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I have it as well. I try to ignore the fact that I do. It scares me too much to think about.
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I'm 17 as well, and the doctors told me I have probably had this since I was 7, and I was told that PCOS is why I started developing early and why I now have health problems that will either take surgery to fix or that just will never go away. Medication helps some, but it's never gotten rid of all my symptoms.
I have to tell people I'm hydrophobic because I'm so scared of being in a swim suit (hard to do, I live in south Florida), but there's nowhere else I feel safer than in the water.
It's manageable if nothing else.
This may be hypocritical, but try not to be afraid of it, because that only makes everything so much worse.
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HOLY FUCK I just googled that and that might explain all the problems I've had regarding my menstruations ever since I've started them. All the symptoms match. I have an appointment with my physician in a couple weeks and I'll ask him. I know this was probably not the point of the secret, but thanks for making me aware of this.
As for "feeling like a woman", I'll disregard the fact that I don't actually understand why one would need to identify as a man or woman to feel better, since society's standards for both are fucked up and contradictory, and I'll just tell you that: your ability or inability to bleed regularly from your vagina, generate a certain number of hormones or have a parasitic being develop in your uterus for nine months shouldn't affect how you can live your life in a positive, fun and awesome way. As for having kids, it's not because it doesn't come out of you that you can't love it. Adoption is as valid a means of having children as any other way.
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I don't know if this helps, but my cousin has POCS, and she has two beautiful boys. She's no different from anyother young mother, and she's definitely no less feminine.
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I have PCOS too ST, and even though I understand how you feel I disagree with the feeling. Having PCOS doesn't decrease your femininity or suddenly turn you into a man. PCOS is simply a disease we must learn to deal with, learn to live with. It doesn't mean for sure that you wont be able to have children, and it doesn't mean that you'll have cancer either. It just means you've got an extra burden you gotta deal with, and that's OK ST. It's ok. Start doing sports, or continue if you're already doing them, take the pill in order to regulate your hormones, go online to the PCOS forums that exist everywhere... You are not alone ST, I can relate and a lot of other beautiful women relate as well.
You'll always be a woman ST, no matter your child bearing capacity.
If you need someone that understands you to talk to you, note me. I'm here for you. You're not alone.
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hmm. I'm not really all that sure where to start. Most of the people on here have already said the sort of things that I would say. I guess I can offer you some hope.
I was 16 when I was diagnosed. I'm now 28. Yeah ok, you get some bad cramps and you can get over emotional or angry easily, but at the end of the day you are still a woman.
My doctor put me on a special birth control pill that helps to reduce the size of cysts, I actually have very few now and the symptoms are getting easier to deal with.
I was scared to tell my partner as I thought it would make him think like you have, all he said was it doesn't matter, and thats the truth.
However much I worry and flap about what is wrong with me, I know that at the end of the day, I am me and I am strong, and if taking a silly little pill every day is going to help me stay on top of everything then that is fine by me.
ST, if you need to talk about it, feel free to message me 
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Don't feel bad. You, me, and a many, many other women have this. And yes, sometimes it sucks, and the cramps could be awful (at least in my case), but definitely it doesn't make you less of a woman. You can have a perfectly normal life, this is just a condition your body has, it has nothing to do with who you are. Now, as some people have pointed out, birth control pills help, a lot, just consult you doctor first and see what he or she recommends.
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mine started about halfway through my 16th year. i've always been very much myself and it didn't bug me much, but different people have different connections to concepts. blah. that last bit as not worded well at all! >:C
mrrg. what i'm saying is, your state of mind means more than whether or not you can breed. right now, we're a bit young to be worrying about that part just now. hormone therapy as someone said before is a viable solution and even if it means you take a pill every morning, that's what you'll do, because you want it for you. think of placebos and how they work. the power of the mind is mysterious and wonderful. you believe in your womanliness, and accept yourself as you are because it's the first step to seeing that you are really truly, sincerely loved by someone.
even if thoes someones happen to be anonymous strangers labouring under the very same scourge.
"[WE ARE] WOMEN. HEAR [US] ROAR!" - Helen Reddy >:3
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You know, just like the commenter above me, my best friend has PCOS.
I never realised that she might have ever felt this way about it. Thankyou for making me see it that way.
But that same friend is still the most beautiful, wonderful person; she practically oozes womanly charm. It's just her inner strength I guess, but it's amazing.
