PCOS - Advice - I’m New

[bunnybeckybunny]

Hello everyone, i am new to this page but hoping i might be able to talk to some other people who also suffer with PCOS in hope to find some answers about how i feel.

I have been seeing my Doctor now since early this year and they believe i have PCOS - the reason i say "believe" is because i have a huge fear of needles and every time they have tried to do a blood test i have ended up fainting. I then left it because i didn't think they would be able to help me as they said they needed the bloods to be able to no what to do with me. Anyway i took it upon myself to have a quick look at chew-able supplements that might help with hormones etc because i also can't take tablets they get stuck in my throat and end up making me sick. I started taking the Alive womans energy ones and i had a normal period for 3 months and felt great on them then the effect seemed to wear off? This month i didn't have my period and ever since i have been feeling awful. I feel sick, anxious, my moods can be quite bad and i get down very quickly. I am now in talks with my Doctor again that is talking about maybe putting me on some form of birth control to see if that may help my hormones.

I am just mainly looking for some advice as to what other people who maybe have the same issues as me: Cant take tablets, terrified of needles and hospitals - How have you got your PCOS under control and is there anything you can recommend for when i see my doctor to talk about next Tuesday.

Sorry this is such a long post, but i really just feel i am the end of a string and have no idea where to go from here as it is now effecting me being able to go to work.

Thanks Everyone x

[Hols969]

Needs to be a combined pill to help with the pcos symptoms or the hormonal coil if you can't take tablets.

The could send you to hospital for a scan to see if you have the cysts (they are only a symptom tho and can come and go), blood tests can be hit and miss (I was diagnosed by scan alone)

I used to have an awful phobia of needles but lucky now I can do it (we had to do fertility to conceive and I had to inject myself (well I didnt hubby did)), I can also now take tablets too!!

[bunnybeckybunny in reply to Hols969]

Thank you for your advice, I have heard such horror stories about the coil so maybe this would be something to discuss with the doctor have you had any experience with it?

That is amazing that you have been able to over come your needle fear and tablets!

[Hols969 in reply to bunnybeckybunny]

No I have always been on the combined pill (they are tiny tablets) but I have heard good things about the coil but not tried it myself.

Needles I still dont like (had to have a tetanus on Monday) but as long as I dont look I am ok now, not good with blood tests still but I always lie down and the nurses are fine about that - I can take the majority of pills now, but still struggle with really big ones!!