FLJill

OK so I am 99% sure I have PCOS .. waiting on a dr to tell me but I know in my heart I am....

so my weight (or abundance of)

Is it : I have PCOS because I am over weight???? OR
am I over weight because I have PCOS???

I know its a chicken or the egg type ? but anyone who can help me clear this in my head would be great!

etuc

I had pcos when I was thin and now I am fat.
Some cysters symptoms seem to lessen when they lose weight.

KatCarney

Most theories are that PCOS is genetic.

In many cases, excess weight is due to lifestyle more than anything else.

PCOS can certainly increase the impact of bad diet/exercise habits, and PCOS symptoms can be made worse by excess weight, but at this point, it wouldn't be accurate to say that PCOS alone causes weight gain or that weight gain alone causes pcos.

According to most stats 50% of women with pcos are thin.

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