PCOS Linked to Mental Health Issues?

The Doctors and endocrinologist Dr.Dr. Joseph Pinzone discuss a study which found a connection between women who have PCOS and certain mental health issues.

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[brenshanice]

I'm so miserable with pcos im tired from the time I wake up until I go to bed

[-MaryPoppins-]

you mean to tell me hormonal imbalances, fertility issues, masculine hair growth, and ect LEAD TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES!?!?!? Wow 😳 I never could have guessed

[cheyennelowry]

I have PCOS and depression and anxiety...very interesting!

[toniastubblefield]

I have PCOS and it ruined me. I was recently diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and I believe it was from the trauma of having PCOS

[Niccole-oqwo]

I wonder if the disparaging symptoms are the root of depression and anxiety in PCOS. How can one be happy when your body is constantly working against you? Scalp hair loss, hirsutism, excessive weight gain (while eating healthy) cystic acne, infertility, skin discoloration from insulin resistance ( acanthosis nigricans), metabolic disorders, irregular/heavy/non-stop or non-existent list goes on and on and on. It's awful. How is any woman supposed to be happy with these symptoms?

What woman wants to embrace a beard, hair loss and infertility at the same time? We have to work 3 times harder than the average woman just to achieve a small weight reduction. Many of us don't even feel like women. We feel like prisoners in our own bodies. At the end of the day, PCOS messes with you mentally because it practically contradicts everything you do. It makes everything so much harder.

For me, it will rear its ugly head even when I do everything right. Lifestyle changes has never relieved any of my symptoms. My body always reminds me PCOS is It's Fuckery on another

[yosrbououni]

Since I have diagnosed with pcos like I'm crying always to no reason sometimes I feel that I'm crazy but after hearing this I understand everything

[asmalltowngirl]

No one understands my mood swings . I can't live like this for long . I am the pressure on their heads .

[TheSoftLifeDiaries]

Interesting cause I have PCOS and started having some crazy depressed thoughts. My anxiety shot through the roof almost overnight in the past few years. So now I understand that it’s all related.

[douja]

My mental health was getting bad and I think pcos is the reason

[VINSIA]

I'm so glad the correlation is finally being made officially through studies, hopefully there's more to come in the near future!

[jaxx]

I have PCOS and It’s sucks!!!! I HATE IT!!! I always ask why me why did my family have to pass it to Now I’m struggling to have a baby and it’s hard!!!!

[TiaraSoWavy]

I have pcos and I suffer from anxiety and depression if I don’t take my medicine a lot of times it makes me feel suicidal.

[mai]

I remember I was 14.5 years old when I first started getting excessive bleeding. I was heartbroken and I cried everyday for 3 months, I was going through a breakup, and cried every hour of the day, first thing in the morning and last thing at night, and that was my daily routine. I started getting this excessive bleeding the third month and left it untreated, this happened around November 2014, and I finally said something to my parents in april then I got my treatment eating healthy, everything was normal.
Now I have messed up periods again because I gained so much weight because of depression but I'm eating healthier, I'm just mad at myself because I was careless and left it until the damage was done

[tinalawreta]

I have PCOS and I remember how l felt when the doctor toid me it would be hard for me to conceive I now have 4 children very successful pregnancies God blessed me with use of herbs!

[starshanae]

This is so true! I'm suffering from having PCOS! It's awful

[coddiescolors]

Very interesting to hear that it may cause autism and or ADHD in children because i have P.C.O.S and a son that is on the autistic spectrum...

[Hairbytyra.s]

i can attest to this, ALL of this. i am on the spectrum of add, depression, anxiety. i lost ALL of my weight, i’m on my period and entering psychosis

[KendallHopkins]

I was diagnosed with PCOS officially a couple weeks ago, though I’ve known I had it for years because it runs in my family and I have all of the symptoms. However, my 7 year old son is also diagnosed with ADHD and I never even thought for a second that it could be linked. I’m actually really emotional feeling like none of this was ever my fault and I didn’t do anything wrong.

[summermuhammad]

I am 36, found out when I was 16 I have diabetes, at age 34 diagnosed with vertigo and this pass Friday PCOS. I find myself struggling emotionally and mentally having to deal with so many health issues.

[iluvsmokeythecat]

I didn't get PCOS until I got a mirena IUD and then had it removed, coincidence? I don't know, now my hair is falling out, I can't lose weight, I grow in thick sideburns, and got acne (I never had it before in my life), and all after my Mom suddenly passed away 😫 I'm only 26.