Symptoms... tmi... what do u think
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| Wed, 08-15-2007 - 7:11pm |
Hi there,
I posted this same post on the PCOS board... now I want to see what everyone over here thinks...
My mom is convinced that I have PCOS or hypothyroidism. As a result of her nagging finally went to the dr yesterday... now I am in a holding pattern wondering what the results will say... I have been reading everything possible on both all day long as since so many of you have personal experience w/ PCOS I thought I would throw it out there and see if you have any guesstimations on my symptoms... they are:
Well first off I am 37 and have 2 children, ages 15 and 8. I am 5'6" and weigh close to 170...
Premature maturation (At the age of 2, I was a close to 3 feet tall or a little over... I started getting breast buds at 6 and started having my period at age 10 or 11 at that point I stopped growing in about 5th grade)
Ovarian cysts
Loss of hair on my head
Male pattern hair growth (face, breast, bikini line that reaches almost to my knees)
Acne
Skin taggs on my neck
Gradual weight gain that won't come off
Fatigue/exhaustion
Anxiety/depression
I get sick very easily
Not too sure if this is considered to be infertility... I was able to have 2 children although it did take a while to conceive naturally a little over a year for each child, but have to admit that when I was younger there were many times that I should have been pg and never was
I cycle every 21-24 days... however it feels like it is always from the left ovary and never the right.
Like I said the dr will be in w/ the verdict but until then wanted to throw this out and see what ya'll had to say.
Blessings!
Charli

Hi Charli,
Welcome to our board.
I don't know much about PCOS so I can't relate your symptoms to that.
Holy Smokes... they took like 4-5 tubes of blood. She is doing the full thyroid panel, they are checking my estrogen and testosterone levels, iron level, kidney and liver function. She is hoping that the tests will give some answers... if not then she is going to do a 8am cortizol test (?)
It's funny... I have been dealing w/ these symptoms for so long and have been fine to be in complete denial... but now that I know that I will soon have an answer I am climbing the trees... I am so nervous!
Thanks for the links!