Is this normal?
A few years ago my old gynecologist told me that she suspected I have PCOS because I have all of the symptoms, facial and body hair, 4 periods a year when I'm not on birth control, periods that last for 2 or 3 weeks when I'm not on birth control, difficulty losing weight, the inability to get pregnant (back when I was young and wanted a baby, luckily I didn't get pregnant as I wasn't truly ready!). She told me there was no point in finding out if I really had it as I wasn't trying to conceive. She put me on Ortho Trycylin Sept (the highest dose of birth control!) to help with the periods and that was it.
Then I went to a different gyno the next year and got the same speal. I was told to do the South Beach diet and lose weight and then get tested when I wanted to have a baby. So then I went to ANOTHER gyno. She listened a little better, she at least tested my thyroid levels. But they came back normal, so no further testing was needed. Is there anything I can do? I'm tired of looking in the mirror every day to pluck the black hairs on my chin, cheeks, and lips. I'm doing South Beach, but when I've done it for a month and only lost 5 pounds, I get discouraged and quit. I'm back on it now and have lost about 4 pounds so far. Is there really nothing they can do until I'm ready to have a baby? It's so frustrating!
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