dreamer5545

Hi ladies! I was just wondering what to write about,lol. I have soo many things that have been going through my mind lately about having pcos. I dont really understand why I have it. Of course, I know medically why i have pcos but its sort of a feeling of why did it have to happen to me. I was just wondering if any other girls around my age (18) was feeling the same way. How do you deal with all of the symptoms and having pcos. Thanks!

LookingForHope16

Hey!!

I just wanted to respond and let you know that it's not always easy.

I don't know how I deal with the symptoms of PCOS.

the worst thing for me is the cramping and shooting pains that I get. I'm also not on any meds and have to deal with not having a period or anything like one.

I'm sure that other girls have other ways of dealing with theirs. My symptoms just are crazy in the last few months!!

Glad to see you around!!

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Caitriona

Lol, well, i actually don't know how i deal with it either, i'm 18 too... i guess i've just accepted it now, and try and get on with things... the weight is the biggest problem for me at the moment, i'm going to a gynae in december, and hopefully he'll prescribe met, or something to help with the symptoms, but other than that, i just have to cope with it, i don't dwell on my symptoms, i just do what i can to cover them up! its difficult sometimes, obviously, but most of the time, i just try and forget about it... i know this wasn't really much help, but thats all i can say really...
hope it was some sort of help! xxxxxxx

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lisattc

I just wanted to respond to your thread. im 24 and i was diagnosed with pcos 2 years ago after a mc. I have minor sharp pains in the ovary area and lack of af. I do have af now because i take provera. Ive been on it sence i was diagnosed. There are many meds that can help with some of the symptoms but you have to find the right ones for you . Good luck t all of you. lisattc

Kadoatie

Hi I just wanted to say that you aren't alone!
I'm 17 and was dx with PCOS earlier this year. I am still having a hard time dealing with it. There's the whole being overweight thing, and trying to lose weight, AF being completely whacked and then going on BCP, dealing with annoying and uncomfortable side effects of Met and worrying about the future effects of PCOS on my health and my future fertility, because I really want to have children someday. Not to mention regular teenage things to worry about! LOL. For me it's just depressing walking through life dealing with all of these issues because a lot of the time I feel like nobody understands or could relate. I haven't told any friends (not that I have that many, haha) IRL about my PCOS or anything related really, and it's just hard having that to think about when the only things my friends seem to worry about are parties and guys.

Hugs to you PCOS is not the end of the world, but I know it can feel like it. I wish I had a better answer, but really I feel the same way and am struggling with it myself. It sucks. LOL.

Good luck to you, hon!

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Age 17
Dx with Metabolic Syndrome and PCOS 02/06
Rx Metformin, 2500 mg and Yaz bcp

LookingForHope16

I wanted to come back and add a welcome to you girls that have joined here!!

I wanted to also add that something I found was educating the people around me about my PCOS. It kinda lets people know what is going on and at the same time giving you a little hope that you are shedding some of what you deal with onto them. ( Not in the feel sorry for me kinda thing!)

The only real symptoms that I have to deal with are the missing af, very sharp and frequent pains to the ovary area, and the weight. I have most all of the other symptoms, just those are the worst.

Girls, feel free to pm me if you need to!!

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bluberry

blondie132

i was diagnosed last year and ive been to the hospital more times in the past year then i had in probly my whole life, but i look at being diagnosed an answer to the questions for why i am the way that i am. ive had the symptoms of pcos for as long as i can remeber but it does get agravating sometimes. my friends know about it and they keep me in check with my diet(sometimes) and im gonna swim for my school for my exercise and just the diet alone is a hassle for me though because im 15 very involved with my school because i do athletic training and i dont get home till around 8 and on game days i have to have my mom drive my meds up to the school so i can take it, ive actually had people come up to me and ask if i was a druggy because i geuss the saw me takeiin my meds after school. i was like ha no. but anyways ive kinda just excepted that i have pcos theres nothing thats gonna change that and i try not to let it get me down to much even though there are those days.ive just gottten so used to it its in my everyday routine and i dont give it a second thought most of the time.


i hope i was help to you and i always check the message board so feel free to pm me whenever you want!

