PCOS Message Board - View Single Post - Hormone Troubles in Teens Can Lead to Infertility Fears

CantonKMK23 · 04-30-2009, 07:52 PM

Thanks so much for this post! I was diagnosed when I was 17 years old. The day I heard the words Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome was the day my life completely turned upside down. It was the summer after my junior year, I was going to be a senior and go off to college and start my life as an adult. That December my grandmother died and I was extremely close to her. Soon after that my boyfriend of 2 years broke up with me and I became so depressed. I started having anxiety attacks and was just really sick for a long time.

After I got to college however things started getting better. I was put on birth control pills the summer after my senior year because be and my mom were still trying to consider all of our options for treatment. All I could think about was that I was probably never going to have kids someday. Being young and vulnerable to emotional pain at the time all I could think of was the bad side of things. I met my current boyfriend in October of my first semester at college. Kyle made my like 100% better. We plan on getting married and having kids someday. He took the news so well when I told him. He was way more optimistic about having children than I was. So girls even tho I am still a teen I wanna give you some advice. PCOS is not the end of the world for you. I hope you all find the one for you someday and he is as understanding about you wanting children as Kyle is with me. God Bless all of you.