I was diagnosed with PCOS yesterday at the age of 25. I only wish that doctors in my past would have listened to me and done tests 5 or 6 years ago when I initially began having problems...
I went at least 6 months or so without a period and within that time I was gaining weight. I didn't know why. I just assumed it was depression or something that was causing the weight gain, which was a result for the missed periods. When I told an old doctor of mine, she immediately put me on BCP, but never addressed anything else. I just assumed that I would take them and the rest would fix itself. I also noticed that my once clear skin began to break out a lot more that normal. I didn't pay any attention to it. Finally, last week I went to my gyno for my yearly check up, and I told her that my husband and I walk to get pregnant soon, so I stopped taking my BCP about 5 or 6 months ago, and I only had 2 periods since then. She ordered blood work and an ultrasound, where I was then diagnosed with PCOS.
It really makes me sooooo mad that my old doctor didn't look deeper into this cause. If she would have, perhaps I would have lost weight then. I now weight about 220 lbs, and that really sucks. I am just so mad because by them not looking deeper into this 5 years ago, it could have really hurt my health more than it already did!
They did see cysts on the ultrasound and she did blood work. I read about Cushing's Disease and I don't see anything about cysts. Should this be something I should still talk to my dr. about?
They did see cysts on the ultrasound and she did blood work. I read about Cushing's Disease and I don't see anything about cysts. Should this be something I should still talk to my dr. about?
You don't need to have cysts to have pcos...
See here, regarding FIRST excluding other things before settling on a pcos diagnosis: PCOS: Get a Diagnosis
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My first doctor did something similar. He tested me in 2004 bur I didn't know I was positive for PCOS until last year. The office never called me to tell me I had PCOS so after my bloodwork came back and I never heard from them, I thought I was fine. He had started me on BCP so I started to feel better but it was once I was off them trying to conceive that my symptoms came back full force. I was so sick so I called their office and they said that yes, I had PCOS. Pissed me off royally.
Word of advice, find a good doctor who will listen to you! I did and we will be talking about my options on the 27th of this month. I wasted a lot of precious time on inept doctor who just put a bandaid on the problem but didn't give me any long-term help.
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