Hey everyone. Well im new to this board and thought id say hi and tell you about myself. I'm Amanda and im 16. I guess we always knew something was wrong..Well not always but since i was about 10-11. I matured pretty fast..when i was 11 i was 5'8 and i had developed breasts when i was about 9-10. I also had all my other devolpements, like i needed to shave and had pubic hair all before i was in middle school. I went to my doctor for a physical when i was 12 and she examed me and said i should've gotten my period by then, since my body was devolping so fast and my bone age then was around 17-18 years instead of my real age. But i didnt get my period until a few months before my 13th birthday. On my first period it was extremely heavy and for the next 3 or so months i got them but they were never a regular..then i stopped getting them but its normal for people to be irregular when they first get them. Around this time i sunk into a bad depression. I went to a pysciatris and they diagnoised me with bipolar and other things. They put me on meds that did nothing for me except gain weight..tho i was never thin i was never as big as i am. within 3 months of taking those meds i gained over 50 lbs. I was constantly changing meds then. I saw my real doctor and she told me it sounded like PMDD and put me on a diff meds and it didnt help a whole lot. i was getting worse ..suicidal, a became a self-injurer , and i was having major mood swings. My mom then noticed whenever i went long without a period it got worse. So i went to see another doctor and she forced one with these hormone treatment pills that i took for a week. My periods we're always painful and i had to stay home from school whenever i had them. The hormone treatment worked and i got my period and had to stay in bed during it. I didnt get any after that and the doctors couldn't figure out wat was wrong with me. MY depression kept going on and i was in and out of behavioral places. One day i happened to be searching online and found PCOS and i read all i could about it. Surprisingly i had all the syptoms. A few months after my 16th birthday i went to another doctor who put me on the pill. I got horrible headaches and i had to stop after the month was finished..and it worked , it still was heavy and painful but i had gotten my first period for 10 months. A few months later i saw a different doctor and told her about myself and was about to start on my findings of pcos (the other doctors weren;t really familar with it so pretty much blew it off) but she mentioned it first. She told me she knew from the minute she looked at me. When i told her my story she told me it confermed her suspicions. She diagnosed me with PCOS and put me on a diff bcp. So far no headaches tho its still heavy and painful but not as near painful as it was. Since i started getting my periods (ive only had 2 in a row so far) i have been alot happier and havent thought about many things i had before. I have recently had an ultra sound and i have a few cysts on the inside of my ovaries and my uterus in slightly enlarged (is that normal i no about the cysts but the uterus?). Thanks for listening.
Amanda
Hey Amanda! Welcometo SC! Looks like you've been up a long road!! I hope everything is easier for you now that you have a diagnosis & have found SC. Read up... This sight & the info you'll see will only help things from now on! I'm so happy you have been diagnosed @ 16. I wish it was sooner, but am so glad the hardest parts over! It took me until I was 23 to figureout what was up & 3 more years to get the diagnosis! I feel so much better NOW that I have in my life!!
I just wanted to welcome you & wish you the best of luck!!
Hi! Welcome to SC's...I was just dx in may 05, I'm 24 and have had it since about 9 or 10...Good Luck you will find such supportive people and informative info on this site. If you have any ?'s Post it we're all here to help.
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Amanda,
Welcome to Soulcysters. I am glad that you were diagnosed early cause I was diagnosed when I was 32 and I know now taht If I was diagnosed early that I would've been able to take better care of myself. What kind of Birth Control pills did your doctor put you on?
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Hi Amanda!
I'm a "newbie" also..I was diagnosed about a week ago but I've suspected that I had it for a couple of months before the actual diagnosis though. At first I was really scared and felt very alone but since my dx I have found that there are alot more of us out there than I expected and this board has been a HUGE help...the cysters on here are much more supportive than my family is..so welcome aboard and things are about to get better for you!!!!!!
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Hey everyone..thanks for your support.. To tomsqtee123 i believe im on Alese...something to that degree...its a pretty low dosage...im going to get tested for insulin resistance soon and shes going to decide if she wants to put me on any other pills..I have to wait till i get a weds off of work to go see her again so i can go see her.
Amanda
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