What caused my PCOS? I’ve been thinking of root cause of PCOS a lot lately and truthfully, for everyone it’s different. It’s not only because of being overweight, eating too much sugar or stress but it always, always starts long before a diagnosis. My own case of PCOS was diagnosed after having acne for the first time and not having a period for a year (for the second time in my life). My hair was falling out and I felt terrible. I had the type of PCOS that stems from adrenal imbalance but I was also having insulin resistance.
The reproductive glands and endocrine system make a huge leap during puberty and that is when a lot of family dysfunction really started to peak in my life. My brother was diagnosed with mental illness, my dad was angry and cold and that was all on top of the general challenges of middle school. Moving into high school, I started The Pill, had pneumonia (treated with antibiotics and steroids), started eating terribly, had a pretty traumatic first relationship, had full body hives three times (treated with antihistamines and steroids), over-exercised by playing varsity soccer and training for a bodybuilding show and my home life challenges worsened. Reproductive organs can’t mature physically or energetically the way they are supposed to when faced with so much stress.
I would even argue that the potential to develop PCOS started even before puberty, with earlier stresses and micro-traumas as well as my parents own imbalances (hello, preconception care). That’s my story but it’s also one I hear so often in the histories of my clients and patients. Suppression and walling off of emotions (= cystic ovaries) because you were in a situation where it wasn’t safe to express them is also another theme I see so often. When we understand where PCOS began FOR YOU, we can start to unwind the way your body has compensated and support a return of clearing waste from your system while restoring the perfectly designed way it was meant to function. You’re meant to be well and we all came in this world with lessons to learn. Your PCOS diagnosis is a part of that beautiful and challenging story.
What Caused My PCOS? Here's My Story
