I combated my severe endometriosis and PCOS about 5 years ago when I started seeing a Naturopath instead of a GP & 'specialists'- the latter which had me on a merri-go-round of synthetic drugs and repeated surgery.
My naturopathic treatment consisted of a combination of herbal and homeopathic remedies, probiotic supplementation (friendly bacteria), detoxification from candida and heavy-metal toxicity (present in most PCOS sufferers), and a strictly alkaline, low GI, dairy-free and wheat-free diet. I have stuck to this diet since, going off it only for special occasions and my conditions have not returned.
I now also eat organic where possible and avoid food additives (Check out the book Additive Alert by Julie Eady, and learn how they can affect your hormones).
Within the field of natural medicine, the contraceptive pill is not considered a valid 'treatment', but rather a band-aid approach to mask symptoms by temporarily realigning hormone levels with synthetic hormones. Natural medicine practitioners believe the contraceptive pill exacerbates PCOS and endometriosis - particularly where your fertility is concerned, as the pill is designed to stop you ovulating, and hence render you infertile.
If you wish to eliminate PCOS for good, I strongly suggest you aim to address the root cause of the problem rather than cover it up with a drug- if you know what I mean.
Having been down this road before, it is my not so humble opionion that you need to get out of the conventional system of medicine and treat the root causes with natural medicine and extensive dietary modification.
I also recommend the book by Francesca Naish - The Natural Way to Better Babies; Preconceptual Care for Prospective Parents. You will find alot of info in there that will assist with your condition.
Please send me a private message if you want more info - I have hardly elaborated here and there is alot more I could tell you!!
Sorry i didn't see your reply when i replied to the last comment!
Thank you so much for your story, it seems like a lot of us have had problems since day one.
I used to be on the lighter side as well but when i was 16 i just started gaining weight really fast, and i was completely shocked when the doctor i went and saw told me that it was normal. Being 16 i didnt quite know the seriousness of it all so i just brushed it off as normal.
Not many people i know (not even my mother or my MIL) about PCOS so no one offered any help instead i had a lot of horrible things said about me, my best friends father saw me at the shops one day and he went home and told her that i had gotten "fat". I was completely shattered, i couldnt understand why i gained so much weight and being told by a male, or having one call me fat made me quite depressed.
I dropped out of school because i couldn't take the rumours going around about me, a few people said i was pregnant a few said i was doing drugs and others just called me fat. I became very depressed to the point i stopped talking to people and only spoke to my boyfriend (my now fiance) i had a big falling out with my mum so i couldnt confide in her, my sisters couldnt relate to me so talking to them was hopeless. By the time i turned 17 i gained a total of 20kgs. I started talking to my mum and she said she was worried at how fast i was gaining weight but nothing ever was done about it she just told me to start exercising.
3 weeks after my 17th birthday and 2 days before new years eve i was in a horse riding accident. Messed up my right arm quite a bit (compound fracture to my right forearm, dislocated elbow and fractured wrist) So if things weren't bad enough for me i now had to live with 2 massive scars on my arm and the pain of the metal plate and screws in my arm. I got even more depressed and more withdrawn. I don't think i left the house for about a month, and when i did people would stare and i felt like a freak. Me and my boyfriend fought a lot, i would start fights for no reason, i was moody constantly.
Finally, i'm not sure what happened but i started to cope with everything. I became really good friends with my boyfriends sister and i could confide in her and she sort of understood what i was talking about. She kept telling me to see another doctor but i always put it off.
It wasn't until a week after i turned 19 that one night i had a rotten stomach ache, i put it down to food poisoning so i made myself throw up to try and make it better but it only made it worse. When the pain wasn't gone by morning i went to the hospital and after 4 hours of sitting in the waiting room the doctor thought i had appendicitis so they operated. When i woke up i was told i had appendicitis as well as a massive ruptured cyst on my right ovary. I would have thought they would have picked up on something but no they sent me home.
It wasnt until about 6 weeks ago that i knew something was really wrong. I was at work (i was a sales assistant at diana ferrari) and i got this really horrible pain in my stomach i thought it was gas (sorry if TMI) so i just brushed it off but then when i couldnt bend over or pick up a shoe box without feeling like i was going to pass out from pain, eventually my manager sent me home. I went to the doctor and that is when he asked about my medical history and he wanted me to go all the way back to when i was a teenager (i was thinking yes finally someone will help me) i told him everything and that is when he mentioned PCOS and endometerosis he ordered a blood test and an ultrasound and a month ago i was diagnosed with PCOS.
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