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No. 176764
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I developed a fear of medication so I don't take medicine for pain. However, it's not as bad for me as it used to be. I know keto gets a bad rag, because people like to meme it as eating cheese to lose weight, but changing my diet has helped me exponentially. Just incorporating a low carb diet in general. Pic attached is my cycle now, before I used to only bleed about 3 to 4 times a year and the cramps were terrible. I used to fall asleep dissociating, not aware of my surroundings, just terrible brain fog for the first 2 to 3 days of my cycle. Now I just have some nausea and mild anxiety.
Also with PCOS I have thinning hair since I was in high school and acne but it's not as bad as it used to be now that I'm in my late 20s. I grew up chunky so I don't know if that was PCOS or just my family's diet, but I did notice it was very hard for me to maintain my weight and eat the recommended amount of calories unless I wanted to exercise for 2 hours a day.
My mom and my aunt have PCOS, which I'm not surprised because it is hereditary, and I've asked them questions to help me decide what choices I should make to lessen symptoms. Both have had terrible reactions to birth control, so I made the choice not to get prescribed birth control.
Question I want to ask, I don't know if this is PCOS related, but does anybody else have a very hard time with tampons? I can't wear tampons for not even a minute or I will feel extremely nauseous, like I'm already developing TSS.
Also, does anybody else have hyperpigmentation issues?
No. 176765
I have pcos, I have been able to manage my weight being vegetarian but I haven't had pelvic pain in a couple of years now. i do get hirsutism tho really bad, it sucks. I had electrolysis done for 6 or 9 months once a week and it didn't get rid of it completely and then when i stopped (because i moved to a different country) it completely came back. lol I've been doing the home laser since September and it only works a little on my legs, not anywhere I need it to.
also, acne never goes away but I've been able to manage it the last couple of years.
>>176764i never had an issue with tampons but I haven't had a real period in over 9 months. I got an iud over a year ago, it made my period stop. I'm thinking about taking it out and going back to BC but im terrified about weight gain.
No. 176791
>>176764is your hair still thinning anon?
my doctor prescribed spiro for hair loss but my other symptoms are under control,so i don't really want to fuck myself over by suffering sudden hair loss again due to changing hormones when i need to stop it
No. 176866
>>176861basically its nourishing your body because part of the hair thinning comes with age, so if you take steps to nourish your body you'll see improvement. but thats just me, I also take pearl powder and ginseng to offset my fatigue. depending on the state of your hormones phyto estrogen can work as for some with pcos have higher levels of testorone, if you cant have birth control for reasons such as bad reactions to being flooded with hormones, then by taking phytoestrogens it sort of helps your body produce its on supply in some women, trannies take it to help resettle fat distrubtion to hips and thighs, and women in menopause take it to help offset some symptoms because they're not producing as much estrogen, but its recommended to do so with caution as some women with pcos end up having it due to having estrogen on overdrive.if your t outweighs your e supply, and your body has little of e then taking phyto estrogen can help boost your own supply, but thats only for that case, so use with caution, it can also help with fat distrubtion by forcing your body to have more a butt and hips, and less on your stomach.