Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Support Group
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My first doctor tested me for PCOS and said absolutely no way do I have it. My second doctor diagnosed me just by looking at me and confirmed it with the same tests.
You know how us women with PCOS have mood swings? Good days and bad days? Here is how my doctor explained it to me......... Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Just because our hormones are usually out of whack, doesn't mean that they are ALWAYS wrong and you could therefore "pass" a test (it caught you on a good day). Women with PCOS, despite what our husbands think, aren't always running around pissy, hormonal, crying, and in a state of mania, right?!
Think of this..... my husband is diabetic. If you know anything about diabetes then you know that the test they perform is to check your A1C's every six months. My husbands A1C has been in the perfect range every time for the last FIVE years. Yet he is still VERY diabetic, it is just being controlled. He still has diabetic symptoms, has to live a diabetic lifestyle, is on diabetic drugs, carries all the risks from being diabetic, etc.
Trust your gut! Demand to be taken seriously or find a doctor who will.
I would say that if you are showing all of the symptoms of PCOS, and you had a doctor in the past tell you that you have PCOS, then it must still be PCOS.
I would get another doctors opinion. A lot of doctors do not know enough about PCOS to be able to diagnose it properly. I would do some research and make sure that you tell your doctor about it. Just like new research has shown that women with PCOS do not need to have cysts on their ovaries to have PCOS.
Don't give up!
I also was told a couple times that I didn't have PCOS but then
a year later when I went to a gynecologist, she said that I did indeed
have PCOS.
Sometimes cysts come and go so that may not always show up
on an ultrasound. Also bloodwork may not always be a 100% telltale.
Like the gals said, see a endocrinologist or gynecologist who knows about PCOS.
The past Dr tried to give me Metformin but my sugar is already a normal low so it drops it dangerously low.
He is a good Dr....but I think you guys are right, he may not be the RIGHT Dr for this condition.
Thank you ladies for all your help. Do my symptoms sound like PCOS??