I'm not exactly new to pcos, but I'm only recently learning more about
my condition.  When I was diagnosed with pcos I was only 13, and not
many ppl seemed to know a lot about it.  At that age I didn't exactly
understand what was wrong with me.  The worst part for me wasn't so much
the symptoms, but instead the side effects from the medication I was
taking.  Birth control was the only option I was given and I had very
bad reactions to just about any type of bc that I tried.  The worst was
the moodswings.  I felt like I was going crazy, and no one seemed to
understand.  I went to doctor after doctor and they all kept telling me
the same things.  Finally, I stopped taking the pills because I wanted
to feel normal.  I was told a year later that if I chose to stay off the
medication I would be giving up the option of having children.  At 15 I
wasn't ready to make that choice so I suffered through the side effects,
and at 21 am still suffering.  Am I the only one with this problem.
Sometimes I feel like I am.