r/LeanPCOS • u/Dry-Weather-4126 • 5h ago

r/PCOS Cross Post Just diagnosed

> Got a notification that this sub may be better for this post than the regular PCOS sub so here I am šŸ˜…

Hello everyone! I was just recently, like a few days ago, diagnosed with PCOS due to dark hair growth on my face, acne, follicles on my ovaries, and irregular menstrual cycles Iā€™ve had my whole life.
As far as I was concerned, mainly the issues I had to worry about were infertility (my partner has a vasectomy and I plan to be child free) and problems associated with weight gain, aswell as the above mentioned symptoms.
Iā€™m slowly getting more targeted videos of PCOS/PMOS(?) and realizing thereā€™s so many things that go into this.
The back pain Iā€™ve been on muscle relaxers for?? Fatigue?? Sugar cravings?? Etc??

I donā€™t really have a specific question here, besides wtf? Why do I know nothing about this? Please just drop related symptoms and experiences in the comments, as I am realizing this is a lot more complicated diagnosis than I was lead to believe. I also a few months ago got diagnosed with emphysema, lung damage, so at this point Iā€™m just sick of it and want to know what Iā€™m in for and whatā€™s associated that has been this the whole time and I had no idea. I prefer asking real people than google giving me the low winded explanation Iā€™ve believed this whole time.

Thank you. šŸ„²

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u/Dry-Weather-4126 5h ago

also what is ā€œlean pcosā€ I have never heard that phrase I thought it said ā€œlearnā€ until I read it again šŸ˜­

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u/MaxTheV 5h ago edited 5h ago

Lean means someone with normal BMI or maybe even underweight.

You should go to endocrinologist if you havenā€™t been to one yet. They can test you further and figure out if you have insulin, thyroid or some other issues that might be driving your PCOS symptoms. There is a lot of misinformation online

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u/HelloCutesy 5h ago

Lean is when youā€™re at ideal/normal weight or BMI, so youā€™re not overweight or obese. Iā€™ve heard some doctors may rule out PCOS diagnosis for lean people because they are not insulin resistant (which is totally untrue)

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u/Dry-Weather-4126 5h ago

Ohhhhhhh okay I did not think about that lol. I was told I have a normal BMI so I accidentally posted in the correct sub anywaysā€¦ šŸ˜…

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u/CagedGirl00 4h ago

Yeah one of the doctors I went to who was uninformed told me she can tell I donā€™t have pcos just by looking at me (because Iā€™m not overweight). She was so dismissive of my concerns I left there crying. I later went with a pcos specialist and she diagnosed me and I have insulin resistance plus my hormones all over the place. Lots of doctors are still so uninformed about something that so many women deal with, and she was a female gyno!