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Old 05-01-2008, 04:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi ladies! I have been thinking about this for a while and I wanted to know what you think about it: How does PCOs effect your everyday life??

I know that alot of the cysters in here are either in high school or college and live very busy lives. I am a college student as well. I was just wondering how many of the cysters in here think that having PCOS has a huge impact on their everyday lives, what they do, who they associate themselves with, who they date, who they let come into their lives!

I personally am alot more comfortable with letting people know that I have PCOS. When first diagnosed in May of 2006, i thought that having PCOS was the end of the world and that i would be this big loser forever and no one would want to be around me. My whole life was focused on PCOS. Now, i see it as something that I have but it isnt the only part of me. There are soo many things that I have done that I never thought I could. I chose to not let PCOS effect who I am, my dreams and my relationships with others!

Let me know how you feel!
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Old 05-01-2008, 05:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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besides my wieght problems and not having periods at all- never have had one-it dosent effect me. .
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Old 05-03-2008, 12:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It really depends on the symptoms you have.
PCOS has caused me to gain a lot of weight and have to take care of unwanted hair. It makes me really embarassed.
Im in college, so when I go out I tend to try to wear baggy clothes to hide my tummy and pull my hair down to my chin to hide anything I didnt get. Im so paranoid.
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Old 05-03-2008, 12:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The weight is probably the hardest thing to deal with for me. I'm tired of wearing baggy clothes or boys clothes. I'm not large enough to wear most women's plus size clothes, but not small enough to wear traditional women's sizes. It's so hard to find clothes. I hate looking frumpy all the time.

It has also taken its toll at school (I'm struggling to finish college) and work. The Met still makes me sick all the time. Mornings are the worst. It's hard to get your day started when you have super fun bouts of diarrhea and ralphing.

Onward we trudge!
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Old 05-09-2008, 12:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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For me it depends on my pain each day. I lost weight but want to lose more my weight keeps changing all the time. I haven't bled since I was 16 so I think that my symptoms are more annoying then anything else. Sometimes when I feel bad I stay home and don't want to do much.
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I tend to run low on energy and get tired really easily. I guess also the weight issue. I'm not that big but I try to lose weight and it's SO hard. Meanwhile, my friends can go on diets and lose a good amount of weight. So that's a struggle..
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Old 06-16-2008, 11:14 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Being overweight is definately an issue and so is the unwanted hair. It mostly comes down to how you percieve yourself. Uptil a year back I was constatantly bothered by everything about my appearance, but acceptance sets in eventually. You have to move past these things.
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I'm in college also and I was diagnosed only a few months after you (Sept. 2006). When I was first diagnosed and had to start taking all the new medications I really felt like PCOS controlled my life. It was pretty bad to be throwing up in an on campus bathroom right before my class started! It happened though...among other unfortunate things. However, since my body has adjusted to the Metformin and I have gotten so use to taking all my meds I never really think about it anymore. My symptoms have improved overall and so its not constantly on my mind.
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Old 06-21-2008, 04:30 AM   #9 (permalink)
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As far as a dialy battle I'd say
#1- weight.
#2- acne
#3- Dandruff ( I recently found this is a symptom!)

Those are prob the most bothersome that effect me daily. But i've found daily exersize helped the acne A LOT. The only other thing that effects me pretty regularly is the lack-o-period. I always feel weird when my friends are complaining about theirs because I don't get one without taking my BC and I'd wish they'd appriciate their fertility!
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The weight is the number one thing I have a problem with. I had been on birth control most of 2007 (because of my boyfriend) and when I stopped in January (I just wanted a break from it - it made me sick) I gained about 10 pounds in 3 months. It's absolutely devastating for me because I'm very active and now none of my clothes fit anymore. It's extremely disappointing to know that I'm not the size I was last year, and that it seems like no matter how hard I work, the weight doesn't budge. Hopefully this next round of BCP will help me get rid of it!
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Old 07-20-2008, 11:08 PM   #11 (permalink)
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being over weight effects my every day life all the time it makes me so depressed
the fact i have no periods and my mood change like the wind which the doc says is to do with the hormone imbalance caused by pcos and i get so depressed when i think of pcos as it reminds me that i might never have a baby
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it effects my everyday life because i have to work really hard to stay in shape and i have to be extremely conscious about what I eat (and drink)...it's a mental and physical strain
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i have always been overweight, and apart from the odd day here and there i have an extremly positive opinion of my looks,infact its usually a bad hair day or a spot that upsets me the most lol. when i was at school it was hard and haveing people comment on my weight was the worst but looking back it just makes me laugh, because i just think how sad those people were to have an opinion, wtf did it matter to them?
but i love the way i look, i dress to suit my size and never avoid colour.
the extra hair is a pain and it used to rule my life, i never went out on a friday night cause i de-haired that morning and my face was just to tender to do it again that night, i would hardly stay at friends because i was to scared someone would notice. i constantly wore make up and hated people showing up at my place without notice (needed notice to de-hair), but now days i guess i've just gotten over being obsessive about it. i still get rid of my hair but it doesnt rule my life anymore.
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It's awful; I get my period waaay too heavy, and waaay too frequent. (Opposed to just not getting it.) I miss many days of school, and none of the meds I've been on so far have helped.

The worst part about PCOS is that it's impossible to buy clothes that fit right. I'm chunky (like, 15-20 pounds over-weight) but, like, not in my chest area. It's really annoying, since when you buy a large shirt, most stores (like Abercrombie, or American Eagle) just assume you have a big chest, and it's the same as a small, with a lower cut-line.

Anyone else have clothing issues?
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Old 08-08-2008, 04:06 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I always have to watch what I'm eating. I can't go out for icecream without first making sure that they have sugar-free things available. I have to exercise, where most people pick and choose to exercise when they feel like it. I am overweight, which effects the way people see me.
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