September Is PCOS Awareness Month, And I'd Like To Point Out Some Of The Many Symptoms People With PCOS

September is PCOS Awareness month, and I'd like to point out some of the many symptoms people with PCOS deal with everyday...

moon face

excessive body hair, arm, chests, back, face, legs and buttocks

irregular periods

painful periods

extremely heavy periods

constant bloating

mood swings

struggle to lose weight

struggle to gain weight

food cravings

high cholesterol

insulin resistance

oily skin

acne

insomnia

fatigue

sleep apnea

depression

anxiety

tubular breasts

dark and sensitive underarms

skin tags

belly fat

high testosterone

excessive hair loss

thinning hair

pelvic pain

infertility

ovarian cysts

And so much more, as well as having to struggle to even find a doctor who will take any of our symptoms and pain seriously. The medical industry needs to take better care of women, intersex and trans folks with PCOS and Endometriosis.

Our pains are real and we deserve better.

people don't understand just how fucking validating it is to have someone at your job finally understand your chronic illness, know what you are going through, give you advice on it, and actually help you. I am so used to advice that does nothing and puts a bandaid on a broken arm and I don't understand how I feel right now.

The mind numbing anger of chronic fatigue is getting irritable because you're so fucking tired but you really feel like you SHOULDNT BE.

You SHOULD be able to sit at a desk and do work. You SHOULD be able to just watch a freaking YouTube video. You SHOULD be able to just eat fucking lunch.

But you can't. Because your eyes are closing and it's like temporary death is taking you.

as soon as I’m no longer in constant pain it’s over for you bitches

happy sept 1st & PCOS awareness month. As well as world PCOS day!

I have PCOS & was born in this month, how fitting is that 🙃

anyways, to all my PCOS survivor siblings (cysblings?) Tylenol is the least effective for menstrual cramps- Ibuprofen & Naproxen/Alive are way better! (With alive being the most effective). Spearmint tea has anti-androgen effects. If you don’t like tea; smoothies, use whole fruits instead of juice bc fiber. Also dark chocolate is great. PCOS covers a lot of things & have a lot of different symptoms (I, for example, do not have facial hair but do have very painful & irregular periods) so make sure your talking with your doctor(s) about what you need & listening to your body. Because everyone will need something different.

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