Hi everyone!
I am a young woman (22) and I have PCOS. Besides of other symptoms, I have constant problems with my face, such as acne and I also have problems with facial hair. I have visible hair growing super fast on my chin and around and under. I have to pluck these hairs out every single morning(it's an hour routine), which is killing me already and it is certainly not the best way to handle this situation, cause it leaves marks on my skin sometime, marks that probably will never heal.
Would laser treatment help me/with the hair growth? Because this is what doctors recommended for me. I also have problems on my legs, but those are due to ingrowing hair -which also has to do with this disease!?
I haven't worn a skirt or short pants since I was 12 or so, not to mention a bathing suit . I cannot go for holidays or travel without being stressed out of the thought of how am I gonna "manage my face"!?
I feel like I'm missing out on enjoying myself and my youth.
It is very difficult for me to feel good about myself, and to actually be myself in this state. I am ashamed of myself all the time and I have encountered a lot of psychical distress because of this hormonal disorder. I have terrible mood swings around my period time, where I am not myself at all, it's basically as if I'd be watching myself from the outside and crying out for STOP! Please just stop! I tend to be really impulsive these days, very very depressed, very irritated just about anything. I am doing damage to myself and to ones I love. I try to shut myself down, take some pills that will de-connect me from that reality in which I find myself, and just try not to talk to anyone.... this is not a pleasant thing to do, but I have no other clue how to handle situations such above mentioned. It is hell. Most of the times I never get out of the house and I avoid being surrounded by people. I have these constant panic and crying attacks and sometimes I just wish I'd die cause I cannot bear it any more or see the end of this whole thing.
I have had regular periods for about a 9 months, but now it is delaying again, for about 3 weeks now, for the second time.
It has been over a year that I was diagnosed and since then I have been treated as a diabetic (Type 2), taking 2X1000 mg Metformin (Metformini hydrochloridum) /day. This is the only treatment i am getting, because the doctors said that an insulin problem is at the base of this entire disease. I did take last summer Diane 35 for 3 months, but that didn't really help, and I am not that keen about taking hormone pills as I am already messed up as it is!
I am sure that somebody from here has or has had similar issues maybe,
and I would really appreciate your opinion, your experience and maybe advice on this PCOS topic!
It would help me a great deal! Thanks,
Zsanna_m