I'm Allie i'm 19. I found out that I had PCOS when I was 17. I knew something has always been wrong with me since I was a 11-12. I was the girl who was healthy but overwieght. I ate right,excersied, and everything inbetween but nothing helped i even tried diets because i was tired of the endless mean words from guys and some girls. I was also the only girl who had excessive hair on her face and body. Also I was the only girl in my grade with no period. And that happened for years. We ended up moving when i was 14 and things got worse because i sorta grew into a depression that I hid from the world. My mom is one of those moms that doesn't want to see anything wrong with her children and trys to push it aside unless it's bad. Well when we went to see a normal doctor about the no period he said it was hormones and i haven't grown into myself this was at 16, well at this time i was a happier in life. Then in december we went to Illinois for chistmas and my dads sister told my mom that she needed to take me to a gynecologist. So when we got back to home my mom held it off for a bit till about november. Finally she took me and I went through a crap load of blood tests, questions and ultra sounds. Finally one day i was riding the bus home form school and I got a phone call my gynecologist calling to inform me that I had PCOS and should come in and talk with her. So two days later i was in and she was telling that i had the highest rate of testosterone she's ever seen and that I need to be birth control for my hormones and that should help with my period. And yes that did. My period last from late november to middle febuary of next year. It was non-stop and heavy. I was tired of it and i stopped taking the birth control. Now i don't know where to go for here. And Also I didn't know so many others had PCOS.. It's good to know i'm not alone
I'm new to the forum, but my story is kind of close to yours. I'm 25 now, but I got diagnosed when I was 18.
My mother was the same way...and there was nothing wrong with HER daughter. I didn't have a good Dr. either, so I was told that I was worrying for nothing and the first gyny I went to was horrifying and painful. This was when I was 15 or so...I would have about one period a year. I was never overweight, but when I had a period it was like a dam bursting with clots the size of my hand (of course this is normal and I was just looking for attention though). I moved out at 18 and went to a new gyny because of severe pains and after talking with me did a whole load of tests and called me with the verdict. I was put on birth control because she was worried about cancer, but while it balanced out my periods...it made me gain a lot of weight and gave me chronic yeast infections. I stopped after a few months of that.
Right or wrong, I've been handling it on my own since then. A lot of herbal medicines is where I'm at. Chasteberry and Black Cohosh is good for bad cycles, Saw Palmetto and Licorice is good for testosterone suppressants. Red Raspberry leaf tea is good for PMS...and there's a whole lot more. But it's hard...at least for me. I have a very good friend of mine who has symptoms much heavier than mine, and I know the herbal stuff helps her too. But I'm still learning about all of it.
Well I don't even have a period anymore. I never really did till they put me on birthcontrol, and now that i'm off the birthcontrol I don't even have any cycles.
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Dx PCOS 1/09
Dx BL Diabetes 2/09
BCP, Met 500mg 1xdaily
Starting TTC #1 in Jan 2010
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Well I don't even have a period anymore. I never really did till they put me on birthcontrol, and now that i'm off the birthcontrol I don't even have any cycles.
If you're up for herbal meds, I would really recommend trying out Chaseberry. It won't be immediate like BC was, but it really does help you have a cycle again. There's lots of natural alternatives to birth control to keep you as healthy as you can be.
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My Story is similar to yours I was 17 when I was dx but my gyn never did an Ultrasound or anything so i didn't know what was going on with me so i went to my local health dept and they but me on ortho tri cyclen and the nurse there told me that was the best for PCOS..I have no insurance to go to the doc so I'm in this alone until then. but i know how you feel.
My story... I guess 
