The PCOS VENT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ongoing thread:)

Finally being in contact with several other females with the same struggle!!! I've been to some other message boards where people are hating on others for trying diet pills etc. for weight loss and say "why don't you do it the old fashioned way, the healthy way." What they don't understand is (just like all things) everyone does NOT have the same results! Especially women with PCOS!!! I can go to the gym/do zumba/cardio/weights etc. daily and eat the recommended 1700 calorie-a-day diet mfp recommends and STILL not loose weight thanks to PCOS! Over a month ago, after attending the gym going on two months and logging food intake, I had gained 3 lbs!!! I was so frustrated I said forget it! i didn't go out and binge (i'm not that type of person) but I stopped going to the gym for a week. In one weeks time, still eating 1700 diet, gained 5 lbs...... The struggle is REAL with PCOS!!!

Finally after breaking down crying at the doctors office out of pure frustration she convinced me to start taking phentermine. I was completely hesitant because of all the hype surrounding diet pills. Took it for 3 weeks, lost 6 pounds, which here on mfp brings me back to where I started several months ago. However, I was having bad side effects and went back to her today where she advised me toward Belviq. Which appears to me to have less side affects. I am concerned because I am still eating healthy, like I have been for awhile now, but how does this medication aid against the side-affects of PCOS? I have no idea, but I have faith and I am going to keep giving it 110%! PCOS you will NOT be my oppressor much longer!!! I can and WILL overcome you!!

God bless all of you gorgeous, beautiful, women!!! Praying that we can find comfort in knowing we are NOT alone with these questions/confusions/ and frustrations! We got the Lord above, and all the other ladies here!

Just a quick update: I started this thread years ago when I had just discovered my PCOS! I am happy to announce that through years and years of fighting the battle of weightloss and infertility....I WON! We were able to conceive our beautiful 10 month old daughter and I lost 60 lbs before getting pregnant with her! I will be posting some tips/advice/tricks that helped me along the way. Maybe i'll start a group dedicated to just PCOS/Diet/exercise and fertility? Thoughts?
Any way, I am back at it trying to lose weight still! I lost all of my 30 lb baby weight gain, but even with the 60 lb loss before pregnancy, I was still overweight. SO BACK AT IT FOR ME! Never stop fighting the good fight Gals, because trust me, it IS WORTH IT. YOU ARE WORTH IT!

I'd love to hear your tips and tricks!
And congratulations!

I just found this thread and it hits home for me. I was diagnosed with PCOS at age 11. I have had problem since my very first period. Twice I bled for so long I had to get shots to stop the bleeding(9 weeks one time and 13 weeks another time). I have excess hair on my face, stomach, thighs, breasts, you name it.

I was lucky in that I managed to have my daughter almost three years ago and actually got pregnant unintentionally while on the pill! She's my miracle baby. Unfortunately, my husband and I have been trying to give her a sibling for over a year with no luck.

I know how you all feel with the struggle to lose weight and keep it off. I got to my heaviest(327) in May 2014. As of today I am down to 304, so feeling good and am under my delivery weight for the first time since I delivered my daughter. Here's to hoping that this time my body cooperates and the weight continues to come off. I've struggled with it my whole life and nothing has ever worked before. I'm not sure what's changed this time, but I'm grateful that something has and I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. I'll take it!

Hey, another PCOS sufferer but if it helps anyone, I've two lovely children :-D. They took three years each to conceive which was, at times, heartbreaking and so difficult but forewarned is forearmed and there are things you can do to help or boost your fertility. I would say patience is key though, be prepared for it to take years and ignore the smug "I got pregnant first month of trying" women - they don't mean to be cruel, they just don't understand. I never thought I'd have one child let alone two, I'm super lucky.

If I was asked to give one piece of advice to PCOSers, it would be to make sure your weight is in the 'normal' range for your height and body type. Being overweight, which happens very easily especially if you are insulin resistant, makes everything worse. I only conceived (all four times, 2 miscarriages, sadly) when at a 'normal' weight and my other symptoms, mainly the acne (which got much worse after my second child infuriatingly) are at a minimum now my weight is 'normal'. I still cling to weight around my stomach, still get spots around my period and am still a little more hairy than I'd like but it's under control and now I have the kids, I don't let it bother me nearly so much. The only thing that bothers me now is I can already tell my DD, who is only 7, will have PCOS too :-(. I'm quite sad about that (pretty sure my own Mum had it too but never diagnosed) but at least I can explain it to her when she's old enough.

