I will always have a vivid memory of the first time I felt a cyst pop. It was terrifying for my 14 year old self. And it was an incredibly frustrating experience, because when I went to the hospital, I was told I had cysts on my ovaries and to follow up with my OB/GYN. Then when I went to an OB/GYN, and got a very invasive exam for a young girl, and was then told that the ER report said there were no cysts or masses on my ovaries. So they put me on unnecessary birth control and sent me on my way.
I really wasn't symptomatic again until about 3 years ago, when I was 19, and my body went completely out of whack. When I graduated high school I weighted about 175 lbs, I was a normal happy teenager. Then, with out researching the side effects, I was con'd into getting the birth control Implanon. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BIRTH CONTROL. After I got it all I heard about it was horror stories, of it moving or bursting or other terrible things. For me personally, shortly after I got it my month cycle just stopped. Then 8 to 12 months after I got it the mood swings started, at first it was just crying during semi sad movies, being a little extra crabby from time to time, then it went to something extreme, for little to no reason I would go from bawling to so angry I was seeing red. During this time I was misdiagnosed as Bipolar and went through a year of trying different medication combinations, none of which worked and most of which had terrible side effects. I was taken off my last combination of meds, due to having allergic type reactions, and I would not go back to the doctors to be put on more medications. I was sick of all the reactions and still feeling like crud.
Then I moved and met the most amazing doctor. She actually listened to me!! She listened to all of my symptoms, not just the ones that were part of her specialty. She took the time to research and get a complete diagnosis, even drawing me pictures to explain things. It was so amazing to finally have a name that I could research and that all my symptoms over the years fit.
It's been just about a year since I was diagnosed, and though every day is a battle, things are better. They would not be that way if it were not for the amazing support system I have in my fiance, friends, and family, and also if I did not do my own research. Though I am righting from personal experience, anything that I put in this blog is what works for me, and that may not work for everyone. PCOS is a different beast with everyone, so please, do your own research and talk to your doctors. I am not a doctor, nor am I claiming to be.
I am going to wrap it up there because this is a bit of a book! I love you all!
Then I moved and met the most amazing doctor. She actually listened to me!! She listened to all of my symptoms, not just the ones that were part of her specialty. She took the time to research and get a complete diagnosis, even drawing me pictures to explain things. It was so amazing to finally have a name that I could research and that all my symptoms over the years fit.
It's been just about a year since I was diagnosed, and though every day is a battle, things are better. They would not be that way if it were not for the amazing support system I have in my fiance, friends, and family, and also if I did not do my own research. Though I am righting from personal experience, anything that I put in this blog is what works for me, and that may not work for everyone. PCOS is a different beast with everyone, so please, do your own research and talk to your doctors. I am not a doctor, nor am I claiming to be.
I am going to wrap it up there because this is a bit of a book! I love you all!
