Hi my name is Jennifer and I have
#PCOS
In my early twenties I started gaining weight with no explanation
It was shortly after my grandfather passed so I just blamed it on grief and depression
Then the other symptoms started to follow:
Insomnia, excessive sweating, mood swings, depression, anxiety, fatigue, etc
I remember sitting in the endocrinologists office begging for them to run more tests to try to understand what was wrong with me because being told all your labs are fine was not an answer I was willing to accept
They told just to lose weight and address all my symptoms separately
YEAH, OK
Sadly it took until the age of 34 to find the right doctor who would listen to my issues and run the correct blood work to finally say you’re not crazy, you have a hormonal imbalance and a hormonal condition
Some days I wake up in a great mood and feel good about my body and others like today, I woke up feeling like crap and my lower stomach bloated out
And that’s why PCOS is a god d...