Good luck to anyone out there struggling xx

Two weeks ago I had a cyst rupture about an hour after I got to work and I tried to ignore the pain and work through it, but within an hour after the pain started I was on the floor curled up crying from the pain. My co-teacher got my director and then she dropped me off at the Emergency Room. I was so embarrassed! Having to walk past the other staff who didn't understand what was going on as I hug my lower abdomen and get into my bosses van. Then when I returned to work I had every-one tiptoeing around me asking what happened, am I okay, is there any thing to fix it, etc etc, and receiving tons of unwanted sympathy from them. I just hate all the extra attention!

I used to hate the attention....but now I just tell people flat out what is wrong with me. I sort of embrace it now. Even though I still despise PCOS. There is no use in trying to cover it up because people will just be even more curious and nosy. I found once I started just flat out telling people what PCOS is and what it does to us, that they just stopped asking and acting weird! lol
Your specific situation was scary though for others to see. Im sure they were just truly concerned for health and safety

thanks, I did tell them all, which most already knew I had PCOS. They just hadn't seen the effect of it. I told them its happened before and will happen again, but my diet and exercise has helped a lot. I used to have cyst rupture more frequently, its been over a year since the last time, which is a huge improvement. So they don't need to worry about me.

So I've decided to join in this thread. To keep me sane. All of you what you shared has resonated with me. I am soon to be diagnosed with PCOS. I just know I have it. The hair, miscarriage all adds up. I recently miscarried. I have jumped into low carb because I need to shed some weight and get my slugishness of me. I have noticed in the past when I lost 20 lbs I had more energy and a clear mind. I will share my journey to concieve here. And I pray for those of you who are wanting to be a momma. My first advice would be to look into positive thinking and already get your mind into thinking that you are fertile. Because in my mind you all are. Also I have always ovulated with the help of "Fertility Blend". I just think my oven has some issues to keep the baby in. I personally think I have low progesterone. But soon tests will show. I am giving myself 2-3 months to reclaim my life. And would like All of you to join in and challenge yourself to a PCOS free life.

allishax9918 wrote: »

Hey girls! Have any of you been able to regulate your periods and ect with diet and weight loss WITHOUT Birth control? I have been prescribed with metformin but have only been taking it properly for the last week and no luck. I can skip periods for months and months at a time. Ossasionally I get provera to force it back. I hate pcos!

Hey,
I've had PCOS and for 4 years now, initially I had extremely irregular periods, once in 4 months at times, but I took no medicatiom for it.
With the start of my weight loss journey, my periods started becoming regular, once I came down to 95 kgs from 104. With time I put on weight again, mostly due to a bad diet.I started seeing a doctor about 8 months ago, and I take 1500mg of metformin everyday and initially took birth control pills and spironolactone tablets to supress the excessive male harmones. With diet, exercise and metformin, I started to lose weight, and when I started to have severe headahes the doctor put me off the birth control pills. Since then ive noticed that as long as im good with my diet and exercise, everything is great, but if Im not, things dont go so well and sometimes my period will be dealyed or just a day or two long.
As for the annoyying zits and hair growth, that just hasnt stopped.

kateangel2312 wrote: »

I'm just annoyed with spots and hair! I've had 3 kids and lost all the weight, I just really hate having a beard!

Girl, I'm with you! The excess hair growth is really the biggest problem I have with my PCOS, but I haven't tried to have kids yet, so I'm not sure how I'm doing in the fertility department. But seriously, the hair is AWFUL. Even after multiple rounds of laser hair removal, it still comes back. Stubborn as a mule. I keep a razor in my purse, a pack of razors in my car, and obviously at home, so I can always take care of the beard, no matter where I am lol Pitiful.

For those trying to conceive, you may want to look into letrozole. The study results were first reported last summer by the awesome endocrinologists at Penn State Hershey. I've always had good experiences walking in to my doctors' offices with recently published findings to discuss

http://pennstatehersheyobgynreport.org/2015/03/18/letrozole-new-oral-fertility-option-for-women-with-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos/