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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geocacher" data-source="post: 378934" data-attributes="member: 32611">What you've described if typical of PCOS.  You can manage PCOS successfully, but you will probably have to insist on appropriate treatment.  Unfortunately, most GPs seem to think that it's self inflicted just like T2.  It definitely is not.Metformin is one of the best treatments, make sure you get the slow release version.  Stick with it, the side effects go away in a few weeks.  It tempers the highs and lows and makes regulating your blood sugar much easier.  Acanthosis Nigricans should fade, hair problems should get better, and your periods should become regular and easier.  Ask if you can also take finasteride, it's normally only prescribed to men for a completely different reason, and you cannot take it if you are at risk of becomming pregnant or trying for a baby, but for some it really helps with PCOS symptoms and you can stop taking it if you do want to have children.Ask your GP for a referral to an endocrinologist to help sort out your problems, an endocrinologist is going to be better informed about PCOS, and various other endocrin problems that could complicate it, and also about diabetes.You can find more information on this forum:<a href="http://www.soulcysters.net/" target="_blank">http://www.soulcysters.net/</a></blockquote>

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