hi everyone
i have been a passive reader of this site for some time now but decided to join when i came across this thread today. I am o Indian origin and 31 years of age and had PCOS since start of puberty. I never thought I would hav etrouble conceiving till last year when DH & I started trying. I have tried taking clomid (went all the way up to 150mg) but no luck. Will start my round with 200mg in my next cycle.
My last visit to the gynec was depressing since that's when she said that I need to see an endocrinologist and get Hysterosalpingogram (x-ray with the dye) done. My DH is in India and I felt very lonely and depressed but am glad to find a group of supportes here.
Anjali - you asked about Nioxin for hair loss and I have been using it for many years and it helps for sure. You can even get it in Costco, so I do recommend it to anyone who's facing hair loss or thinning
I'm Chinese-Canadian. It's kinda weird dealing with PCOS as a Chinese woman because in Chinese culture, the women are known for having hairless skin and a full head of hair. I am the opposite, however! So sometimes I just feel really unattractive and unfeminine. It really sucks.
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Dx'd Oct 2008 & started alternative medicine route after stopping bc pill in June.
Current regimen:
ADHS Dietary Supplement
Testo Quench (w/ Saw Palmetto)
Spearmint tea - 2-3 cups/day
Cinnamon in unsweetened soy milk
No grains, dairy, alcohol, sugar & salt
30 min. cardio & strength training every other day
Yoga once a week
1 week in: acne clearing up, chronic dandruff GONE!, and ovulated for the first time in I don't remember.
Hello, ladies. I'm Chinese American, 31 yrs old, diagnosed with PCOS in September. I'm still getting used to the negative changes my body and appearance has been experiencing. Still waiting for my medication to kick in. In the meanwhile, I'm just not feeling that great, emotionally and physically.
P.S. Christie_Anne, I enjoyed reading your post. did you cut out rice from your diet too?
I'm Indian...Gujarati to be exact.....would love to chat to other Indian ladies out there.
I'm a mother of 2 kids...7 and 4....conceived after taking clomid and metformin.
Taking metformin 1000mg, pre-diabetic and desperately trying to lose some weight....slight Hirsutism...
Hi! I'm chinese-american, 21 yo. and I feel your pain too. I am living proof that big women are beautiful too. This is something I need to tell myself every so often. I don't really have excessive hair growth but I am about 100 pounds over weight and about 5'8" and I've felt like a titan in tiny town my entire life. haha. I am also pre-diabetic and taking metformin, have severe allergies: taking allergy medication, 3 injections biweekly, nasal spray, eczema, psoriasis, food and environmental allergies too. Increasingly bad asthma... too much to list. It sucks big time. ='[
The doctor has me on a liquid diet but I have been extremely bad with it recently... eeps. though it has worked wonders. I lost about 20 pounds in 2 weeks... then I stopped being good. haha. Though I'm heavy and it doesn't really show. that what REALLY sucks.
Anywho, I feel you on the unattractive note, but in the end what's most important is to know that you are beautiful. It doesn't really matter what everyone else looks like. I know my body needs a lot of help, and I'm willing to accept that now, but that doesn't mean I'm not beautiful.
Nice to know there are so many Indians here too. I'm an Indian also. Living in Kuwait. I was diognosed with PCOS in Dec. 2002. That was when I got checked for irregular periods thinking I was pregnant and found out I wasn't. Actually I had symptoms from long before but never got checked. I got married in 2002 and my periods got really wacky and hence decided to get checked out. Anyway at that time I wasn't very keen on having children and so I was prescribed birth control pills for six months. As soon as I stopped taking those my periods would get bad agan. Well after six months I and my husband decided to have children. Where did we know we'd have to go through so much for that.
Well as a summary I would just say we went through extensive treatments of Clomid, many different Injectibles, IUI's etc. in a three year span but none of them worked. It was all so depressing and I used to cry with every cycle when I would get my period. It would delay one day and I would build up hopes and all would be crashed again. Unfortunately we had to go through so many testings every month. I got treated here and also got checked up in India. I took two hormone injections in a day in some cycles and it would just be so painful - emotionally and physically. Finally our doctor said that the last option left was IVF and there was actually no guarantee that it would also work. All this time I read the internet for more and more info and finally I decided that if I'd go for IVF I would do it in India so me and my husband decided to take a break from everything for a few months and then we'd go to India for further treatment. So I stopped all meds except metformin. I lost all hope but started praying really seriously.... In the meantime I forced my doctor to do an HSG (hysterosalpingogram) just to check my tubes (which he should have done in the initial stage itself). Well that cycle I got my period on time and the next cycle it didn't come again... I thought its the same old playing games with me so I didn't bother to check. Then I got really sick with bronchitis and doctors had to give me an injectible med which cannot be taken if you're preg. they asked me and I said no I'm not sure but I don't think I'm preg. They checked and it was negative and I took the injection. One week later I felt my period had delayed a lot so I tested with a home pregnancy test and to my surprise I saw the very first positive of my life. I was literaly jumping with joy and then I confirmed with a blood test. Indeed I was pregnant. This is how I got my baby girl Shaafia whom you can see in the slide show. She's almost 2 and a half years old now and I want to start thinking of number two but I'm so scared that I might have to go through all those painful days. But anyway its all worth it in the end.
Well the reason I'm telling you all this is because I just want to say that there is hope for everyone. If it can happen to me it can happen to anybody. Just don't loose hope.
Sorry for the long story.... Hope you all won't mind.
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It would be nice to keep in touch with people off this board because when we go through the self doubt and sadness phase the other person knows exactly how we're feeling so it would be a lot of mutual support.
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I am Indian too, south Indian to be more specific. I'm 21, and I was just diagnosed with PCOS about a month ago. It's been a little hard on me since this sort of thing is very hush hush in the Indian community. It is so relieving to see how many other Indians are on this site!
I totally agree about the hush hush thing Archana. But luckily I was diagnosed after marriage or else maybe my MIL would have refused for our marriage.
Warrior princess, I'm here if you would like to talk or for support.
This thread is very slow. Where are all the Asians?
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hey I'm arab... thats sorta asian... like, near east instead of far east right? anyway. so I thought that "all arabs are hairy" so I figured my hirsutism was like, a side effect of not being caucasian.. guess not eh? now I look at all my cousins and think they have PCOS. :/ YEA Hush hush thing is so true too. I was married before I was diagnosed so the ML wasn't a problem yet lol... I went through a year of constant fertility treatments. every month a different cycle of meds. clomid, injectables, injectables + IUI, then a failed IVF and then finally a successful one. My son was worth all the explaining I tried to do to my in laws, even though they couldn't really understand. They are hoping I get pregnant now without going to the Dr. (Not gonna happen). anyway. Much love to my asians and psuedo-asians.
vietnamese. the hirutism and acne are horrible on my pale-ish skin (i'm from oregon, sunlight is rare and rain is often) and girls getting away without shaving their legs for a couple weeks in the wintertime isn't that big of a deal with their blonde peach fuzz hair. if i go two days without shaving the black hair is totally noticable.
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good morning everyone!
i am indo-canadian and was diagnosed with having PCOS in November 2008. At that point i had never heard of this disorder, so i started doing some research.
My questions are: is it possible to have a regular 28 day cycle and still have PCOS? to not have weight problems and still have it? and to not experience hirutism?
good luck to you all!
Gujarati Mom here.... 
