Pcos/overweight/constant bleeding

[Charla93]

Hiya. First time doing anything like this but I’m at my wits end and want to make sure I’m not the only person in the world suffering. And to get tips on how to help myself.

I first was told I had pcos at 17 I am now 29. Since then my weights gone up and up. I now weigh 21st and am a size 28. I have one 5 year old.

I feel disgusting. I look disgusting. I have been bleeding heavily non stop since October last year. Every doctor just says lose weight. I soak through clothes, I have to shower some nights at 2am because it’s so bad.

my doctor put me on an 800 calorie a day diet. Me and my partner did this. The first week I lost 11lbs. The following 3 months I lost nothing. We ate exactly the same tracked absolutely everything and nothing happened

i was put on weight watchers, slimming world and nothing is working. I’m trying to move more. My job is unfortunately 8-5 6 days a week at a desk. But when I can be up and about I am. I wear my fit bit and track everything. Everytime I get on the scales I’m just bigger and bigger. I am pre diabetic and have non alcahol fatty liver. But no doctors told me how to fix this. Just lose weight.

I don’t no what to do anymore. I’m huge. I’m bleeding all the time. It’s making me miserable and no one will help me. I feel sorry for my child and my partner as I don’t want to be like this.

hand on heart I eat relatively well. The odd day once of twice a month but that’s normal. I don’t binge. I don’t have a bad relationship with food. I love vegetables. I’m not interested in biscuits or ice cream etc.

I’ve recently started to take myo inositol which stopped my period for two weeks. I felt amazing. And then my period came and it’s not stopped since. Norithstone won’t stop it. Birth control I apparently can’t be in because I’m too big.

sorry it’s such a long one. I’m just exhausted. I’m genuinely considering getting a loan which I can’t really afford to do for weight loss surgery just to try to change my life.

I don’t want to die young. I want to watch my little boy grow 😭 any advice please!!!!!!

one last thing. Roseaca can someone bloody tell me how to make my face look pretty again. It’s so bloody red. I got prescribed antibiotics. Antibiotic cream nothing. Body is clearly broken 😂

annnnddd breath. Pull up my big girl panties and carry on 🤦‍♀️

I have pcos and found inositol enabled me to lose weight in a normal way (like 1 pound a week on a 500 calorie deficit). It did take 3 months to work though. So I would keep taking the inositol regardless of whether you see results. It's cheap and definitely won't hurt you, so even if it gives you a tiny edge it's worth it!
BUT if you're genuinely eating 800 calories a day without cheat days, and are weighing absolutely everything that goes in your mouth, then you should lose even with pcos. So I'd ask for bloods from the GP. Thyroid issues are one possibility for example. If that gp won't help, see another. If they still won't help, you could try keeping a food and exercise diary - write down all you eat and calories, and show them as evidence that you should be losing so something must be wrong.
Good luck!

Hi Charla

Any update on the bleeding issue , I suffer the same symptoms you are describing so any light on the matter will be most appreciated

Thanks

Hiya sorry for the delay in reply. I’ve been back to my doctor. Had my bloods taken. Nothing has come up. When I told her of all my bleeding issues she scoffed and said if it was true I would be dead from blood loss. Well I’m still here sooo. I have my internal scan tomorrow on my ovaries. She thinks maybe fibroids at a guess. But if nothing shows up tomorrow she has said book closed. Nothing they can do. Which is great as it’s now been a year of heavy bleeding daily 😔

All of this sounds like you have insulin resistance and until you sort that out, symptoms will persist.

There are many diets that can reverse insulin resistance, but they all have one thing in common….very low carbohydrate. You essentially have a problem regulating carbohydrate.

reversing-insulin-resistance.com/videos/zoeharcombe.html

www.diabetes.co.uk/in-depth/david-unwin-low-carb-not-just-diabetes/

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277302/

Omgggg I am exactly in the same boat, I have no kids and my GP practice is the absolute worse , cannot get them to take me seriously , I have pcos since I was 25 but recently they put me on metformin instead of inositol, it did help me fpr the cyst on the ovaries but not for the bleeding , I pray your internal scan goes well and they find a cause that can be fixed.

I think the attitude of the GP practice and the hospital in my area is appalling , they didn't believe me either and it has taken a year of constantly going in for my bleeding issue to take me seriously but it is still too slow and too long.

The last Gynaecologist they sent me to was a horrible woman, no empathy and almost derogatory remarks about my weight and bleeding issue , I wish I could have recorded that conversation so that I had proof of the stuff she said.

I really do pray you find some answers , I horay I do too, you are not alone in this , I think there are plenty of women like us out there, whose pain and suffering is not heard.

@hamstersarse yes you are spot on that is what I researched as well , trying my best to follow a low carbon diet these days but that along with the bleeding leaves you extremely tired

@hamstersarse thank you for the links they are awesome !

Hi how was your scan? Having the same
issues (not Pcos though) and just bleeding all the time (For three years) and no one seems interested they’ve just given me a coil and said some women bleed and im fed up xx

Hey. I ended up having two scans and not a lot came from them. I’m now on high dosage of iron. I’ve not lost any weight or out any in either.

I eventually got a rushed scan (6 months) and ended up having a biopsy and hystereoscopy. And they fitted the coil. I’ll apparently be put in a pcos plan. I was referred for tier 3 weight loss. And lost about 4 lb in 6 months. So they’ve now just given up on me. I still bleed most days but a lot lighter due to the coil. But I dread the day it comes out 😭

Is it six months you’ve had the coil? I had hysteroscopy and coil too, I’ve bled for almost 7
months with it, I’ve had no real period as such but constant light bleeding. Thought it would have all stopped by now!
over the last month it’s got worse. Not sure how
much longer I can deal with it.
i am sorry you are having these problems- it’s good to chat to people in the same boat as I feel like it’s only me! Xx

No i had the coil done in may. My periods stopped for about two weeks and then came back. Im apparently on a 6month open pass but i called them two months ago and still nothing. Yes constant light bleeding with me too! Its like i have about 4 periods a month. Its better then it was before but its not great at all. Sex is painful. and i always bleed after. and period pains ALL the time. It defo hasn't fixed me!

I am so sorry your still struggling with it. Its so strange there are a few people all will the same issues and there is no fix for it other then coil or the pill. If i get another appointment i'll update you on it and see if there is another solution. My fear is the next steps will be ablation or hysterectomy. And im only 30. Im not ready to be told no kids forever even though i probably wont have another anyway. Its more the control being taken away.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Are you able to see a specialist privately? Metformin helped regulate my bleeding. UK GPs were kind to me but not helpful.

I have done the same, I called the consultant and asked to be seen again but there’s a 3.5 month wait.
I can’t have sex either it’s too painful I can’t even get a speculum in there it’s so sore, probably due to the bleeding for so long. I’m 34, they have suggested ablation next too, but I would have liked to find out the cause because it just baffles me how apparently “some women just bleed” 🙄 xx

Yes the wait is ridiculous isn't it. They told me 54 weeks. I cried my eyes out and went back to the doctor and they shimmied it up the list but it was still months :( There has to be a reason. Surely? If i could afford private id go private but its just not an option.

My mum had an ablation and that fixed the bleeding for her. But she still gets all the bad period pains etc.