PCOS affecting my life

[Nellybean30]

I was just diagnosed with PCOS at the start of this year, the symptoms and condition I have felt have really had an impact on my life. I have gained so much weight and I am very overweight no matter how much I excercise or what I eat (I have even been to a dietitian and they were no help) which is very upsetting and makes me very depressed and anxious because I can’t do or wear what I want anymore. Also my skin is awful and facial hair makes me feel really self conscious. My doctor has put me on the mini pill to help calm symptoms and I go to physio and a dietician but nothing seems so help and I don’t know what to do to improve my life ...

[Hols969]

look a 'the answer to pcos' website - it is the only diet that has worked pretty easily for me, I lost weight around 8 years + ago probably, on this diet and generally have kept it off (I do fluctuate by a stone). 2 ladies that were doing it the same time as me both lost 7 stone in a year and both conceived naturally (I wasnt TTC at the time). Its easy to follow too.

[Savedd in reply to Hols969]

Did losing weight reduce body & facial hair growth ?

[Hols969 in reply to Savedd]

It can for some but not always