Hi, I am fourteen and have PCOS. I totally get it if you don’t want advice from a teen but I thought that might be the kind or advice you daughter would need. For some people PCOS isn’t painful. Mine is very... I have really, really bad pelvic pain that sometimes makes me have to come home from school. This isn’t to scare you but if your daughter has pain like this at least for me, the last thing I wanted to do was explain why I needed to leave school to my parents. Now I am the kid who loves school and would never want to leave but I was near screaming due to the pain. Some things that help me are, ice packs all around my waste ( lower back, hips and abdomen). I also put a weighted blanket on my stomach and try to breathe without it hurting my pelvis. Other things I struggle with are weight loss, periods ( I went more that 16 months without a period), and the fact that I might have to struggle with fertility if and when I would want a child. Just try to encourage your daughter to think one day at a time. Again I am so sorry if this scares you or isn’t helpful. This is just what helps me :)

Hi I have had lifelong PCOS and spent a lifetime researching it.. I have found in many ways it can be linked to gallbladder dysfunction which leads to a deficiency of fat soluble vitamins...like Vitamin D, Vitamin A, Vitamin K2 and Vitamin E. Gallbladder dysfunction itself can be caused by a thiamin (vitamin B1) deficiency which starts the whole cascade... (the medication metformin can act as a replacement for thiamin in the body in many ways). Thiamin deficiency can be caused by exposure to mercury in amalgam fillings because the sulfur in thiamin attracts mercury. I would recommend to supplement with a b complex as well as taking a digestive enzyme supplement which contains bile. Yes sounds gross but most do. and it can make up for a clogged gallbladder's inability to make any. Gallbladder disorders are highly linked to PCOS.

I am 42 with PCOS. When I was a teen, PCOS wasn't a term, it was hormonal imbalance.

Every woman will experience PCOS differently. Symptoms are not the same across the board for everyone. One woman may have a hard time with it, and another not so much. FDA is also changing, or has changed what is ok to diagnose as PCOS. It us terrible that the FDA is doing this, not enough research is done on PCOS.

I personally don't have physical pain from it, as much as it emotional. The hormones really get to me, and im hyper sensitive to insulin production. I battle with depression and anxiety from it, mood swings. I am also battling diet as I have a high chance to become diabetic.

HI, regular physical activity is very important according to the newest research: https://iyoni.app/do-you-have-pcos-take-care-of-your-physical-condition-and-mood/ Hope this helps.