Vaginal odor, Thick dark hair all over,painful periods,hyperpigmentation and can't lose weight. Whats wrong w/ me???

[amna_g38]

I have been to my family doctor and also my gynecologist to understand why I have all these symptoms, but they both found nothing.

I have serious hyperpigmentation in sensitive areas......underarms, undereyes, between breasts (velvety and thick texture here also), under breasts, knees, elbows, buttocks, vagina and anal areas, groin and between thighs, nuckles on toes and fingers and near the nails...the cuticle area I think.

I weigh 145lbs and have actually lost quite a bit of weight to get to this point but no matter what I do I can't lose a pound more than this. I can usually eat as much as I like now without gaining more than 1-2 pounds and the next day being back to normal. I am overweight seeing as I am 5ft 1" tall and 145lbs puts me in the 30 BMI range. NO THYROID PROBLEMS! I made sure my doc checked that. I really need to lose weight.

I am also very tired at all times of the day, no energy.....I mean I can force myself to do something I really really want to do...but can't help but think about the sofa or the bed instead of what I am doing. I can sleep for upto 14 hours comfortably untill my back starts hurting. Most days Im just plain lazy...exhausted even....some days I'm a little bit more energetic....but still hate getting up in the morning.

My period is absolutely awful, it can get to the point where I have to grab my vaginal area or lower belly and slowly drop to the floor cause of the pain. I've actually almost lost conciosness from the cramping when using a tampon for the first time.

I have very long, dark and thick hair on my face (upper lip, neck, cheeks, and allover my face) on my arms and legs is just so horribly thick that even when I wax the hair just breaks off before the follicle...which leaves huge fat pepperspots. My stomach has long hair and the lower you go down my waist the more it looks like a mans body. My buttocks and my private areas are very dark and have long and thick hair allover. My back,shoulders, chest and breasts also have very thick dark hair. I am currently getting laser hair removal on all of these areas.

I also have a strong vaginal odor w/ no itching or burning. Lots of discharge, thick and white or rarely thick and clear. It gets so bad that I have to change my underwear 2-3 times a day. It constantly just smells down there. Never had sex by the way.

I also sweat more than normal, and have to use extra extra strong deo, or male deodorant in order to control it.

I am sick and tired of these problems and can't figure out how to deal w/ them all. The Laser hair removal is costing me over $7000 alone. If I began to take care of the rest of my problems just cosmetically then I wouldnt have money to eat.

I don't think I've ever gotten my testosterone levels checked but I could talk to my doc about that. The last test I got was a ultrasound type thing of my lower belly and above my vagina. The results were normal...no ovary problems...atleast the gynecologist said so.

If anyone could please help me figure out what more tests I might need that can help me figure out what I might have that would be great. Any ideas what might be going on w/ me? Suggestions would be amazing.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU sooooo much!!!!



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[confused07118]

I am not a medical prfessional but a friend of mine had some similar problems.  She was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries.  Again, NOT a med professional but it took awhile to get her diagnosed and thought this info may help.

[helpmee]

omg i know how u feel, ur not the only one! i have some of the same problems, i have hair everywhere!! i went to my gynecologist and she put me on birth control pills, because the pill has estrogen so it lowers your testosterone level. i have been on the pill for about 4 months now, but it didnt help for me so my gynecologist is giving me some hormone tablets, which should fix the problem! so i would highly reccomend you get ur testosterone levels checked, instead of payin all this money on laser hair removal because its likely that the hair might come back. and i had the same problem about the vaginal odor and discharge, you have to make sure u wash down there everyday with a mild soap, and if ur discharge has a smell to it and is a colour other than white, it could be an infection, so i would get that checked out too. but dont stres too much about all this, theres a cure for everything you have! =)

[laura1977]

Oh, and she also had discoloration of her elbows, knees.  She said it looked like they were dirty all the time.  I hope all this helps out.

[laura1977]

They actually just had a show on tv last night about unexplained med issues.  The lady had some of the same things you listed.  Facial hair, messed up periods, sweating pretty bad, she had issues loosing weight also.  She had high levels of testosterone, and the docs had to put her on birth control pills, and it made it better.  I would check that out.  You really need to get your testosterone levels checked out.