Laparoscopy is surgery, it’s not needed to diagnose PCOS. I had 3/3 typical symptoms (no/few periods, excess facial hair and cysts on ovaries). A blood test confirmed hormonal issues and a transvaginal ultrasound confirmed cysts on ovaries.
Take a blood test to understand if there are any other underlying issues. Alternatively use Biotin, this has stopped my hair falling out. This can ve available from Holland and Barrett or Amazon.
Would love to know this too! So unfair that that’s the one place we lose it!Just found this thread, just wondering if anyone has found anything that helps with thinning head hair, I'm getting really insecure about it. So annoying how my hair grows so thick everywhere else!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! It sounds selfish to say but it’s good to know of other people who have similar experiences! It can be so isolating especially when you have doctors that don’t take you seriously.
) high prolactin levels (>800mIU/L- normal range is 102-496!) and testosterone is above normal range too. Hopefully the doctor will call to discuss as googling is just causing me to spiral lol
Ask them for an internal ultrasound to check
Definitely endocrinology
I'm also experiencing the same with metformin, I've been on it for two months now and it isn't doing anything that I can notice but has given me upset stomach. My main concern is I'm having to take the progestogen pills to induce a bleed but all my bleeds I'm having are really light, like spotting. Apparently one of the things that this could mean is that I'm not ovulating and this further worries my chances about fertility
I didn't know I had to get bloods done every year either my doctor didn't say. He just said when I get pregnant I need to tell the nurse and be tested for pregnancy diabetes and if I don't get my periods back he can give me medicine for that. I don't want kids anyway so wasn't relevant for me but that's all he seemed interested in really - how it would affect fertility. Obviously I know that's important but he didn't seem interested in discussing any other issues.I found out 10 years ago when I was 18/19. I can’t remember what triggered my doctor to send me for tests but it was probably my cystic acne. I’ve received no help over those 10 years, it’s really crap. I was told by a doctor last year when I phoned up about something else that I need to have my blood tests done and I was like “sorry blood tests for what?” and she told me with PCOS you’re supposed to have your bloods done every year. First I’d heard of itAnd I still don’t get called to get them done.
Hi!
I’ve got PCOS, diagnosed when I was 15, got a 5 month old who we conceived on the first try 
however, I have worked so so hard over the years to be healthy, I was on a low calorie diet and exercised regularly. Because of the PCOS I gain weight easily, and it’s taken years to understand what makes my body tick and what doesn’t. Not to sound cliche but I found losing weight and just having a healthy diet and exercise helped my symptoms immensely. I found my body couldn’t deal with carbs and due to the chemical imbalance from PCOS, if I ate say 400 calories of carbs that’s more detrimental than 400 calories of protein. my periods became regular when I was down to an average weight and it got to the point where when I saw an endocrinologist during my pregnancy he said “I don’t know why you’re here”. Best of luck, a lot of GPs don’t know much about it at all so keep searching till you find a good one.
I could of wrote this. I had awful periods not every month but some months I’d be exactly as you described. I was palmed off for years because I was also a healthy weight and had some what regular periods. It was only within the last 3 years I got diagnosed after pushing my GP to test my hormones and scan me. I suffer with facial hair and my weight is now up and the tests confirmed pcos. I’ve known for years I had it and it helped me mentally know I wasn’t going silly! The only treatment I was offered was a referral to the fertility clinic though as I was ttc. I would still push for tests to confirm the diagnosis. I looked into mum-insitol which is a vitamin many say had helped them with their symptoms. Hopefully you can get some answersHi all, I’m hoping this thread will help! I’m 24 and never been officially diagnosed with anything (although my GP did say approx 3/4 years ago he thought I had “early stage PCOS” despite no testing and deciding not to look further into it as “I’m not looking to have children right now”. Basically ever since I started my period (around about 10/11) I’ve had bad periods. Particularly in high school/ sixth form it was absolute hell every month, the pain. Never passed out but was damn close to - sweats/nausea/starting to black out/shivers. Admittedly the bad ones have become slightly less frequent but they do still hit me sometimes. My periods aren’t hugely irregular but wouldn’t say they’re spot on we very 4ish weeks. I do struggle with excess hair - chin, neck, chest, around the nipples etc. And have always struggled with hormonal acne. I am of a normal weight, another reason why it has been a struggle to get this looked into more (even though I have been reading that “lean pcos” is a thing. I’ve been on and off at the doctors for years but they don’t do anything about it - I’ve been prescribed a few different contraceptives to help butI hate being on them as they make me utterly miserable. Honestly I would rather just have testing done so I can at least have some answers whether good or bad!!!
anyway, Sunday just gone I had terrible ovulation pain (I do sometimes get this but it’s never been as bad as it was on Sunday). I also had very heavy discharge, it seriously felt like a period it was gushing. The pain was terrible, it was my right ovary (normally I only get pain on this side). It felt like my ovary was on fire and being twisted and stabbed with a firey rod. I nearly called 111 as I was so thrown by it. I’ve also been struggling with anxiety and heart palpitations (nearly every day and throughout the day!) this past year which I’ve read can also be a symptom of PCOS.
i just want some peace of mind really - should I fight for myself to get testing, or does this not sound like pcos to you all? I feel so silly like I’ll be wasting resources but I am so tired of this affecting my life and not being taken seriously because I’m not looking to have kids right now!! I hate it
I was refered to fertility after trying for a year and prescribed clomid. I fell pregnant on my second cycle and now have a littke girl who is 16 weeks old. The referal process was actually quite quick,but I also know of people with pcos who didn't need any help. Don't lose hope, and good luck x
I've never needed medication to deal with PCOS, I've always been on the larger side but have never had acne. However, I've recently started taking Myo inositol which is supposed to help with many PCOS symptoms. I have noticed that my periods have got heavier and a bit painful since I started taking it and I'm hoping that's a positive, I'm yet to see any changes in weight and hursuitism. Can I just say though, if you don't want children, PCOS doesn't necessarily make you infertile, you can definitely still get pregnant (if you are having periods, you are ovulating) so take other precautions.
