 PCOS /Taking over ?
Been dating a great girl off/on for a year.Recently,she wants to "take a break" from seeing me.Tells me she doesn't know why and that it very easily could be her "hormones".I've never fully known if she has PCOS but we've talked hours and hours about her change in hormones.With this she has 2 periods a month,extreme depression at times,very moody,extreme pelvic pain,short-tempered,etc.
She is not overweight but she has put on 20 plus ponds in the past year plus and is now around 135-140 pounds.She does have a pouchy ut but does not have the acne,blemishes,a little facial hair i notice on her cheek.She had a very rocky,mentaly abusive marriage and developed almost-lesion like marks on her back.She looks in the mirror alot during her mood swings and sees a totally different person,almost a jeckyl/hyde situation.She has only recently started to draw what she sees to get a better understanding and to better deal with it.Her mom id bi-polar but I don't believe my GF is but she gets very edgy and has zero patience.She has been taking pain killers in moderation like crazy the last few months.
She has been very frustrated over the years as she has been to several Dr.'s but no-one has identified this syndrome.At this point we are not talking as she wants to take a break.I have wanted to take her to the Cleveland clinic but everytime it's mentioned it's a "ho-hum" type of an answer.
I guess my question is can this disease really control/consume her like it seems to be doing?
At this point it is very difficult as I REALLY want to see her live a normal life with or w/o me.If i had to sum up one constant about her symptoms it would be the incessant pelvic pain she encounters and the somberness she exudes on a fairly regular basis.
I really love this girl but it's destroying me as well,especially to see her like this. |