Hi Jess!
I have PCOS too. Its not so bad. Just really frustrating!! I never O without clomid. Clomid has usually worked except for the last cycle in making me O, and i haven't had hardly any side effects. I've been having hot flushes the past couple of weeks which i thought may have been related to clomid, but I stopped taking that last week.
Now I'm just waiting to O!
I saw a natropath last week. That was really interesting. She took a much more holistic approach and talked about things that cause PCOS like diet and lack of vitamins etc. She has put me on a low-carb diet (very hard for me to follow!!!) and given me a few vitamins. She would've given me a herbal drink thing too if i wasn't already taking clomid. I wish now I'd seen her before seeing the gyno and I would've given her treatments a go before going for clomid.
Having said that, I'm not yet willing to give up the clomid. I'm going to perserve with clomid for a couple more months and then see what my gyno says. I've been TTC for 6 months now.
PCOS makes it hard and frustrating to understand your body. I get really stressed at this time of my cycle (I'm CD14) because I'm convinced I won't O.
Good luck!