Hi, I'm 31 and was diagnosed with PCOS about 2 years ago. My periods have never ever been regular...i was a slender active girl with honey blonde hair until around age 11...then i started packing on weight and my hair changed to this coarse curly dark fuzz. I continued to put on weight and deal with *irregular* periods through out high school. When ever i would tell the doctors about it i would get the...it will straighten itself out in time, your body is adjusting as you get older. I didn't have a clue and neither did the docs. 2years ago i went to the doctor because I had been having a period for something in the neighborhood of 3months straight and i was just completely fed up with it.
I know you're thinking 3months? i would have been in there after 1! But remember I'd been told that irregular periods were a *normal* part of growing up.
There are too many doctors out there who just know nothing about PCOS ..even the doctor who diagnosed me gave me absolutely no information. I had no idea it was related to insulin resistance...or that it was the root cause of all these symptoms i've been fighting so long.

I do have a question for all my fellow Cysters out there....I have this rash..it's like thick reddish-brown patches that sometimes itch...it started on my chest and has since spread to my back neck and in the crook of my arms....I've seen on many different PCOS sites that these spots are part of it...but I've yet to see anything about what to do about them. Have any of you had any luck treating this problem? And any tricks on dealing with the excess hair growth on my face chest and back?

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Hello. My name is Christopher Hearn. Along with Dr. Shahab S. Minassian, we have written a new book on PCOS called, "Pocket PCOS- A Quick and Practical Guide to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Personal Testimonies."

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Thanks!

Christopher

Hi im Alish from Pakistan.. i hve just been recently diagnosed from PCOS.
i ahve so many questions about this disease..
i was suffering from irregular peroids since last two months, then i went to doc and she gave medicines. the third month i had perods but only for one day.. now i m noticing a change in my belly :( its getting fatter.. how to solve it?

Try a control carbohydrate diet, like South Beach. Your diet should include limited whole grains and low glycemic fruits and vegetables. Good luck!
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Senks, good luck

Hi I am 21 years old I have been recently been diagnose with (PCOS),to be honest I started my period at the age of 13 and only got it once then it started back at the age of 16 only once. Then I became pregnant with my son shortly after that period. After his birth I bleed for almost two year, very heavily and painful enough to send me to the hospital. I was told if the bleeding would not stop then I would need a hysterectomy, thank God it stopped. I knew it was not normal for a teenager at the time not to have periods but the doctors kept telling me it was normal that I would grow out of it. Now I weigh 158lbs that is the heaviest I have ever been, my normal weight size is a 125lbs I have never been this heavy. I have this big stomach that just keeps getting bigger. I am always tired and have no energy to do anything, I constantly have pain in my pelvic area. The doctor put me on Provera, but that really made my stomach hurt and I had a lot of bleeding, which had me bleeding through my clothing. I have a lot of headaches. Physically and emotionally I do not want to keep going through this. My boyfriend wants to have another baby, but I do not know what to think about all of this. Its a lot to take in.

You need to find a specialist who understands PCOS. Metformin is the most widely known treatment for the syndrome and does well at helping with all of the symptoms you are suffering through.
 
 
 
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since i dont get regular periods, im not sure when to take a pregnancy test. Everyone keeps teasing me that i'm having the symptoms but the test i took last week said negative. should i take another test or just wait?

Take another test, and then go visit your gyn. You might need to take provera or another med to get your period started again.
 
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Can a women with PCOS go through menpause??

Absolutely!
 
 
 
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