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Ines · 12-18-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JA

How did you find out that you had PCOS? When you found out, did your doctor put you on Metformin right away? The only thing I'm on is birth control...femcon. I've got really bad acne on on my jawbone line only.

I found out I had PCOS in August 2005. I had gone to a dermatologist in June 2005 (because of my cystic acne, which I had suffered from since 1998). I had managed to remain thin until 2002 (I quit smoking at the end of 2001, and started gaining weight in 2002, which I thought was merely quitting-smoking weight gain), but had been plagued by acne since 1998. So after several years of the acne not going away, I went to a derm in 2005! The dermatologist asked me about my weight gain, which I said was recent (well, since 2002). She asked me about my periods, and I said they had always been irregular. She suggested I ask my gynaecologist about PCOS.

So, in August, I had all the blood work done to rule out other problems. The gynaecologist concluded I had PCOS. My symptoms are irregular periods (twice, I have gone nearly a whole year without a period), weight gain, and acne. My doctor put me on BCP.

Then recently (last month), a new gynaecologist discovered I have ovarian cysts. So now my symptoms include those. And the new doctor put me on Metformin. So I've been taking that only for a few days now. I came off BCP nearly 2 months ago because I want to get pregnant soon.