r/LeanPCOS

I have had irregular periods since the start, have been diagnosed with PCOS. Sonography reports shows cysts. I have had the following symptoms:
Irregular periods, bad acne, hair fall thinning.

Hair fall and thinning actually is variable is less for sometimes when I am supplementing or doing a good hair care routine. Sometimes it’s worse irrespective of what I do.

Acne: that has also been there always! Have been on isotret thrice, spirolactone for a long time, birth control for 2 years. While spiro helped (even with periods) it made my period cycle shorter after a point. After third isotret course my acne did get better and now I only have a few around jaw and neck.

Birth control did nothing for my acne, just period cycle was regulated of course.
Weight has not been an issue wrt PCOS. Have a few hair on my chin but manageable.

But I am now looking to naturally regulate my cycles. Also eventually getting pregnant (not married yet but generally looking to improve things) I am supplementing (myo inositol, D3, B12, magnesium). My Testosterone levels haven’t been so much of problem. Haven’t had IR too. Morn g Cortisol sometimes is higher on report.

Anyone has had similar experience and improved their cycles?
Or any doctor in Mumbai that helps with targeted symptoms and not prescribing OCP, or suggesting to only look into things when I want to get pregnant?

My cycle is anywhere between 60-90 days before I take to homeopathy for inducing periods.

Any chance Fatty Liver causes PCOS? Anyone who treated their liver first instead of PCOS and got their cycles back?

I am specially looking into Milk thistle supplements. I am wondering if milk thistle will help my liver work better that would somehow regulate my cycles on it's own.

Wanna know if somebody took milk thistle for pcos alone, and saw improvements. If yes, what improvements did you see, and for how long.

So, I've started my period the day after my 10th birthday and ever since that it's been highly irregular. I've always been on the slimmer side (I'm 40kg, maybe a bit less whilst being 163 cm) and I usually attributed my irregular periods by simply being a bit underweight. I'd always get concerned comments from classmates and even my own sisters when I'd use self-deprecating humor about my very random period. And considering my religious background (I am a muslim), I usually would get over a month long period during Ramadan which honestly annoyed me and to where I genuinely didn't care anymore and started fasting on my period.

Fast forward a couple years, I'm now nearly 14, and I decided to actually get my shit checked out and turns out? I got pcos. Lean pcos to be exact, as I really don't gain weight. I'm now on birth control and it's really affecting my mood, I've been feeling pretty nauseous as well and I'm always lethargic. I'm just sorta searching for tips on how to deal with this normally since I feel like my body actually hates me now since I can't do anything with my mood swings and fatigue.

TDLR; I'm just looking for tips on dealing with it. I honestly consider it a pretty ironic and a bit silly diagnosis. (Humor is my coping mechanism if you can't tell) but it is irritating me how I'm feeling way less focused and extremely tired nowadays. Would appreciate any advice!

I usually have a 35–37-day cycle, but somehow I just can’t seem to ovulate this time - it’s cycle day 20 already and there’s still not even a hint of ovulation and BBT remained elevated like 36.57.

I’ve been taking myo-inositol for about a month now. It helped me A LOT mood-wise when I took it during the luteal phase but somehow it seems to be delaying ovulation. This is my first time taking it during the follicular phase and it feels a bit discouraging.

Even without inositol, the follicular phase has been rough for me lately. It tends to make me irritable and on edge in general and sometimes I just want to give up trying to make myself feel better.

Somehow my BBT is also higher than my usual follicular baseline. Could this have something to do with thyroid function maybe?

I am 25F, 5’2”, 183 lbs with PCOS. My cycles have been consistently 40+ days despite trying to manage my PCOS.

I am coming from a situation where I had no periods unless I had a pill. And now, through changes in diet, excercise and sleep I was able to get it back after long years. Since 1 year I am getting my periods naturally, but the cycle is running 40+ days and sometimes even 60+

Last month I had some spotting/clotting on Sept 14 but no actual period afterward. Now it’s Oct 2 and I’m bleeding again, but very lightly.

I’m trying to understand what’s actually driving this — insulin resistance, weight, inflammation, diet, stress, sleep, hormones, etc.

For anyone who had similar long/irregular cycles: what did you find was actually contributing to yours, and what finally helped regulate your periods?

Hello! So I'm 17F, 162cm and 58kg. Lately I've been suspecting that I might have PCOS, but at the same time I'm not really sure because of my age. So I would really appreciate some advice!

I had my first period when I was around 13 or 14. After that, I didn't get my period for around 4–6 months, and then I got it again. This cycle repeated, with me sometimes going around 2–4 months without getting my period. A little over a year ago, I started tracking my periods.

I've researched PCOS symptoms online, and I have a few that seem to match: pretty bad acne on my face and upper back, oily hair, above-average hair growth under my chin, on my stomach, and possibly on my legs and arms, and of course very irregular periods.

There have also been a few times when I've noticed a very small amount of faint blood on the toilet paper after going to the bathroom, which made me think my period might finally be starting, but then my period never actually came.

When I do get my periods, a lot of my friends say they experience quite a lot of pain, get lightheaded, etc., but I rarely experience discomfort during mine.

I don't take any pills or medication and I've only ever been diagnosed with dyslexia, which I don't think is related to this.

I'm mainly wondering if this could potentially be PCOS, or if irregular periods like this can still be normal at my age.