I wasn't diagnosed with it as a teen but I dealt with the fun symptoms that everyone said were normal.....how wrong they were. Feel free to ask me your questions or discuss the problems you are having. I'm sure someone here has had or dealt with it before. Hope things get better for you

I have experienced the symptoms since I was a teen. I did not find solutions until recently and now I am no longer insulin resistant and even my facial hair is getting better. Email me if you want to know what I'm doing. It is involved but not impossible to do. It just takes discipline.

I have hyperthryoidism and PCOS...I used to feel so alone, wondering what was wrong with me. I finally found the answers I needed years later (this year) and I found them all online and not from my doctors...go figure. Like AlishaB, my symptoms are going away and it is definitely possible...I feel like a whole new person. Just know this: YOU ARE NOT ALONE! And there is definitely HOPE. I am here if you want to email me.

I was diagnosed at 15, and I just turned 20 last month. I really, really can relate to all the...ah, "fun stuff" *cough* that comes with being a teen with PCOS. It's...probably the biggest dampener on my life, and I really wish it wasn't as prevalent as it is. If you ever need someone to talk to, feel free to shoot me a message.

As for how I cope...or how I did...to be really honest, I don't know. I guess I just keep reminding myself that if I go crazy from it...I'm letting this stupid disease win.

i was diagnosed with pco which is simular to pcos this month, im 17

I suffered the syptoms since I was 16. At first they put me on Birth control pills to regulate my periods because they did not know what was wrong with me.
Then I was diagnosed when I was 18. It was hard to admit that something was wrong me. I am sorry that you have to go through this, but they have come a long way with treatments. You should talk to your doctor about ALL of your treatment options. If you do not want to get pregnant Birth control pills do help a bit. That way you would at least have some regular periods. But, like I said Talk to your doctor, there are medications that you can take.

Thank you soo much for all your comments, it feels good to know that im not on my own and can speak to others. The symptoms affect ur self esteem and is affecting my quality of life i feel. The excess hair, especially facial , really gets me down and is somethin very hard to talk abt or explain to others. And my weight is another issue where i feel as though im neve gonna lose weight and the thought of having this battle for the rest of my life is extremely depressing , not to menion all the other illnesses one can get from pcos like diabetes concerns me

hey iv just been told today the 26th of Oct that i have PCO my doctor has not told me what its all about im really cluless anybody got advice for me as i want to try for a baby really soon feel free to add me as a friend and send me messges with what i can do and what PCO is all about. im only 21 so was hard for me to take in what was happening

I started having symptoms of PCOS after I started having my cycle when I was 17 years old. That's another story. At that time one of my symptoms included an irregular cycle.

I was told when I was 14 that I had cysts on my ovaries. It was the very first time I saw my gyno and my mom took me to see him because I was having crazy periods. They were really irregular and when I did have them they were really painful and made me really sick. He put me on BCPs. But I didn't get an official diagnosis of PCOS until I was 27.

i was diagnosed when i was 16. I still have lots of problems of pcos over the years i have learned that food and lifestyle choices can help control some symptoms i would be more than happy to answer any specific questions you have just email me good luck and never give up hope

im 29 and was diagnosed at 16..although i remember the symptoms started around 14. Since that day that i was Dx, not one day goes by that its not on my mind... the hair issue really gets to me.

im 29 and i knew something wasn't right when i first started my cycles. but i was diagnosed about 8 years ago.

i didnt know I had it until a few months ago. I had many symptoms but no one put it together as PCOS. As a teen I had irregular periods and my sisters didn't. But my mom never questioned it. I am glad I didn't know then. I am really glad. It is like a bad sentencing to hear that we have it.

I found out when I was 16 and I was recently married and devestated after all the talks of our childern to be told it may never happen they told me I had to wait till I was older to take fertility drugs So we just waited and a year later with no drugs we concieved a beautiful little girl who is 2 1\2 now. I geuss you just always have to have faith that all will go well!