Tired of Being Gaslit and Lied to
This is my first time ever posting on Reddit, I’m usually just an observer. However I need a place to place my thoughts with a group of people that can understand the struggle. I have been diagnosed with PCOS for over 10 years (at age 25). I was in great shape, in the gym 6 days a week, eating healthy and tracking all my food when one day BOOM 30 lbs. And then more weight and more weight until I finally got it to stop increasing about a year ago. As with many of you, I cannot lose weight no matter what I’ve tried. I have been to multiple endocrinologists, I’ve been to holistic doctors, I’ve done Chinese Medicine ( helped the most). Needless to say I’ve been fighting for a long time. Besides all the typical issues which we all just somehow live with like exhaustion, brain fog, irregular periods, sugar cravings, and of course the immense weight issue, I have now developed a yeast infection that has been ongoing for 8 months. My OBGYN has tried any and every medicine, and they all work until I stop them. I have been asking is it my blood sugar? I get my A1C tested regularly and it’s always normal. I have been to 3 separate endocrinologists, my primary, and my OB and asked for a glucose test over the past 5 years. I have been told multiple times no no no not needed. Well lo and behold my OB finally agrees, I take the glucose test as well as bloodwork for my A1C and the A1C came back normal and my glucose test DID NOT. Now my OB is saying the chronic yeast infection is due to my blood sugar. Wow SHOCKER! At this point I am mentally spiraling. I am so tired of being gaslit and told it’s all in my head by these doctors. And if you want someone to actually listen you need to be rich so you can go to a holistic or functional medicine doctor. For context I am not on birth control or metformin, I have tried my best to handle the PCOS through diet, exercise, supplements, acupuncture, and Chinese herbs via a TCM Doctor. I have seen improvement in my periods, my skin, my insulin resistance doing that but nothing has cured this yeast infection. And with the confirmation of my blood sugar being a problem, I am scared of what comes next. Anyway for those of you who made it this far, thanks for reading. I am really struggling and have no one to talk to about this that understands how hard it has been.
Proud of everyone in this forum and hoping all of us can one day get the help we need and deserve ❤️