Hello everyone. I'm new to this board. I was 'diagnosed' w/ PCOS (without cysts) a few years ago... given metformin... and sent on my way. The pills made me feel sick, but they regulated my period. for one reason or another, i stopped taking them. probably b/c i struggle with depression and other disorders, and feel like i take an entire pharmacy every morning. plus, all of my doctors dismissed pcos as a nothing. well, i had been doing pretty well for the last year or two. my periods were bad, but they were regular... so i dealt with the cramps and moodiness. well, my last period was right around valentines day. so i've been working with my NEW doctor, giving blood for tests, keeping track of things, etc. They called me today and said my testosterone is high, and that is common w/ pcos. so she is putting me on yet another pill... its called aldactone? well, its the generic for that. anyway, she said it should help lower the testosterone and make me feel better. for months i have felt almost non human... i'm so moody, my body just feels wrong, i dont have periods like i used to, etc. has anyone else had success with this med? will it help me lose weight? i dont feel like i eat that terribly, but i have been 'morbidly obese' for several years now. all doctors dismiss pretty much anything that is wrong w/ me to being overweight, and tell me 'if you lose weight you'll feel better'... but i feel like i cant do it. its not that i dont want to, my mind and body have just put up this block that diets dont work anyway, so why try and torture myself. (sorry, i'm rambling) i guess i'm just throwing a pity party b/c no one can help me, and i soooo wish that i could just wave a magic wand and feel good. i've felt physically "good" very little in my 26 years. which leads to mental instability, b/c i'm just tired. but is it my fault? why did i get chosen to suffer with this? i know it will make me stronger and maybe i can help others (but not when i'm in this mood... ) but i'm so tired. i just want to be like other girls my age.... not be on 7+ Rx's at any given moment.... things like that. i know others have health problems at this age, but i feel like that many drugs is a little unusual. i'm adopted, so i know no family history... and i feel very alone right now. people pretend to understand, but no one does. so i guess i'm just looking for a little support and friendship. Thanks for listening.
Welcome to SC Everyone here is very friendly and be sure to read this page: The Newbie Road Map, it may help you. PCOS and it symptoms is NOT your fault, its an unfortunate thing that many women have to deal with. I guess my advice to you is, don't let it define who you are or control you, only YOU can define and control who you are Alot of cysters have had success on Metformin, perhaps you could look into that? I use to think the same thing as you about diets, they did not work for me and it was hard to lose the weight but I persisted and researched and found lots of info to help me, eventually I lost all the weight The girls on the Diet and Exercise forum are really big helps, I'd recommend you check it out there and read some of the stickys! I guess my advice to you for everything is research, research and research, so you are more knowledgeable about PCOS, it's treatments and ways to help you become healthy! If you have any questions feel free to ask us here, some cysters give really good advice! I hope I have helped you in some way! Good luck!
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Hey Casey!
I am new to this site but I wanted to tell you, it is not your fault. And I am in the same position as you. I was told at 16 that I had PCOS and given birth control and sent on my way. I am now 22 and just now realizing that I could have helped my PCOS by losing weight. I have been 'morbidly obese' since I was a young teenager. I am on Metformin now and having trouble sticking to my diet. We can try together. Baby steps. All we need are baby steps to get started, this site is a step. I hope I have helped you. Let me know how you are doing.
Hello caseylane, I can not say that I know of about any medications but I do know how you are feeling right now. Tomorrow I go and see a new doctor for the first time and I am hoping and praying that I can get some answers and find out what to do in order to have a baby. My problem is that I am still unfamiliar with PCOS, I was just diagnosed last month. The past 2-3 weeks have been total hell for me, my moods have been all over the place. Im so sick of my unwanted hair, being over weight, which by some chance I have lost 20 pounds but I keep going back up and down two or three pounds. So don't feel like you are alone b/c none of us are. I have to keep reminding myself that too. Keep your head up things will get better.
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Welcome to the club. What you describe is something that all of us Soul Cysters have said at some point in our lives. PCOS is not fun to deal with, but we must try and do the best we can in order to push away the depression that is so common for us. Just this morning I was telling a non-PCOS friend of mine that PCOS is like a secret club: we share our ups, downs, success and failures, but only we who are in the club understand.
You will frequenly deal with doctors that don't understand. You will frequently feel like giving up. But Casey, you can't. You just can't. You need to educate yourself about PCOS, so that you are able to talk confidently to doctors and so that you know as much about your body as you can. I won't pretend it's an easy road to travel down - and I still have MANY bad days - but we still have to try. Just take a look at this board; many women are having great success in their health and fitness goals, and you can as well.
It may be a bigger fight for PCOSers, but we CAN do it!
Is it my fault? 
I'm new to this board. I was 'diagnosed' w/ PCOS (without cysts) a few years ago... given metformin... and sent on my way. The pills made me feel sick, but they regulated my period. for one reason or another, i stopped taking them. probably b/c i struggle with depression and other disorders, and feel like i take an entire pharmacy every morning. plus, all of my doctors dismissed pcos as a nothing. well, i had been doing pretty well for the last year or two. my periods were bad, but they were regular... so i dealt with the cramps and moodiness. well, my last period was right around valentines day. so i've been working with my NEW doctor, giving blood for tests, keeping track of things, etc. They called me today and said my testosterone is high, and that is common w/ pcos. so she is putting me on yet another pill... its called aldactone? well, its the generic for that. anyway, she said it should help lower the testosterone and make me feel better. for months i have felt almost non human... i'm so moody, my body just feels wrong, i dont have periods like i used to, etc. has anyone else had success with this med? will it help me lose weight? i dont feel like i eat that terribly, but i have been 'morbidly obese' for several years now. all doctors dismiss pretty much anything that is wrong w/ me to being overweight, and tell me 'if you lose weight you'll feel better'... but i feel like i cant do it. its not that i dont want to, my mind and body have just put up this block that diets dont work anyway, so why try and torture myself. (sorry, i'm rambling) 
