Confuse about PCOS

[mariem230416]

I was told I have polycystic ovaries, last year, after a miscarriage in 2016, it didn't show on blood test, but on internal scan it shows, My period has been very regular until the last 7 months. I was prescribed metformin, but due other health complication I was advise to stop by my GP as it was interfering with another health issue and was due to have major surgery, so I STOP taking the metformin, I was told to start again after my surgery, 3 months after my surgery, had a hormone blood test everything seems fine, even check my insulin resistant but it was all ok. But my GP asking me to wait again. I don't know why, as I still don't get period, my period only came after I having a smear test. My weight keep going up even though I eat sensibly and go to the gym. I just don't know what to do. I never heard of PCOS before, as I had my son 14 years ago. Just need clarity.

[Hols969]

Blood tests can be hit and miss sometimes so it isnt uncommon for them to come back normal and the cysts are only a symptom and not the cause and come and go. Some ladies have no issues conceiving and because you were younger you are more fertile too.

I would go back to your GP about metformin if it previously helped you. In the UK this is primarily a diabetes drug so is not licenced for use for pcos so you should be insulin resistant tested prior to being put on it. To test IR you need a glucose tolerance test so blood test, sugary drink and blood test as this shows how your body copes with sugar - this test is often not done and it is the one blood test which does not show how your body deals with sugar!!

[Kellygreen in reply to Hols969]

They never offered my daughter a sugar test. She is 23 yr old and was just diagnosed with PCOS. She went on a strict diet like the doctor told her. She would get very sick from not eating carbs. I was scared she would go into a coma or die from not having carbs. She now eats some healthy carbs. I wish there was an answer for her. She struggles so badly with her weight despite how sensible she eats and a regular exercise plan.

[Hols969 in reply to Kellygreen]

I dont eat carbs except in vegetables - if we ate the RDA we would still put on 2lb a month so over a stone a year so it is a struggle. I am on the combined pill and it does make losing weight a little easier.