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I am originally Canadian but am living for a while in the UK

I suspect I have PCOS and have done VERY extensive research about it.

My GP just will not order the proper tests! SHE WONT and neither will other doctors in my practice. I know I can change practices but i don't know if it would be any better

What they did

test TOTAL T, LH ratio, an unidentified liver thing, and I think that is all.

I had a pelvis ultrasound (normal).

They tell me I do not have it but they never tested to see if I am ovulating. For this reason it is impossible to rule out PCOS along the Rotterdam criteria.

Tellling them things like that (and showing that you know anything) seems to piss them off and they don't take you seriously.

Here are my specs:

23
normal weight
hirsutism
acne
normal periods.
normal ovaries.

my total T was 66! They said that was normal but anyone knows that it is not. the ranges set by the labs are way to high!

They say I have 'hyperandrogenism' but WHY that might be they do not venture to explain. nor to they explain how i could have that with a purportedly 'normal' t level.



following Dr. Redmond, who has seen thousands of PCOS patients, I figured CALL it what you will, you still need to treat what the patient has.
I went back to Canada and managed to get a spiro prescription for a few months. It is really frustrating that they won't give me one here and I am gonna have to ask them to monitor my electrolytes whether they prescribed the drug or not. Whether or not they approve doesn't F**ing matter to me. if they care about health they will do what is needed.

I am just so frustrated by GP's who don't know SHI* about PCOS.

AtALL not even the basics. Being the gate keepers, they are prohibiing me from getting treatment I might need

I am so frustrated, hairy, alone, and pimply.