I have heard of this before and blown it off but ever since I was 15 I had issues with my menstrual cycle.

I think it began with anorexia when I stopped eating and lived on very very few calories for months on end. I just stopped menstruating and ever since it was never normal. My weight has always shot up and down and I would sometimes bleed for a month and others not bleed for 8 months. I was always afraid of birth control pills and just never took them. I never minded.

About a year ago I went through a phase where I was having severe pelvic pains and I still wasnt menstruating. The docs were saying I was pregnant I tried telling them there was no way I was (I rarely had sex and it was always protected) Either way they checked and I wasnt (big surprise) They did find overian cysts but I dont know if there were many or anything like that. She just said they are common and that all women have them.

I have an excessive amount of facial hair (made worse by foolishly shaving a few times) But I think I have some type of hormonal imbalance. I have been thinking that for a while now. I also actually found this because I was researching the dark skin patches I have in my inner thigh area and used to have on my elbows. They are gone from my elbows but I have had them in my inner thighs for years.

I assumed they were from my thighs rubbing but I was looking to see if there was anything I can do about it. I also have brown underneath my breasts every once in a while but that usually goes away.

The hair on my head is also thinning and falling out.

No one in my immediate family has diabetes but I think both my great grandparents had it.

My family also has a history of high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

I definitely think I am insulin resistant from all that I have read and I have been LCing for about a month and a half.

None of the doctors I have spoken to are familiar with PCOS and I dont have insurance so its very expensive for me to keep running off to see doctors all the time.

Should I just stick with the LCing now and lose weight first and see if my symptoms get better or go away before running off to see doctors?

I fully intend on getting laser for my excess body hair after I get closer to my goal weight and the skin discoloring I really want something to help but I heard retin a might help with that and I will also weight till I am at my goal weight and my thighs will no longer rub.

Should I go look for an endocrinologist now or should I just basically self diagnose myself for the time being, lose weight first and then see what happens next.

Oh, I should also add that for the past 6 months, for the first time in my life my menstural cycle has been fairly regular. Basically ever since I began losing weight and eating healthier.

So what do you think?

MJ