Archive
- "Trying for a baby is not every PCOS woman's torment" 16th June 2010
- "It doesn't affect me too badly but I worry it'll get worse" 6th June 2010
- "Something I thought I'd never see... two blue lines" 4th February 2009
- "I lost weight and was amazed with the results" 4th February 2009
- "I felt like I wasn't a proper woman anymore" 22nd November 2008
- "He said I was too fat and said I should starve myself" 7th November 2008
- "I once again feel hopeful that maybe I will be a mum some day" 15th October 2008
- "Told me I'd never have children and sent me home" 10th August 2008
- "I have been back on the clomid madness – with another 7 cycles" 13th June 2008
- "I hated not being able to give my husband a family" 21st December 2007
- "I was told I had PCOS and then fobbed off" 19th December 2007
- "I can't imagine my life with all this excess hair" 10th December 2007
"I lost weight and was amazed with the results"
Wednesday, 4th February 2009
My name is Sylvia, I'm 24 and was diagnosed with PCOS when I was about 18 years old.
I started my period very young, when I was just nine. To begin with it was extremely heavy and I had excruciating period pains to go with it. I also went from being a very skinny kid and gained a fair bit of weight although I was active and eating healthily. I would see other girls my age eating so much more than me and not putting on a single ounce of fat. All my friends at secondary school were thinner than me and had loads of energy whereas I had mood swings, felt very low and didn’t enjoy eating much.
I then went to college and for one of the months when I started my period and it wouldn’t stop, I was on my period for months and finally collapsed, ended up in hospital where I was diagnosed with PCOS. I was relieved to know the cause of my symptoms but disheartened when I was told by a doctor there’s no cure and I would just have to lose some weight.
I was really frustrated and upset but eventually I joined a gym and lost weight and was amazed with the results, my periods were regular now, my acne cleared up, I had a lot more energy, I felt good about myself. However, I had to stop going to the gym as I could no longer afford it and gained the weight back and all the symptoms returned. Period became irregular again, acne came back, energy level plummeted and I started suffering from depression.
It is very hard still and it’s a constant struggle. Although friends are supportive, I feel no one really understands my situation and how it affects me every day. People look at me with disbelief when I say the reason I cannot lose weight due to PCOS and that I actually don’t eat much.
I was happy to see Verity has been set up to help women like me and hope people discover you so that they can gain the support I did not when I was first diagnosed.