PCOS manifests in at least 5 ways:
1. traditional PCOS -- anovulatory, increased androgens, no insulin resistance
2. endocrine syndrome X -- anovulatory, increased androgens, insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes
3. non-traditional PCOS --anovulatory, normal androgens, obese, insulin resistant or type 2 diabetes
4. non-traditional PCOS -- ovulatory, increased androgens, mild insulin resistance
5. idiopathic hirsutism -- ovulatory, increased androgens, no insulin resistance
So while I wouldn't wish it on anyone, don't think you are in the clear just because there's no cysts building up from lack of ovulation. You could be one of the ovulatory types.
Better to get the condition managed early than let it go on and on without an eye kept on it.
Hopefully your hormone labs will come back good and show you aren't having androgen or insulin probs.
GL!
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