Hi Obstacles, I'm probably not the best person to give you a response but i do know that any moral support feels like a million bucks when dealing with PCOS. I myself am having alot of trouble dealing w it even after all the years i been diagnosted. But i think i can answer a few questions,n give a few advice. Met sometimes takes a while to actually help your body but also other things like yes loosing weight will make a big improvement.I know it is very hard to shed the weight,i struggled w my weight for years myself.Lost what i needed to loose about 4 years ago,n the only way i found that worked n to keep it off was by exercising everyday,and i did cut my food portions smaller and had healthy snacks in between during my day(witch one meal a day my dear is the worst thing to do,try eating a few more healthy snacks throughout the day). But i did it all gradually as i was having a hard time doing it all at once. It took me a year to loose the weight i wanted n needed to loose but it was worth all the hard work just for the healthy side of it. As for menstrual cycle, i always had my periods way too much n my specialist never really was able to get me to b regular besides when he had me on clomids. The same month i would stop the pills my periods were back at irregular. Yes it is normal for some woman to have hairutism(hair in unwanted areas) N to have hair loss. Always remember that we are basicly all different in what ties us all together. We dont all have the same symptoms so it makes it that much more difficult. As many of the symptoms as you can knock off the better it is (for exemple,weight loss,Mets for regulating insuline absortion...ect.....)I hope i was able to help a bit but in either case keep reading the more info you can get the better it is to understand some of it.All the luck to you. take care |