 New and driving myself mad
Hello! I'm 21, new here and was diagnosed about five months ago.
PCOS kind of terrifies me. I don't know when it started, but I suspect around the age of thirteen (difficult to pin-piont as 13-15 was a particularly turbulent time in my life), but maybe earlier.
My symptoms:
- acne
- unwanted body hair (though not facial, thank god)
- insulin resistance
- inability to control moods, appetites, libido
- skin discolouration (limited to my thighs)
There are probably more but I have been too scared to find out much about PCOS, so I'm quite ignorant about a lot of things. I'm just going along with what the doctor prescribed me (Yasmin and Metformin) which seems to be in line with the few things I have managed to read. I'm hoping here I will be able to find out some new ways of coping and start to live a fulfilled, normal life.
I'm not trying for a baby (my life isn't where I want it to be before I become a mother), but have been broody for about three years now. I can't bear to think that I might not be able to have children. PCOS is my only reason for suspecting that I might not be able to, there haven't been any near-misses or anything like that.
I don't know how much to share here, how much is overshare or whatever, or if I should be posting certain things in particular places. I'm sure I'll learn!
That's me for now.
Cherry xx | 
