Can you have regular monthly cycles and have pcos?
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at
9:30 am
My doctor diagnosed me with pcos 3 years ago because my testosterone was slightly elevated. I dont have any other symptoms. I weigh 130 so im not over weight. My periods are regular, I have never missed a period.
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There are so many tests for PCOS – testosterone being slighted elevated is just one test but one test alone cannot be ruled as conclusive especially if it is marginal and no symptoms.
My wife did all the standard PCOS tests – all were NEGATIVE and yet, she still had PCOS symptoms (metformin helped greatly to ovulate, TTC and conceive). There are several levels of "severity" with PCOS as well. Some women ovulate every other cycle, whereas others do not ovulate at all.
Now with respect to the symptoms of PCOS, one of the most common symptom is irregular periods. If your cycles are regular (less than say 32 days always), then there is a decent chance that you are ovulating during most of those cycles (regular periods do not mean that you are ovulating if you have PCOS) and if you have PCOS, it is likely very light case.
You can do simple OPK tests to figure out if you are consistently ovulating or not – most women with PCOS cannot really use OPK since cycles are too irregular / anovulatory, but if you cycles are fairly regular, you might have better luck with it.
Good luck.
I also have elevated testosterone…but mine is a little more severe, my understanding is that conditions have to be just right, hormonally as well as emotionally to get pregnant. This condition is difficult…but in many cases treatable. I have been on many dosages of Clomid and it seems to work, but it is certainly not a cureall, the side effects are intense and the emotional roller coaster of the ups and downs.