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06-12-2008, 01:11 PM
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I came to know about it only when I was 25. I always had irregular periods and used to bleed a lot. So my doctor put me on birth control but never really explained me anything. Sometimes she would take me out of birth control to see how my periods are but it was always irregular. I stopped using birth control after my marraige. | 
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06-29-2008, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sazzlek  hey, i know this may seem a wierd question, but how old were you all when you were diagnosed PCOS? and do you think you have come to terms with it better with age?
i'm 17 and have an ultrasound scheduled soon and am unsure whether my age is the reason for the large amount of distress along with uncertainty im feeling.
your feedback will help a lot
thank you  | I was 21 when diagnosed and am now about to be 29. Yes, I do think I have come more to terms with it as I have gotten older. I have more experience in dealing with crap doctors and look out for myself more. Before I felt like I was riding someone else's PCOS rollercoaster, but now I've made it my own. I am able to be more aggressive when there is a treatment I don't like.
I do think that your youth plays a part with your uncertainty, but is not the cause of it. Everyone gets scared when faced with something new. I was 27 when first diagnosed with endometriosis and to tell the truth, it scared the poo out of me.
Don't despair and don't lose hope. It is a good thing that you are getting treated so young. Perhaps that will curtail some of the problems that are associated with PCOS.
I wish you all the luck and happiness the universe has to offer!
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06-30-2008, 12:58 AM
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I was just recently dx (27), but I should have been when I was your age. I never had my periods and the doctors just said "oh you'll get it one day" but I knew something was wrong. I hated always feeling like something was wrong with me. Plus as a young adult I had a hard time losing weight and would gain way too easily...now I know why, but I've struggled with that for years. Personally I'm glad I was dx b/c now I can deal with it w/o being freaked out that I'm "off" all the time! HTH
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06-30-2008, 06:27 PM
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I was just dx'd at age 30. I never had a clue anything was wrong until I tried to conceive my 2nd child. I can't figure out if this is something I've always had, or if it is something that just popped up, because I really haven't had any symptoms until recently.
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DS (Justin)-2 (5/20/06)
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hysteroscopy/laparoscopy on 10/07/08: Stage 2 endometriosis, uterine fibroids, scar tissue, & ovarian cyst removed
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07-01-2008, 04:18 AM
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26 but I think I've always had it. | |
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07-11-2008, 04:46 PM
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I was 31 when I was diagnosed, 32 now.. | |
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07-11-2008, 07:48 PM
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I think I can say for sure now that I have it. My blood test have come back in and the testosterone was high. My bones are week and I have many of the symptoms. So I'm diagnosed at 22. | |
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07-12-2008, 06:21 PM
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Finally diagnosed at age 28, had symptoms for years. | |
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07-12-2008, 07:15 PM
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I was diagnosed on Monday... I'm 23 (almost 24.) Looking back, I think I started getting symptoms when I was 17-18... not many at first, but I think that's when it started. Docs put me on depression/anxiety meds. Then when my periods started getting irregular they just put me on BCP. Hated BCP so went off them over a year ago and I'm thinking the BCP just made issues worse b/c the symptoms have gotten significantly worse in the last year. (Didn't think anything of it the whole 2 or so years on BCP.) Now I'm just glad that I finally know what it is and that I wasn't crazy! | |
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07-13-2008, 03:41 PM
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Was diagnosed at 18, but been on BCPs most of the time since (now 31) and haven't really done much about it until now as haven't had many problems/symptoms before. Will be TTC in near future so wanted to sort my cycle out beforehand as AF never came back after stopping Nuvaring in Nov 2007.
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O'd on my own 17 Nov - Currently 2ww
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07-13-2008, 10:48 PM
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29 (still 29) symptoms started showing physically when I was 22
__________________ DX: PCOS Dec 2007 Thin Cyster 5'9 - 148lbs SX: Mild Alopecia, Mild Hirsutism, Mild Acne TX: Dec07-June08 Diane/Estelle35 BCP Stopped BCP After 7mths due to side effects TTC#2 - O'ing Regularly BFNs x 3months NO MEDS - Natural herbs/TCM/Acupuncture Me 30 - Hubby 31 1 Child Age 12
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07-14-2008, 01:16 AM
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I was dx when i was 25 but not sure how long I actually had it. I think I might of had it longer but the dr just never dx me right. But this is the worse but I stay strong. | |
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07-14-2008, 01:44 AM
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Was diagnosed at the age of 17 after my hormones were part of a blow up, started getting signs about 15. I'm 24 now. | |
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07-16-2008, 01:50 AM
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I was dx'd about one week ago at age 25. I should have been dx'd at age 18, but my doctor who thought I had it was  ing dumb and only tested me for insulin and nothing else. But now I have an awesome doctor! | |
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07-16-2008, 03:20 AM
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Points: 169.63 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 169.63 |  I was diagnosed at 28
I started my period at 14, and didn't have another until I was almost 15. That was the way it went. I went 13 mos without a period when I was in high school. My doctors (there were several...) couldn't figure it out. The hirsuitism began slowly, but early on. I ended up in the emergency room with a period that was so painful, that it truly felt like acid inside me. It turns out that a cyst had ruptured-so it may not have been a true period. It was that day, during one of those really invasive ultrasounds, that I got my initial diagnosis. It was confirmed with test later. At that time, I was seventy pounds overweight.
Like everyone, this disorder has dramatically affected my life, as well as my husbands.
I hope that my experiences can be useful to someone here; and I am hoping to learn a lot too.
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