Feeling worried

[Redhead208]

I was diagnosed with pcos a few days ago after not having a proper period in over 5 years any suggestions how to deal with pcos

[Smilithing]

Hi Redhead208

Firstly please try not to worry,

You are not alone.

You want to try to keep to a low carbohydrate diet.

Try to avoid eating too much processed foods as they tend to be high in sugar and they course our insulin to rise.

I am trying to eat natural food now and have lost 1st in about a month! It involves cooking from scratch but doesn't take long.

I am not eating much potatoe

And bread, I have gone gluten free.

Buckwheat is useful to add to dishes. Chicken and fish is good too.

I am on cerazette pill and don't have many periods so can't say if the diet helps in that regard.

But not an any other meds, haven't seen my gp about my condition for years.

[Redhead208 in reply to Smilithing]

Im scared to talk about it with people I'm closed to even lads cause they might judge and make fun of me

[Smilithing in reply to Redhead208]

Hi Redhead208

Do you think they would?

I haven't really spoken about much, nobody has been funny when I try, and anyway it's not your fault & nobody has a perfect body, every one i know has something they have to deal with.

Most people look at me a bit perplexed when I try to explain pcos, but they are ok.

Even at work, with a load of men, they were just letting me get on with it as like just one of those things.

How can they judge you?

When it isn't your fault!

Please try not worry,

I am a bit bloody minded! I didn't ask to have pcos and I try to explain about what it in tales although not very well.

As I have stopped eating "normal food" i do feel a bit embarrassed if i go out for a meal. People seem ok though, if you say you need to keep your insulin under control? That's what I tell people.

Hope you feel more relaxed about it soon.

[Redhead208 in reply to Smilithing]

Thank u for chatting to me about it like it's so strange thinking that I'm 26 and have pcos

[Hols969]

Combined pill keeps all the symptoms at bay, Ive been on and off it for 30 years and just makes life easier, it also ensures you have periods as well, I take 3 months on the trot as it reduces the symptoms further and as long as you have 4 periods a year to keep your uterus healthy then it is fine.

It is not really ovary related, as men can have the condition as well so the name is very misleading, pretty sure my husband and son are carriers of it too. I tell people it is an endocrine disorder which is what it is as it is a imbalance of hormones - ask to see an endocrinologist rather than a gynae - look at the NICE guidelines on pcos as it says what to expect with the NHS and PCOS.

[Redhead208 in reply to Hols969]

Where do you get that pill

[Hols969 in reply to Redhead208]

The combined pill is from the GP - you can force periods with provera which the GP can supply too as you do need 4 periods a year to keep your uterus healthy