I am new to soulcysters, so hello!! I am trying to figure out how everything work, lol. So Anyways,
I was diagnosed the beginning of this month with PCOS. It was wierd, I wasn't expecting that when the doctor told me there was something wrong. When I left the dr.'s office, I sat in my car for an hour just bawling my eyes out.
I was on birth control from the time I was 15, which was about a year or so after I had started my period. I never knew there was a "problem" because I was ALWAYS on birth control. When my husband left for Iraq Dec. 05' I got off birth control to give my body a break. I got one period after stopping my BC and then I never got another one. I was getting worried--so in October I went to the Dr.'s, had blood work done and this is what I found out. I had PCOS. Over the last year, (while I was off BC && I still had no Idea I had PCOS) I had gained ALOT of weight **almost 20 lbs.**, I was very irritable, very mean and grumpy, eating CONSTANTLY, and depressed. I thought it was just because my husband was in Iraq. I mean the stuff fit perfectly with him being gone, you know? OHH AND THE HORRIBLE ACNE I NEVER EVER HAD!!!!!
Well, now I am back on BC for almost 1 month--- Im still VERY depressed, Im still eating constantly and this weight gain bothers me so much! I WANT to go excercise, I want to loose my weight, I want to go back to who I was---but I am so depressed that I can't get off the couch (and thats a good day) most of the time I cant even get out of bed. ** i moved to fayetteville, nc** about a month ago, b/c my husband wil be home in 2 weeks. I want a job, maybe that would motivate me & get me up outta bed, but no one has called to offer me a job yet, even after what seems like i filled out millions of applictaions.
Has anyone had this problem? Am I wrong? Helpppp me please!!!
your not alone. many of us soul cysters have or had bouts with depression. and your symptoms sound like pcos symptoms, and then on top of that the emotional eating. now im not a doctor but i can be an emotional eater if the time calls for it. usuallyl stress eating.
about 2 years ago i went on bcps...was on them for about 5 years and decided to stop because of circumstances i dont wanna get into. anyway i wasnt getting periods, every 6 ofr 7 months though. thought nothing of it, was to busy to deal with it. well then 1 year after goin off of them my body started getting wacky, in 2 months i gained 30 lbs. well ok i worked out and ate lots of chicken and salads and healthy stuff and lost it in 2 months. good u know. then 6 months later im in the hospital for severe pains in my pelvic region...nothing dx....2 months later in the ER again..nothing ....1 month later again.. nothing. so i go to a bunch of doctors and get told all kinds of things. then suddenly i gained 30 lbs in 1 month again. so i start working out and dieting, it wouldnt come off. to this day i cant get it off....finally i was dx pcos and got really depressed. to the point i didnt wanna get outta bed. i was a fat cow and had to stop modeling. i was a mess. and this continued and continued in vicious cycles. so i just dealt with being chubby and worked around it. still worked out and dieted for fear of gaining more weight. well then i start getting more and more and more symptoms of things. and boom more and more problems. fast foward to this past october where i gained another 14 lbs in 1 week no question...with diet and exercise..weird. ive been battling bad breakouts here and there, but when my pcos first kicked in it was bad. and iven ever had acne, ive always been told omg what do u use for your skin its perfect. now im here and having surgery for all my stuff in 6 days...
i got alittle carried away there, but thats pretty much my story. a rollarcoaster ride. welcome to soul cysters, evalute your symptoms, make a list and post it, so far it sounds like pcos. but yea depression does that to you, makes u miserable ect, u just gotta snap out of it. talk to a doctor get put on meds for it. they help big time. yhou have to remember now your horomones are running amock. and exercising start small, take a walk. ive been so depressed it hurts lately, but to make sure i make myself take a walk. im home on disability for my surgery and im just so depressed being in the house. get outta the house, sit on the porch, take a walk,something, start slow...we are here if u need us!! pm me at anytime girly!!! hang in there we will help you through!! weve all been there!!
Weight Gain && Depression 
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