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I think I have PCOS and my mother won’t take me seriously.

I’m a teenager and my periods are extremely irregular- doesn’t come for months and either very heavy and long or extremely light and short.

I experience acne and I have tried so many things to clear it up.

I’m growing side burns and hair on my upper lip. I’ve also been experiencing hair thinning with my hair and it falls out a lot.

Lastly my older sister (20) went herself to the doctors has just recently also been diagnosed with PCOS.

I tried to tell my mother I was having irregular periods and I think I needed to go to the gp, every time I tell her she laughs it off and tells me it’s normal for teens to have irregular periods and I’d just be wasting the gp’s time.

I feel like if I don’t go to the GP it’ll get worse or something and I hate being in this constant state of not knowing what is wrong with me. What can I do?

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J�

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Ask your mom for the insurance info and schedule yourself an annual exam. Bring up your concerns about your symptoms to the doctor when you’re there. You want to find a gynecologist or a family doctor that does women exams.

Ho

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If you can get it taken care of right now at this age it will be good for you later on. I wish I had taken my irregular periods serious when I was a teen and got myself help. Make an appointment yourself or ask your sister if she can take you.

ri

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Your symptoms really don’t seem that odd to me. A little hair is normal and she is right, irregular periods are normal as a teen. But you wouldn’t be wasting their time. Next time you go to the doctor for something else, bring it up then. Or you can go by yourself too.
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