an excess of testosterone.
Does any of this make sense to someone out there? Is it possible for me to have PCOS? I can have ovarian cysts without being PCOS. I don't want to be misdiagnosed and then mismedicated.
I am really new to the idea of hormone balance and acceptable levels and so on. So all info in welcome.
Thanks for any input.
Shannon
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fallen_angel
06-20-2006, 10:37 AM
hi there,
im no expert on this but i do think i have PCOS myself as i have some of the symptoms and ive had problems conceiving (tests last year showed i wasnt ovulating).
ive done a lot of research into PCOS and although it can cause complications with getting pregnant, it wont necessarily make it hard for everyone. i know some people personally who have PCOS and have conceived easily.
as far as i know it is also possible to have cysts on the ovaries without having PCOS, but like i say im no expert.
if you are worried about being misdiagnosed demand further investigations until you are happy with the answers you're getting.
good luck
im no expert on this but i do think i have PCOS myself as i have some of the symptoms and ive had problems conceiving (tests last year showed i wasnt ovulating).
ive done a lot of research into PCOS and although it can cause complications with getting pregnant, it wont necessarily make it hard for everyone. i know some people personally who have PCOS and have conceived easily.
as far as i know it is also possible to have cysts on the ovaries without having PCOS, but like i say im no expert.
if you are worried about being misdiagnosed demand further investigations until you are happy with the answers you're getting.
good luck