Lonely, tired frusturaded and no clue what to do about it...
hi everybody...
_I am 20 years old now, I was diagnosed with PCOS 2 month ago.. after i skipped some periods and a good friend of mine .. made me go to the doctor...she diagnosed me already with Pcos but send me to the GYN anyways to do the tests for it...
so i got bloodtests and pap and untrasound done.. and everything was normal...
my doctor put me on yasmin or ocella.. and i have been on it for a month and have now my first period (fake) i donīt like the fact that all my hormones are controlled by pills now.. and that i have to swallow pills every day is not a longtime sulution for me either because my insurance doesnīt cover it so i have to by them every month by myself...
i noticed now that they are helping with my facial hair and acne though.. because this week when i am not on the pill it got horrible ... i have acne on every possible piece of skin and my facial hair started growing like no good..
and i got unusual moodswings so bad that i get frusturated about them... besides the pain in every bone in my body and normal pelvicpain... and than beeing tired all the time and having horflashes...
this has just been a crazy week.. and now i am affraid because in 3 weeks its going to be like this all over again...
and than there is that other thing that makes me sad...
i am 20 years old now and i have never even had a date... there has never been anyone interessted in me at all not even in highschool or now... and that makes me feel soo wrong... and now that i got diagnosed i am not any happier and i donīt understand it... i am a little overweight but not so much that i am totally unatractive (at least that is what my friends say...)
since i really want to have my own family some day .. i wish there would be a guy who loves me anyways.. but with the week that i just had ... its hard for me to stand myself... so i donīt blame anybody for hating me...
i just wish there was a diffrent solution but i guess for now that the best...
i am trying to figure life with PCOS out and i am totally failing it at least that is what it feels like...
i always thought that i have a great personallity but the guys donīt think to see that or they are really that focused on the outside...
i am confussed... alone ... and could scream... but that doesnīt help... i have to find a way to life with that.. but having a really hard time seeing the PCOS as a part of me...
It's not the end of the world! I had my 1st pap when I was 13 and found out when I was 14 I had "cysts" and I also have hypothyroidism... I didn't know I had PCOS until I was like 19... Just because you have this does not mean it is the end of the world...trust me I am married and have been ttc for about 3 years now and although it is heartbreaking as long as you speak with your dr and get a better understanding of whats going on with your body you can help control it! Just keep your chin up I promise everything will be okay!
By the way..I have never missed any periods......weird!
Hey, i just joined this forum 3 days back and i m diagnosed with PCOS 3 days back.
i was not aware of the difficulties that a PCOS woman could face. They also diagnosed hypothyroid. My doctor has put me on pill.
I can understand your situation. i think ayurvedic treatment is a good option.
have you heard of it?. Its the treatment with natural herbs.
3-4 years back, i had these irregular periods, At that time, i took Ayurvedic treatment.
My periods was normal for 3 years after the treatment.
But it started to disturb again last year.
i think i will again go for Ayurvedic therapy again which never induce fake hormones in you.
search for himalaya Diabecon pcos on google. you will get the information
Dont be frustated... Try to concentrate on your professional career, if you are successful in your life, people will look up to you..
thanks... i tell ya my hormones are going crazy on me...
today i am fine again... i think i am trying that but now for the next four month i am going with the pill just to be safe.. and have my period.. and than when i get to germany i have to find a new doctor and i will start over new...
i didnīt really miss any periods either... i just never had it regular, since i started . and my mom didnīt take me to the doctor... and then all of the sudden they stopped coming alltogether.. after a 100 days without having my period i went to the doctor... i know for sure that i wasnīt pregnant... but the nurse didnīt really believe me... the doctor asked me 5 more times if its possible that i am pregnant... and i said that i am still virgin...
than she knew right away that i have PCOS and send me to a GYN
but the thing that i totally hate about it is that even the family that i life with right now ... the mom is a doctor and she knew already that i have that.. and was surprised that i didnīt know... but she is no help she just makes me feel worse about it...
it is just hard at the beginning i am still trying to figure it out and have no idea where to start.. and i 4 month i am leaving the country and have to start all over...
I'm 20 as well... my first cyst burst when I was 15. I know how you feel. I am married, but it's so hard. I cry sometimes because it does seem hopeless. But being here on this site has really helped make me feel better knowing that I'm not alone. Reach out to other people on this site... they are a support.
Did you consider going to planned parenthood. You can get your birth control from them for little or no cost. I understand how costly it can be, even with my insurance it was costing me $33 a pack. Your hormones will eventually level out, it just takes some time or you could not be on the right hormonal lever of BCP.
PS. Don't ever let any doctor push you around. You know when something is not right. You know your body better than anyone else in this world.
alright... i donīt know.. i am paying now a little over 50 every refill... so that is not an option for a lifetime... and the week that you have to go without... didnīt work out at all... i think the dosis is to high or something like that... because .. i went crazy that week... grrr.. it was horrible...and i donīt wanna think about doing that again.. in like 3 weeks... but as i already mentioned.. i am going to do this for the next 4 or 5 month... just to see how that works out... since i am now just diagnosed...i think thats a great start to get my hormones a little more normal... and than after that.. i am going to try something else...
i mean even though i had PCOS since a teenanger i just got diagnosed.. so i have to figure out how to live with it... i mean i got many many pcos days ahead...lol
and soo... still working on chancing my lifestiyle.. and diet and medicin... so it is been rough but i am working on it.. and yes this side helps...
thank you all for replying
oh yeah still single... but right now okay with it... hormones crazy.. than i donīt need more testosteron... lol....
have your Dr.'s done a ogtt test (insulinresistance test) on you as well?