I'll continue supporting her, and through i'll be supporting you.
But just open up to your friends, i'm sure they'll make you realise how brilliant you still are.
Or go flirt with some guys, and you'll prove to yourself you still have your womanly wiles. 
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St, my best friend has them as well, i have never had to deal with the pain of them, but i have seen her go through it. it doesn't make her any less of a woman and it doesn't make you any less of one either, that i promise you. <3 if you want to talk feel free to note me.
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I had Systs explode on both my ovaries multiple times...
They are damaged beyond repair...
Im with you sister..<3
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I have it too im 15, I understand what you mean
also I aplogise for my sister Boizurbu's comment -_-;;
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Ah, well, I felt like it so I did it.
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Haha, sorry couldn't resist.
But seriously. >__>;
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-__- you are mean sister
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I know, I know, I know.
YOU STILL LOVE YOUR SISTER EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MEAN TO ALL THE OTHER GIRLS WITH PCOS RIGHT?
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yes I love you -__-;
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I have a friend that has this, and I suffer from a similar disorder that can cause infertility called endometriosis. These are treatable in today's society. We both take birth control. Hell, my grandmother had endometriosis back in the 50's, when they were not nearly as sophisticated with treatment, and she had three kids.
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I might have it. The doctor said I might be able to treat it with birth control, but however, my mom thinks birth control is unnatural and has not taken me back to the gyno to get an ultrasound to see if I really have it.
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i'm 14 and i've had PCOS since i was 12.
It's severe.
I have broad shoulder's and i'm 5''9, but i can still look more woman than anyone i know. It just takes a little more effort.
So don't be complaining just because you've just been diagnosed with PCOS. just take birth control pills to level out your hormones. Its really not that much of a big deal.
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I am 18 and I have the same disease. It will be alright.
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Hey you, ST
Cheer up and be as strong as only a woman can be.
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I know exactly how you feel, ST. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 18. It kills me inside.
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*gives you a great big hug* I wish I could help a woman like you. I am perfectly healthy and I wish I could help.
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One of my friends have this.
It dosen't make you any less of a woman, but it makes you brave and strong for dealing wiith this. Good luck!
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I have it too. :\ There's just something about having to shave your breasts or remove hair from your face that sends your self esteem into the gutter.
How long ago were you diagnosed? After treatment, some symptoms can become manageable - I was only diagnosed three months ago, and my 5cm cyst has already shrunk a little (:
If you want, you can definitely note me - it sucks being the only one, especially if you can't open up to your family.
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There is a chance to cure this.
Maybe you can get strength out of this? There is hope.
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There's not actually a cure for it :\ You only treat the symptoms. Even if the cysts go away, and even if medicine makes the excess hair/acne/etc go away, you still have the disease. If you stop, it all comes back.
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You are right, I read it now, too. But you CAN treat the symptoms.
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But it doesn't go away :\ Like, when I was first diagnosed, I thought I was okay with it, but over the past few months, even as my symptoms dwindled, I get ridiculously emotional when I even so much as think about the disease.
It's kind of hard to explain... It's like, you're the exact same as when you didn't know you had it, and you've probably lived with it since puberty, but it's like, now that you know it's there, and that there's something wrong with you, then suddenly, bam. You feel like a freak, you feel different, or in ST's case, you feel less like a woman. It's all in your head, but now that it's there...
Blech, I'm a horrible rambler xD You can treat the symptoms, you can make the hair go away, the acne die down, you can lose weight. You can even look into en vitro if you want to get pregnant. But at the end of the day, you still have the disease, and you still have to work just to keep the masculine symptoms away. It's not a hindering disease, but it can sure throw your self esteem into the gutter.
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If you're taking hormones, that might account for some of your emotional-ness-ness-ness. I take birth control for all the sex I have, but it messes with my hormones and makes me more emotional than I usually am. Those symptoms might apply to you too.
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I've come to that conclusion myself. It doesn't help that it's SUPPOSED to be adjusting things, which means it probably even has more of an affect. :\ If I've gone years having a ridiculous amount of testosterone, it's probably confusing my body to start having less or start getting more estrogen or something xD
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You are a real woman, ST. And a strong one, I'm sure you won't let this stop you from being happy.
Stay strong, we only live once, try to make the best out of your life
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I would have thought only women can get this. 
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