Dealing with PCOS! - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Message Board

angelina7988 · 02-21-2009, 09:51 PM

I was diagnoised with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome when i was 17 years old, i have been in and out of the doctors since then back in 2005 of Decemeber. I know there are people out there with worst, but as i gett older this disease is affecting my life. at 19 me and my fiancee started to try fro a baby it took a year and nothing when we gave up i beacme pregnant but didnt know until i misscarried. i didnt report it and just let it happened at home with my now ex fiancee, I can say this experince changed my life in so many ways. i wasnt that far long though, my step mom who an nusre talked me through it as i experine this journey.

My body couldnt handle that miracle but in my eye I believe God sent us a message saying i Can have children just not right now. which was a true thing because financially i couldnt. dealing with the PCOS my hormones are not always normal. My modd swings are worse. My depression has turned into a habit that i cant get out of i am on two antidepressants. My Pcos affects me from working all i want to do is have a good paying job. I am curently taking this semster off from college because my stress levels and my Pcos keps affecting me . I cry about 75% of my day recently, i maek deicsions based on my emotions more than my heart and i seem to keep confusing myself mreo than anything. I had 4 surgeries since then. The pain i deal with my ovaries also affects me. the pain get worse to where i cant walk to even lay down the doctor says recently i things look fine but when i read online that cyst may not be there there could just be pain. scartissue can be an issue. When i had my surgery t 17 my appendix was attaching to my right oavry creating its owns blood vessels how that is posible i dont know i have adamaged right fallopian tube but they dd reconstruct it. I am curretnly on Metiforminand birth control but i fel like thats not helping. I am premenopuasal and have been since i was 17. I jsut want to know other girls expereinces.

I deal with hair growth, Depression/anxiety, Infertility, Painfull periods/irregular and more. I also am on ******* where i have some supporters.

estria · 02-22-2009, 03:32 PM

Hi Angelina,

I am sorry to hear about all of the trouble you are going through. Why don't you do some reading on your condition in order to better understand what your body is experiencing ?

For example, being premenopausal simply means before menopause .. did you perhaps mean perimenopausal ? Premenopausal women are all women from the age of their first period until menopause at around the age of 50 when your periods stop forever. Perimenopausal women are women who are approaching menopause and usually this condition is present anywhere from 5 to 10 years before menopause (ie. from about age 40 or so). You are too young for perimenopause, unless you have had your ovaries removed and are going through surgical menopause. If you are premenopausal, this means that you are normal.

PCOS should not rule your life so try not to let it take hold of you. You can still have a normal and wonderful life with children. My cousin has PCOS and she had two beautiful children. You need to watch out for certain risks such as diabetes, high blood pressure and a few others that go with this condition but this should not ruin your life. As for hair growth, I fully understand. I myself am hirsute (I have hairgrowth on my face and more hair than normal on the rest of my body). If facial hair is a bother, get some electrolysis done. This is what I did when I was in my teens and my facial hair only returned ever so slightly over these many years (I am 42 years of age).

Don't despair and don't think about children just yet. Work on yourself and your career and you will have plenty of time to raise a family once you are settled and happy in what you want to do in life.

Best of luck to you.

Best,

Estria

angelina7988 · 02-22-2009, 06:14 PM

thank You for responding to my sotry i am thankful to know! ou are right! and i ahve been trying my hardest, i started dieting a month ago and ive lost 9 lbs. 15 more to go i think thats a start. for children my sister has pcos too she had 2 beautful children she had a hystrorectomy at 22 thats what scares me most. if i am goin to end up like her!

chocolate29 · 02-22-2009, 08:31 PM

Wow, you poor lady.

Seriously look into the herb vitex. I had pcos about 10 yrs ago. That was when I was overweight and not really healthy.
After some time I lost a lot of weight and really started getting into eating right and taking vitamins.
After so so long I found this herb vitex that I started taking because even after having lost a lot of weight my periods still were not regular. It took a few months at least to get back to normal.
I don't take it anymore now and haven't for a couple of years. I'm in shape now and eat good and get exercise and am very normal thankfully.
Of course, I don't know if you are taking medicines or anything, but as with any herbs you think about taking it's a very good idea to look into whether it would be safe for you to take.
I never went to a doctor or anything. I just followed how I was feeling and went along with what I felt was right.
I wish you the best!

estria · 02-23-2009, 08:44 AM

Chocolate29 makes an excellent point. A healthy diet and exercise will definitely minimize your symptoms. Vitamins are also a good idea. I take a minimum one a day vitamin tablet plus 1000 mg of vitamin C everyday. I try to limit carbs as much as possible, although I don't cut them out altogether (just eat less of them).

Congratulations on having lost some weight. I hope you are doing it healthfully and not by starving yourself. Starving yourself will make things worse as your body will take a defensive response and slow down your metabolism. Just eat three well balanced meals (a bit of protein, a bit of starch and LOTS of veggies ... fruit for dessert and a glass of water to wash it all down) and a healthy snack if you need it (like some fruit and a handful of almonds which are full of calcium, iron and magnesium .. something we women need). Add a wonderfully refreshing walk everyday (try to do it at the same time everyday so that you are less likely to miss days) and you will become fit, healthy and happy.

All the best to you !

Estria