I absolutely hate the limited options that are provided by OB/GYN's! I know they're doing their job and perhaps there's not enough research done for quality treatment regarding PCOS; what birth-control is not going to cut it, what about when I want to have children?

I've heard from several people that getting a gastric bypass will help with the hormonal issues developed from PCOS as well as fertility issues.

What do you guys think?

Btw I'm from Virginia

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Unfortunately, I have also been dealing with PCOS for many many years. I had such horrible periods that would last months that finally after five years of constantly testing different medications and going through hundreds of tests, I was told that my only solution was to get a hysterectomy. I went through with the hysterectomy and it helped with the periods but not the PCOS and my weight continued to climb. I spoke with my endocrinologist and he said weight loss surgery would help tremendously. I started the process in June and just got approved this week. When meeting with the surgeon he said that he has treated many women with PCOS and has never had a recurrence of the symptoms after surgery!

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I have PCOS and am hoping to get the sleeve done.

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They can put you on metformin in addition to bc.

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I have PCOS. I was diagnosed at 18 in 1990 and my doctor said there was nothing she could do for me, but come back when I wanted to try for kids. When I think about how many years I needlessly suffered with all the symptoms, I don't know whether to scream or cry or both. Finally in my late 30s I researched it myself and marched in with medical opinion papers on treating my symptoms and walked out with the prescriptions I demanded.

More to your question, the times I've lost all my extra weight, my symptoms all but disappeared. I think there is still a chicken and egg question about it - what comes first, the obesity or the PCOS - but weight loss helps a lot.

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I was diagnosed with PCOS about 8-10 years ago. Met Forman and spironoloactone helped a bit with the excess facial hair but not much with anything else.

Had gbp surgery 1 yr ago and have lost all my excess weight. Other than the facial hair that I already had from past pcos, all the other symptoms are "gone baby gone". What the endocrinologist who diagnosed me said has proven true -- "lose the excess weight and your PCOS will go away".

Don't know if this is true for everyone but it was for me.