#PCOS diagnosis

[verycuntlesbian]

Genuinely need help okay so I had my hormones checked but I still had the effects of birth control so my testosterone was normal. But if it was normal when I was on birth control wouldn’t that just mean it had lowered my testosterone levels ? I want to avoid getting off my birth control unless told to or necessary because it genuinely makes me suicidal and I’m in so much pain and my dysphoria gets 10x worse. Can they look at my facial hair, excess body hair and body acne and be able to tell excess testosterone :( I feel so alone through this I’m sorry. I feel so alone not having like anyone like me ? I’ve been trying so hard to find like people in my boat who can help me idk I just feel like I don’t even know anymore all that like “pcos help” things tell me is to diet and lose weight etc but I struggle with that and there’s no like actual evidence like how to idk not want to die looking in the mirror or like not be in sm pain all the time ?

[gofitnesspro]

Demystifying PCOD and PCOS: Spotting the Variances

PCOD (Polycystic Ovary Disease) and PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) are related conditions, but they have some differences: Definition: PCOD: Primarily refers to the presence of multiple cysts in the ovaries along with irregular menstrual cycles and elevated androgen levels. It may or may not present with symptoms like acne, hirsutism (excessive hair growth), and weight gain. PCOS: Involves a…

[kimshealthkollam]

PCOS – Its Diagnosis And Treatment | KIMSHEALTH Kollam

Polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS is an increasingly common problem in females and has to do with hormones that have gone out of balance. Most females with PCOS develop small cysts in their ovaries which may not necessarily be harmful, but they sure do lead to hormonal imbalances. Read more.

Visit - https://www.kimshealth.org/kollam/blog/pcos-its-diagnosis-and-treatment/ 

[leighsartworks216]

It is still so baffling how much of my life I struggled with, even and especially the little things, are explained by PCOS.

Super hairy? PCOS

Super sweaty like wayyy more than anyone you know? PCOS

Things that my trans friends only first experienced on T that I have known my whole life? PCOS babey

I'm a college student and I only JUST got diagnosed!! And it still hasn't fully sunk in that I am like this because of PCOS! I'm still in the mindset of being biologically cis and being somehow messed up because my whole life I've been so weird and off and "wrong" when I shouldn't be!! Like oh wow they finally figured it out but now I have so many years of pent up angst about my body that now I have to work through accepting it all over again in a new light because the old light I did partially accept it in was wrong, actually

[tommoschaffner]

i straight up cant find any diagnosis that fits my criteria bro. can you get just generalised chronic pain diagnosed?

my legs hurt. its not full body pain, my back hurts a lot, but i think thats due to my sleeping positions, etc. if i walk or stand for more than about 5 minutes, my legs and feet begin to ache. (when im sitting and laying down for too long, they can hurt too, its just more likely they will if im being more active). ive had pain like this since i was about 2 iirc what my mother has told me, and it got especially bad when i was 9.

going up stairs makes my legs ache, if i walk too much i can barely move the next day. i have to skip school a lot because of my pain. my mother and i went to a doctor about it when i was 9, and they told me it was something to do with growing pains, my tendons, and my bones, but its been ongoing since then, and literally started at about 2 years old. it makes my life so so difficult. this isnt how most peoples bodies work and i know it. i dont know whats wrong with me and i cant find anything.

heat really helps with pain. i recently stayed at a place with a hot tub, and after walking the whole day i got to sit in the hot tub before leaving and i had very little pain, when under normal circumstances i probably wouldnt have been able to go to school the next day.

if it helps in any way, im currently looking to get diagnosed with POTs. i have PCOS, too. is there anything that fits this description?

[69constellationsinatrenchcoat]

everything hurts and im sick of being sick

[jaffre]

doctor confirmed that 👉 this guy 👈 got pcos and i just got an implant to at the very least get my whacky periods under control and hopefully get them to stop entirely

[chryblossomjjk]

lol do u ever stop and think about how women weren’t required to be included in clinical research until 1993 so a lot of us have underlying health issues that we’ll never be diagnosed with or have sufficient treatment for

[shrikeseams]

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[cold-knees]

If you're against "self diagnosis" all that tells me is that you have 0 understanding of how you end up with a professional diagnosis. Every condition/illness I have ever gotten diagnosed with was accomplished by going to a medical professional and saying "I have these symptoms, can we look into whether I might have X condition" and then they asked more questions & maybe ran tests or refered me to a specialist, and that resulted in diagnosis. Like idk how to tell you but the vast majority of professional diagnosis comes from "self diagnosing" first

[verycuntlesbian]

I don’t think I can hold on anymore !!! I might need to take birth control anyways I’m in sm pain and it hasn’t even started actually setting in !!! I want to get diagnosed for pcos so fucking bad but I’m in pain and my doctor already refused to test me then when I begged she did it wrong so she’s gonna use that against me anyways !!! I just want to fucking hear that I’m not going crazy ? That there actually is something going on with me like this has to be pcos I have every fucking symptom ?? I feel so invalid saying I’m intersex when everyone else is diagnosed and I’m stuck dealing with medical gaslighting !!! It’s always “work out” “lose weight” they never once think hey maybe you can’t lose weight because of pcos and not because ur lazy !