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Jeanette

Around the time I was 18 (I'm now 21), I remember having this whole PCOS crisis, I think its possibly an age thing and I'm sorry to say it hit me again @ 21! thou I think this was because this year I had a huge upheavel with how my PCOS was being managed that I kinda needed to find a new place in my head about it all.

good luck!

AllureX

i havent actually been diagnosed with pcos, but i share many of the symptoms. like, it makes me self conscious because parts of my skin looks ugly. like it really affects me when i want to be intimate with a guy. that's probably the worst thing for me.

i don't get cramps or anything though. ;x pcos hasnt really affected my life, except for the fact that it's given my pimples, i'm fat, and i have dark skin patches on certain parts of body. but i mean, like, i live life as normally as i can. people dont treat me differently because i dont give them a reason to. i'm on the rowing team at my college. i'm in a sorority. i go to school. i party on the weekends at the fraternity houses. i love shopping. i love eatinggg. i love my friends.

it's really waht you make it. i dont even think about it most of the time. i think the best way of dealing with it, is to just go out and do things we all enjoy. ;D

LookingForHope16

I think that the advice that AllureX gave it awesome ! Maybe that's what I mean is that I don't let if affect me as much. I went to the dr the other day and she should be giving me some meds soon.

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bluberry

starting weight:205(sept)
current waight:184(dec)

im 15 & im 16 in feb..not so sure if i have pcos until monday morning
(its currently friday night.. dec 8)
so anyways,im sure i must have cas i have maybe the worst senario
symptoms of this thing..like the fact that i shave every day,bleed every day cuz of cuts from shaving so much,irritation from shaving so much...the fact that im so tubby and hairy..my ass and stomach and blah blah blah.......... !!!
.... not so very fair huh? ......
anywho, its tuff and i've had thots about suicide..the way i figure, i cant let it GET me...i have to fight it. READ THIS >>So, im gona go on this aloette kit thats better than proactive because it doesn't dry out your skin so much(its like a cleanser,moisterizer,toner set)..and im gona go for laser so i dont have to shave as much(even if it isn't permanent, at least you dont have to shave for a couple weeks)...and im gona start eating like nothing but fruits and drink lots of water to keep me healthy & just wont stop moving(get up to get stuff like the converter,phone etc.laziness doesn't cut it ok!). && When i get to the waight that im comfortable with.. i'll get a belly ring and stuff...
just remember this ok ... "I WONT LET IT TAKE OVER MY LIFE"

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LookingForHope16

That is an awesome way to keep your head up~!!

Just remeber to keep your head up and be awesome!! I hope that your results can get you some meds!

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Dani_gurl07

I believe that everything happens for a reason. As for dealing though, It's really tough. I have to wake up a 5-5:30 every morning so that I have time to shave my face and arms in the morning. I hate it. I hate having a shadow at night and having stubble on my face. my foundation suprisingly covers a lot of the darkness, but still, it's embarassing. My facial skin gets red and irritated and starts to reakout because of sometimes.

I don't know if any of you guys have major ass or stomach hair. I know that people don't see it, but it makes me feel less of a woman, it makes me feel self concious. Everytime I want to go to the beach I have to shave those areas and it's such a pain.

And those dark spots. They make my arms pits , inner thighs, and my neck look dirty, like I don;t wash there but I do. It's all so embarassing.

Sorry about writing a novel guys, I just haven't been able to vent with people my age who are going through the same thing.

bluberry

hunnie.. Dani_gurl07....
dude i deal with that every day but instead i end up waking up just after 7 am and then rushing to shave and do all that stuff before 8 am..
its a hastle i'll tell you that much..
but i'm only 15 and i should sooo not have to deal with this stuff man! i have no faith anymore and end up bawling my eyes out every night..
so listen dani, i dont kno how old you are but i'd like it if you would email me.. i dont know anyone who deals with the crap i deal with..
thanks.
e-mail me as soon as possible k
(stutterfly23@hotmail.com)

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