Relationship and PCOS - am I overthinking?

[Lolo1992]

I'm with my boyfriend over 3 years, diagnosed with PCOS 2 years ago. In my early 20s I was more sexually active with my then boyfriend. Not as much when I got with my now boyfriend, and now it's not at all....

We have had some challenges the last 6 months or so which have impacted our dynamic and how I see us. I'm feeling like something is missing between us or that something isn't quite working. I wonder if it's the PCOS and lack of sex drive, depression and weight gain that I don't like myself either, or if the challenges we have been having has been the impact.

Has anyone else experienced this and could share some stories or advice??

[lu1999]

Hi I’m in my 20s and I’ve been diagnosed with PCOS since I was 18 and I’ve been with my partner who I was diagnosed with since before I was diagnosed. I feel really anxious and self conscious about my weight gain, that is a normal thing, it’s out of our control. I have noticed that sex life does change, as I find sometimes it hurts me when I have sex so I can’t do it as much as we used too. But honestly the way your feeling is normal as I felt the same way!

[Lolo1992 in reply to lu1999]

Thank you for your reply. This is so helpful to hear someone else have similar things with PCOS. My family or friends don't quite get PCOS and the other side to it that impacts life