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Originally Posted by usfirefly
thanks... i tell ya my hormones are going crazy on me...
today i am fine again... i think i am trying that but now for the next four month i am going with the pill just to be safe.. and have my period.. and than when i get to germany i have to find a new doctor and i will start over new...
i didnīt really miss any periods either... i just never had it regular, since i started . and my mom didnīt take me to the doctor... and then all of the sudden they stopped coming alltogether.. after a 100 days without having my period i went to the doctor... i know for sure that i wasnīt pregnant... but the nurse didnīt really believe me... the doctor asked me 5 more times if its possible that i am pregnant... and i said that i am still virgin...
than she knew right away that i have PCOS and send me to a GYN
but the thing that i totally hate about it is that even the family that i life with right now ... the mom is a doctor and she knew already that i have that.. and was surprised that i didnīt know... but she is no help she just makes me feel worse about it...
it is just hard at the beginning i am still trying to figure it out and have no idea where to start.. and i 4 month i am leaving the country and have to start all over...
I would ask the doctor for one....I cannot believe they have not done a insulin resistence test on you yet. Definitely needs to be done if you have a diagnosis of PCOs!!!!!
well i got an ultrasound and bloodwork done and i am on the bcp for now... but thats it... as a sideeffect i have low potassium (gives you craps in arms and legs)
so my doctor made me chance my diet to high potassium food... i hope that i get that under control.. really soon.. because constant cramps hurt..
oh well and when i get over that i have to chance to a diffrent diet...
i have no clue if i will ever get that under control... it takes soo long and i donīt have a real good doctor but i am not chancing doctors right now because in 4 month i am gone anyway and have to find a diffrent one!!!!
grrr hate it since i actually got diagnosed my live is like a rollercoaster..
I think you need to change your Dr. Anyone in their right mind would not let you continue on a BCP that gives you low potassium. Don't understand why he does not switch you to another BCP label?!?!?!?
And you STILL need an insulin resistance test!!!!!!!!! 4 months are enough to seek another Dr. but it's up to you if you want to keep dealing with the side effects.
I had a physician before that let me keep taking low-dose prednisone before, which i got horrible side effects from, even though she said that from such a low-dose there could not be any side effects. Well, i've been dealing with muscle problems for a year ever since..........
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Originally Posted by usfirefly
well i got an ultrasound and bloodwork done and i am on the bcp for now... but thats it... as a sideeffect i have low potassium (gives you craps in arms and legs)
so my doctor made me chance my diet to high potassium food... i hope that i get that under control.. really soon.. because constant cramps hurt..
oh well and when i get over that i have to chance to a diffrent diet...
i have no clue if i will ever get that under control... it takes soo long and i donīt have a real good doctor but i am not chancing doctors right now because in 4 month i am gone anyway and have to find a diffrent one!!!!
grrr hate it since i actually got diagnosed my live is like a rollercoaster..
i donīt know i mean my potassium is on the lowest point of normal.. and i have been eating lots of food with potassium in it... as i had that problem with the sideeffects but my GYN didnīt even want to see me for that i went to my normal doctor... and she didnīt adjust my medecin after that she didnīt even want to see me...right now i got it under control with my potassium i eat 3 banannas a day... and i take calcium.. just in case... and that works for now... but is not a longtime option... so i am looking what to do... right now i canīt chance my doctor...
update... i chanced doctors.. and went to a diffrent doctor, she couldnīt understand why i am still on the BCP either and said, that it doesnīt seem to work for me soo well after i told her whats going on... and now i am waiting for my old gyn to send the testresults to the new doctor, and after she looks at the results she is going to have me take a insulinresistance test and put me on metformin instead of the birthcontrolpill... i am on my last pack of BCP for now...
Ok, today was my 2nd apt. with my gyno. Last time i had blood work. Today i got my result. Everythings fine. My testosterone is slightly elevated as well as my cholesterol. I told them that putting me on bc was probably not a good idea because Im bipolar and it send me into a crazy depression. Well they told me that i have to take one. Diane-35,Okay is anyone listening. so i got it. Oh and about my extrem concern about my hair which is everywhere. Nice and black and coarse. I cant do anything about it. My skin is extremly sensitive and ive tried everything. Its painful and it leaves insane razor burn. He told me theres nothing i can do. Oh my weights not to bad. Do you think your overweight,yes i do. then i cry and im really sick of everyone telling me just lose 5 pounds. Im 138 pounds and 5 4. I even did exercising 3 times a week for 2 hrs. 2 and a half months and nothing. I dont know whats going on with what was said. Im not happy. Am i over reacting.
Lonely, tired frusturaded and no clue what to do about it... 
Ive cried and im mad oh and confused 