[kimshealthkollam]

PCOS- It’s Diagnosis & Treatment | KIMSHEALTH Kollam

Polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS is an increasingly common problem in females and has to do with hormones that have gone out of balance. Most females with PCOS develop small cysts in their ovaries which may not necessarily be harmful, but they sure do lead to hormonal imbalances. Click here to continue reading.

Visit- https://www.kimshealth.org/kollam/blog/pcos-its-diagnosis-and-treatment/ 

[heartshapedgreen]

re: last rb, i have so much to say about the demonization of androgens & the way hyperandrogenism intersexies are kind of regurgitating that by taking their diagnosis and biased researches for granted. dyadist research will usually mention androgen excess and estrogen excess in isolation from the other hormone, nothing about progesterone or estrone, or the fact we all have these hormones working together in different ways, we all have a menstrual cycle (yes, even those who don't bleed - that's just one symptom of a period - and the "male cycle" which centers testosterone cycling every 24 hours is bs cause everyone's testosterone - usually - does that) AND your menstrual cycle is as unique to you as your fingerprint. that's why we all look so different.

like i grew up with high levels of androgens, had a precocious puberty & i'm now going thro puberty no. 2. i suspect high levels of estrogen (relative to my progesterone, everyone forgets her) with androgens prolly decreasing because My God The Pain™️ (& i have very high pain tolerance). i recently developed incontinence issues and really bad pelvic floor dysfunction with chronic pelvic pain. testosterone deficiency leads to chronic pain btw & testosterone is known to help with cfs and fibro. personally increasing my probiotics & fiber has helped immensely (you poop out excess estrogen, and i have ibs-c LOL).

having dealt with dysfunction with both the 'mones, i have to say i much prefer my baby days of growing body hair at 7y/o rather than severe pelvic pain where i can't move and have to do postnatal physiotherapy for it. & knowing i'm just going to get worse and worse with age. my fertile family members would pop out babies every year to stop the symptoms of hyperestrogenism btw. what financial insecurity and no medicalcare does to a bitch.

anyways. what they don't tell you is that androgens and estrogens are both pro inflammatory & anti inflammatory + they work in tandem, and estrogen dominance can be a Bitch. & the virilization that comes with, for ex, PCOS? that's from androgen secreted from the ovarian cysts (which can secrete estrogen too & that's also not good). the androgen excess is a consequence, not a cause. acne, hirsutism, menstruation irregularities are consequences of the inflammatory processes.

and those cysts? most likely caused from various dysfunctions in the body. i'm not a doc (thank god), but something something metabolic dysfunction something. the thing about androgen (and estrogen) being pro iflammation? it becomes a feedback loop of inflammation > high levels of androgen/estrogen secreted > More inflammation. working on the root cause, decreasing inflammation (whatever this means for you) is more likely to help than the way fatphobic and interphobic docs will tell you to lose weight or reduce your testosterone. you also need your testosterone. hirsutism is not the be all end all.

[batsinurbelfrey]

Happy PCOS diagnosis day to all who celebrate

[unnamedboxvoid]

Is PCOS a form of intersex?

I am confused

Some say it is and some say it isn’t.

what is it???

[neuroticboyfriend]

Are there any things you probably have but specifically don’t want to get checked by a doctor?

Probably Autism and BPD. I used to want them diagnosed, and I kinda still do, in part for validation (i know, that's wrong), and in part because I'm applying for SSI and such. But the ableism is... probably worse than it's worth. Although, at some point, I may not be able to avoid a BPD diagnosis, since multiple professionals have put it on their possibilities list before. I'd be surprised if I got diagnosed with Autism, since it's all been labeled Anxiety for so long.

There's also CAH, an intersex variation, which I would like diagnosed for my own health (especially since it's possible I have CAH X syndrome, basically CAH and hEDS together)... I may not be able to avoid that either, but I really don't want to deal with any more intersexism than I already have with a PCOS diagnosis. Hopefully if I have it, whatever doctor diagnoses me isn't an asshole.