mellyhead

Hello ladies! First - what an awesome forum to stumble across! This place is great!

Secondly, how many symptoms did you exhibit before your doctor decided to test for PCOS? Is there a minimum?

Thanks!
Melissa

irisa

Hi, Welcome to SC!
First time i went to the dr i had excessive weight gain and no periods, so they told me to lose weight and i would go back to normal. But that dr was clueless, anyway it kept me from going to doctors for a while. Then in 2005 i went to a new ob/gyn and she's the one that said " I think you have PCOS", i show a lot of the symptoms. She then referred me to an endicinologist. I had noticed all the symptoms but never took them too seriously do i'm glad my obgyn noticed and pushed me to get a diagnosis.
I think since not all women with PCOS show the exact symptoms, any indication of possible PCOS should be addressed.
Here is a must read article for newbies, it details PCOS in an easy way to understand HTH!

Making Pcos Less Confusing

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sara_kh

Hello and welcome here.
My gyn never took me seriously. She was always try that med for 6 months just so that I stay away from her for that particular time. I went to endo on my own by reading posts here where most of the cysters preferred it. He too says I dont have it and has put me on Yasmin for 6 months and now started Met along with it.

ShyChicagoGirl

I mentioned that I thought I had the symptoms of PCOS to my primary care, and he said to talk to my ob/gyn. I mentioned it to her since I was undergoing fertility treatments through her and she kinda ignored it.

Then finally I got referred to a RE/Fertility clinic and when I went in for an U/S and the nurse took one look at my u/s and said...it looks like you have PCOS. So the next day when I had my consult with the doc, I mentioned it and he kinda rolled his eyes (like he must hear that a lot or something). Then he pulled out my u/s from the day before and looked over my file and said..yep you have PCOS.

I am not starting on Met 500 and working up to 1500 daily. It was nice to finally have someone validate my my feelings on everything I was experiencing.

I think you just need to keep talking and keep pushing until someone listens.

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Eva37

welcome to sc from what i understand every girls pcos is different, hope you get dx soon.
eva

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