Possible that I have PCOS/IR?
I've never been diagnosed and I don't know how much of this is paranoia, but I'm curious if anyone here ever has had a similar experience.
In the past, I was a bit heavier. Not sure to what extent, but I'd say max mid 160s in the last couple of years of high school (was a size 14, then 12). My periods were really weird. Like, I could go 2-3 months without having one. I didn't really worry about that at the time given, well...they're not exactly fun. They were also super irregular.
This wasn't the thing that alerted me though. When I was younger, I noticed my armpits were always a bit darker than everyone else's. I'd dismissed that as well, basically figuring that as a lighter-skinned person of my ethnic groups, it was normal to have darker skin where it was gathered. This didn't explain the dark ring around my neck and the fact that my sister didn't have this.
Fast forward to now (I'm 22), where I'm a size 8. I have regular periods that last 5 days in the second week of every month (pretty much). The neck ring has also disappeared and I believe my armpits are a bit paler, but still noticeably dark.
As for other symptoms, I've always been kind of hairy...but kind of dismissed that due to my North Indian background. But even then, I think I'm still a bit of an outlier in that regard.
So, I have arranged for a checkup in a couple of weeks where I will bring this up. Do you guys think I have reason to do this? I don't know. I know it's stupid, but I think I just want some reassurance that I'm not a hypochondria.
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