PCOS

My fight with PCOS has been a long battle and it effects my family and loved ones.

I used to think I had a depression problem but its my body releasing different hormones that affect me.

I am fine one day and then the next day my mood would be depressed and unmotivated. I'll have days that I feel "normal" and then a day that I'm angry and everything is stressful and frustrating.

On my good days I try to do as much work as possible, just to captilize on the energy I have. Then on my bad days I try change something up. Take the kids to the park, or do something fun. Its not always easy to get away from the house when there is seven little people needing care and schooling, so when I can get out, I do!

The biggest culprit is food. If I dont eat a meal I can be come very frustrated and agitated. Its worse if I eat the wrong thing, sugars and some carbs can cause a topsy turvy day. Sugars can either pull me up for awhile and make me feel happy or they can make me feel aggitated, but the drop after the sugar high is worse. It almost always makes me feel angry.

Another affect of PCOS is that it can effect my appearance. Most woman are concerned about appearances. As woman we worry about our hair, skin and weight. Pcos causes my skin to have achne problems and my hair slowly thins out more, losing hair everyday.

Being Insulin Resistant I can gain weight very easily, actually my body seems to like doing that more then using energy to function. I can have times of feeling very tired and gain a lot of weight. Even eating right and exersizing doesnt help alone. I have learned I need Metformin to help my body process food. I couple that with eating the right diet for my body and doing vigorous exersize.

This new life style has helped with all my symptoms and even helped even out my mood. My husband has been very supportive of my life style change. He participates in my diet and exersize program. And he is a lot better and sticking to things then I am. He has been my motivator, trainer and coach. I am very grateful for all his efforts and perseverance.