I have pcos and so many frustration with it!! I have had acne for 12 years. (Luckily I got real good with makeup but you can still see it a little) I get a tab bit of facial hair which drives me NUTS!!!!!! (Nair is my best friend literally every other day) and the weight that ALL Goes to my belly which can pile on faster than anyone I know. Ugh. (this i cant fix. I lost 60lbs and gained it ALL back.)

Luckily I have thick hair, and regular periods but still have problems getting pregnant. I pretty sure I might not always ovulate ;0;

Any advice on dealing with certain pcos things? Or if you just wanna vent with me that is cool too! n-n

I know I cant be the only one cries

I was literally diagnosed with PCOS this past Friday. I have irregular periods, but what made me concerned is when my last period was in late October and I didn't get my next one until earlier this month. I started seeing the doctor last month and he recommended me to a specialist when all my tests came back normal. The specialist gave me a diagnosis.

Also, I totally feel you on the other symptoms. I don't get acne too bad, just an occasional couple every now and then. But I do get the little bits of facial hair and have been gaining weight and having a difficult time losing any.

Personally, I'm not ready to get pregnant just yet. I'm engaged and getting married September of next year, but I could even see us waiting another couple years after that. However, my doctor said that I may need help getting pregnant when I want to and she said I could take some medicine to help balance everything out and with the ovulation process. Have you considered that? I'm assuming it's some sort of fertility medicine.

Since I just found out I have PCOS, I'm still new to it and what all it entails. I'm sorry that you have to go through it too :/

According to my doctor, I do not have PCOS. However, he's still unsure because even if everything came back with normal results, I tend to have a lot of acne during certain periods, i have A LOT of dark facial hair even if I'm blonde, I gain weight for no reason and I hardly get a chance to lose any (even with training + healthy lifestyle). I had a check up but nothing was showing up on the ecography and they couldn't so an intra one because I'm a virgin. So tldr, I may have it. It has been a year since I've had my period. Good thing that I don't want children ever.

Sadly, I cannot help ;___;

I've been diagnosed for about 6 years now. It's definitely a bitch to live with sometimes. Especially because whenever I'm about to start menstruating I always get cysts on my ovaries making my periods that much more painful. I also have a problem with hair, mine usually grows on my neck. It's something I still get very embarrassed about so I'm pretty vigilant about new hairs and pluck them out as soon as they come in. Luckily, I've never had a problem with acne, though.

Have you been put on metformin yet? If not, you should ask your doctor about it. It really helped with my weight gain. I was put on it about 6 months ago and I've lost 50 pounds since then. I was on it a few years ago as well(my previous doctor took me off it for god knows what reason) and never had any problems with my weight. I know there are also diets specialized for PCOS. I personally haven't tried any of the diets, but it's something to look into. Also, I did read somewhere a while ago that said eating any animal product with hormones in it can make your symptoms worse. Idk, how true that is though.

I'm not too upset about likely not being able to have children. It was painful at first, though. Just having the option taken away from me made me feel like I was somehow less of a woman, which is admittedly silly in retrospect. But, having children was not really something I ever wanted for myself, not that I dislike children, it would just interfere with my life goals. So, I think the fact that I never really wanted them in the first place helped me come to acceptance of me being virtually infertile.

(Btw, I have several other conditions that cause infertility so chances of me being able to carry full term really is pretty much 0%)

Anyways, hopefully some of this is helpful. c:

PCOS is the bane of my existence. My husband and I have been trying for years to conceive with no luck. My periods are irregular at best, and even with round after round of Provera it seems my ovaries just refuse to cooperate. It's really disheartening, especially when all I hear from relatives is "Oh, when are you going to have a baby???" ...If only they knew.

Like Cinnabunny suggested, if you aren't on Metformin, I highly recommend speaking to your doctor about it. My results haven't been quite as good, but I've still lost around 20 pounds (and to be honest, I haven't really done anything else except cutting out soda from my diet).

I tagged you both because you both mentioned having trouble getting pregnant with PCOS, and I wanted you to know you aren't alone in your struggles, and to share a personal anecdote to tell you not to lose hope.

I rarely, if ever, ovulate on my own (untreated I have only one period a year, if I'm lucky). But on the off chance I would ovulate, I was able to get pregnant - but because my eggs weren't maturing properly, it always resulted in miscarriage. As of writing this, I have lost four pregnancies.

After two and a half years of trying, my husband and I were finally referred to a fertility specialist. They diagnosed me with PCOS (I was previously undiagnosed, though I had always suspected), and began treatment. (Rhiannon: You mentioned Provera; they put me on it to try and trigger my period, and it didn't even work for me.) I was eventually put on Clomid, which allowed me to ovulate and get my eggs to develop as they should.

We conceived on only our second round - though my experiences with previous losses kept me from celebrating too soon (I didn't even make a pregnancy announcement until I was already halfway through). I was closely monitored for the first four months of my pregnancy before they lifted my "high-risk" status. I was reassured at every milestone that my baby was developing perfectly and appeared healthy. My son is six weeks old now, and I know I don't need to tell you just how happy he makes me now that he's finally here.

Getting pregnant and having a child with PCOS can be extremely difficult, but it's not impossible. If either of you (or anyone reading this, for that matter) ever want to message me just to talk, or to ask questions, please don't hesitate to. <3

Congratulations!! Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's so hard to remain hopeful. Right now my doctor has me taking Provera and if I have any bleeding, then I take Clomid. It's been over a year with that treatment and nothing yet. I refuse to give up though and hearing positive outcomes like yours is so helpful in keeping up spirits. <3

Oh wow. I haven't met anyone else on Subeta with PCOS, so this is actually really cool for me. I'm extremely lucky in that my only apparent symptoms are/were Acne for a long time, and then when my hair started thinning/falling out, that's when things came together. (Really bad acne too, but it seems to have stopped for the moment), facial hair (Especially my chin, I also have upper lip hair, ugh.).

I am, however, pretty unaffected by the narrow chances to have biological children. While I think I may wish to have children one day, I have zero desire to be pregnant, like....ever. Adoption seems the best route to go and something I would seriously consider. I may change my mind once/if I ever have a partner, but I don't know when that will happen.

So Metformin is used to treat PCOS as well? I might think about asking my doctor for it...

Yep! I would, if it's something you're interested in. It helps with weight, and I believe,(if I'm remembering correctly) it also helps curb the growth of random body hair. So, it might also help with the facial hair that you get. I will warn you though, you'll probably feel like you have the stomach flu for the first month(i.e. stomach cramps, diarrhea, etc.) but after that first month your body should get acclimated to it. If your doctor does decide put you on it, ask for the longer lasting version of Metformin. It's more gentle on your stomach. Good luck!

Wish I had some good advice. I haven't had a menstrual cycle in a year and I still can't get a doctor to listen to me long enough to actually get a diagnosis. I assume it's PCOS because I have almost all of the symptoms but I don't have an official diagnosis. I'm not so worried about getting pregnant because I know there's nobody who would ever want to get me pregnant but I would like a body that, you know, works properly.

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Stumbled across this on the odd chance, my biggest PCOS peeve is the weight gain. Is metformin really that good? When I first went on it as a young teenager it made me so ill I was almost in hospital. I recently came off the pill which has honestly made my weight gain even worse.