Lean PCOS

[HLB4]

Hi everyone, as you can read by the title I am one of the fewer girls with lean PCOS. However I still suffer all the same symptoms. My worst battle is with hairloss and hirsutism. The hirsutism appears worse on my tummy and on my face although there are many other areas I have to keep on top of with waxing too.

My periods are very rare maybe once a year (when not takin medication) and when they do occur they can last a whole month (i suspect I do not ovulate at all).

I consider myself fairly well read up on my condition and have tried every remedy in the book. My problem at the moment seems to be the fact that when I take anything to combat the hirsutism (even herbal stuff like saw palmetto etc) that my hair seems to fall out and become very thin and i get terrible pain in my scalp. Also anything i take causes geographic tongue. I have searched and searched for an answer but have got no where (especially when it comes to doctors!!) I do not know the cause of my PCOS (i.e. no thyroid issues, no known insulin resistance or weight problems).

I feel as if when I am on medication like the OC pill that it is causing some sort of toxic effect on my body and maybe this is why my hair is falling out from inflammation or something and my tongue flares up.

Does anyone out there share a similar story regarding medication and hair loss? I feel utterly rubbish about it and hate looking at myself at the moment.....and no doctors seem to be of any help to me at all!! one of them didn't even believe me xx

[confused31]

you are not alone, when I went to the doctors I told her all my symptoms and what I thought was the cause, she either thought I was being rude or making it up. I'm taking a rather large dose of maca root which has helped a bit and agnus castus to help with ovulating, I only did this after doing a lot of research.

[Kicksy1990]

I'm not too sure to be honest 🙁apparently white carbs make symptoms worse? And a low GI diet helps?

Not tried any herbal remedies but would be interested to know if they work. Hope things get better for you x

[HLB4 in reply to Kicksy1990]

Saw Palmetto definitely works for the reduction if DHT, which should help with hirsutism but if ur trying it id research the dosage and get a good quality one with the recommended amount of standardised extract in it xx